World Cafe

Sunday through Thursday, 8pm - 10pm; Friday, 8pm - 9pm
David Dye

World Cafe is the premier public radio showcase for contemporary music, serving up an eclectic blend that includes blues, rock, world, folk, and alternative country.  Host David Dye Dye takes listeners on a unique journey of musical discovery as he presents a mix of music from both new and legendary artists.  The show's guest roster has included Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, Dave Matthews, Elvis Costello, Robert Plant, Dolly Parton, The Shins, Lucinda Williams, Paul McCartney, Ani Difranco, Damien Rice, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, REM, Rachael Yamagata, David Byrne, Yo Yo Ma, Billy Joel, Lyle Lovett, Bela Fleck, Moby, Taj Mahal, and Coldplay, among hundreds of others.

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December 28, 2012

8:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
8:01 PM
Warrior Man
Artist : Dr. Dog
Album : Be the Void
Composer :
Label : Anti Records
8:06 PM
Come to the City
Artist : The War On Drugs
Album : Slave Ambient
Composer :
Label : Secretly Canadian
8:10 PM
Anesthesia
Artist : Luna
Album : Lunapark
Composer :
Label : Millpond Records
8:14 PM
Myth
Artist : Beach House
Album : Bloom
Composer :
Label : Sub Pop
8:18 PM
Vessels
Artist : Freelance Whales
Album : Weathervanes
Composer :
Label : Frenchkiss
8:23 PM
Man on Fire
Artist : Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
8:29 PM
Fire Water
Artist : Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
8:38 PM
Home
Artist : Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
8:44 PM
40 Day Dream
Artist : Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
8:45 PM
Santa Fe
Artist : Beirut
Album : The Rip Tide
Composer :
Label : Pompeii Records
8:49 PM
Chicago
Artist : Sufjan Stevens
Album : Come on Feel the Illinois
Composer :
Label : Mute U.S.
8:54 PM
New York City
Artist : Moe.
Album : Dither
Composer :
Label : Fat Boy Records

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World Cafe
8:00 am
Mon January 23, 2012

World Cafe Looks Back: '90s Singer-Songwriters

Credit Frank Micelotta / ImageDirect/Getty Images/Hulton Archive

Left to right: Aimee Mann, Sheryl Crow, Suzanne Vega.

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.

On today's jam-packed session, host David Dye takes us on a journey through the singer-songwriter movement of the 1990s, with artists who were at the forefront of the World Cafe program in its infancy.

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World Cafe
3:42 pm
Fri January 20, 2012

Snow Patrol On World Cafe

Credit Courtesy of the artist.
Snow Patrol's newest album is titled Fallen Empires.

Blending melodic, powerful, guitar-driven indie rock with hook-filled pop and Coldplay-style balladry, Scottish band Snow Patrol has become an international sensation with heavy touring, chart-topping albums and beautiful singles. In 2003, Final Straw vaulted the group onto the international music scene.

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World Cafe
10:57 am
Thu January 19, 2012

The Little Willies On World Cafe

Credit Courtesy of the artist
The Little Willies.

The informal nature of The Little Willies speaks to its members' chemistry and love of country-music classics; after all, their moniker is a tribute to country-music legend Willie Nelson.

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World Cafe
3:20 pm
Wed January 18, 2012

Crooked Fingers On World Cafe

Credit Justin Evans
Matt Yelton, Eric Bachmann and Liz Durrett of Crooked Fingers.

Eric Bachmann can't seem to stay away from music. The talented singer-songwriter first attracted mainstream and underground attention in the '90s with Archers of Loaf before introducing a new project called Crooked Fingers in 2000.

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World Cafe
1:50 pm
Tue January 17, 2012

Ani DiFranco On World Cafe

Ani DiFranco called on a diverse lineup of guests, including Pete Seeger and Anais Mitchell, for her first new record in three years. Over the course of 21 studio albums in a 21-year career, DiFranco's folk-rock music has broached topics from politics to love, but has never strayed from being, as she would say, "righteous." In every sense of the word

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