World Cafe

Monday - Friday, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
David Dye

The World Cafe with host David Dye serves up an eclectic mix of music from blues, rock, and world, to folk, and alternative country with live performances and interviews with celebrated and emerging artists. This acclaimed program, distributed nationally to over 185 stations across the country through NPR Music, is produced by WXPN in Philadelphia.

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Playlist

December 27, 2012

2:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
2:01 PM
Locked Down
Artist : Dr. John
Album : Locked Down
Composer :
Label : Nonesuch
2:06 PM
Dark Star
Artist : Polica
Album : Give You The Ghost
Composer :
Label : Totally Gross Nation
2:11 PM
Heavy Cloud, No Rain
Artist : Sting
Album : Ten Summoner's Tale
Composer :
Label : A&M
2:15 PM
Easy Way Out
Artist : Gotye
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:24 PM
Somebody That I Used To Know
Artist : Gotye
Album : Making Mirrors
Composer :
Label : Universal Republic
2:30 PM
State of the Art
Artist : Gotye
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:38 PM
Easy Way Out
Artist : Gotye
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:42 PM
Eyes Wide Open
Artist : Gotye
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:47 PM
Eyes Wide Open
Artist : Gotye
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:48 PM
Waiting In Vain
Artist : Bob Marley & The Wailers
Album : Exodus
Composer :
Label : Island
2:52 PM
Tell Me A Tale
Artist : Michael Kiwanuka
Album : Tell Me A Tale
Composer :
Label : Interscope
2:57 PM
Worms
Artist : Yeasayer
Album : All Hour Cymbals
Composer :
Label : We Are Free
3:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
3:01 PM
Gatekeeper
Artist : Feist
Album : Let It Die
Composer : Fiest, Peter Gonazles
Label : Interscope Records
3:03 PM
Itchycoo Park
Artist : Small Faces
Album : There Are But Four Small Faces
Composer :
Label : Sony
3:06 PM
Happy Pills
Artist : Norah Jones
Album : Little Broken Hearts
Composer :
Label : Blue Note
3:09 PM
Everybody Here Wants You
Artist : Jeff Buckley
Album : Sketches For My Sweetheart the Drunk
Composer :
Label : Sony
3:14 PM
Untitled (Love Song)
Artist : Counting Crows
Album : Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation
Composer :
Label : Collective Sounds
3:19 PM
Cool Enough
Artist : Nicole Atkins
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
3:21 PM
Submarines
Artist : The Lumineers
Album : Recorded Live For the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
3:27 PM
Ho Hey
Artist : The Lumineers
Album : Recorded Live For the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
3:29 PM
Dead Sea
Artist : The Lumineers
Album : Recorded Live For the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
3:34 PM
Stubborn Love
Artist : The Lumineers
Album : Recorded Live For the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
3:39 PM
Ho Hey
Artist : The Lumineers
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
3:40 PM
Revolution Girls
Artist : Mariachi El Bronx
Album : II
Composer :
Label : Witchita
3:44 PM
Ring of Fire
Artist : Johnny Cash
Album : Love, God, Murder
Composer :
Label : Lost Highway
3:47 PM
The Lady of Leitrim
Artist : Megan Reilly
Album : The Well
Composer :
Label : Carrot Tope
3:51 PM
Tiger Lily
Artist : Luna
Album : Bewitched
Composer :
Label : Elektra/ADA
3:56 PM
Disclaimer
Artist : The Dears
Album : Missiles
Composer :
Label : Arts & Crafts

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World Cafe
3:00 pm
Mon February 20, 2012

Julia Nunes On 'World Cafe Next'

Credit Shervin Lainez / Courtesy of the artist.
Julia Nunes is this week's World Cafe: Next featured artist.

Before the eyes of her YouTube subscribers, Julia Nunes went from being a teen covering her favorite artists to a young woman playing live shows with them.

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World Cafe
9:00 am
Mon February 20, 2012

World Cafe Looks Back: Blues And Gospel

Credit Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images

Mavis Staples performs with The Roots at the Climate Rally on the National Mall on April 25, 2010, in Washington, D.C.

Throughout the month of October, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of World Cafe by revisiting some of the best and most memorable interviews of the past 20 years.

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World Cafe
11:40 am
Fri February 17, 2012

Chairlift On World Cafe

Credit Alejandro Cardenas
Chairlift.

Originally published on Sat February 18, 2012 11:24 pm

Produced by Hot Chip's Dan Carey, Chairlift's new album Something blends upbeat, synth-heavy pop with eerie lyrics that depart from the purely effervescent sound of the 2008 hit "Bruises." On Something, singer Caroline Polachek takes risks — manipulating her vocals with AutoTune and even programming synth parts to mimic the sou

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World Cafe
4:28 pm
Thu February 16, 2012

Real Estate On World Cafe

Originally from Ridgewood, N.J., the Brooklyn transplants in Real Estate have built a reputation for cheerful yet sentimental beach-pop. The band's self-titled album broke through on the strength of the lead single "Beach Comber," and that record's 2011 follow-up (Days) achieved widespread critical acclaim and popularity in its own right.

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World Cafe
3:22 pm
Wed February 15, 2012

Air On World Cafe

Credit Wendy Bevan / Courtesy of the artist
Le Voyage Dans La Lune is AIR's seventh release, written as a soundtrack for a re-release of the 1902 Georges Méliès film of the same name.

Originally published on Wed February 15, 2012 4:52 pm

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