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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. 

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September 28, 2012

6:00 PM
Descarga Cubana
Artist : Israel Lopez Cachao
Album : Descargas Cubanas
Composer :
Label : T.H. Rodven
6:00 PM
If I Needed You
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
6:04 PM
Whispers in the Dark
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
6:05 PM
Sophia
Artist : Laura Marling
Album : A Creature I Don't Know
Composer :
Label : Domino
6:09 PM
Catch My Disease
Artist : Ben Lee
Album : Awake is the New Sleep
Composer :
Label : New West
6:10 PM
Lover¿s Eyes
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
6:13 PM
Down by the Water
Artist : The Decemberists
Album : The King Is Dead
Composer :
Label : Capitol
6:16 PM
Yet Again
Artist : Grizzly Bear
Album : Shields
Composer :
Label : Warp
6:17 PM
Ghosts that We Knew
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
6:21 PM
Kids
Artist : MGMT
Album : Oracular Spectacular
Composer :
Label : Sony
6:22 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
6:24 PM
If I Needed You
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
6:28 PM
Lover¿s Eyes
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
6:30 PM
Lazuli
Artist : Beach House
Album : Bloom
Composer :
Label : Sub Pop
6:35 PM
Swallowed By The Night
Artist : Sun Airway
Album : Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier
Composer :
Label : Dead Oceans
7:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
7:01 PM
Luxury
Artist : The Rolling Stones
Album : It's Only Rock and Roll
Composer :
Label : UMVD Labels
7:06 PM
We Can’t Have Nice Things
Artist : Kelly Hogan
Album : I Like to Keep Myself In Pain
Composer :
Label : Anti
7:09 PM
Birdhouse In Your Soul
Artist : They Might Be Giants
Album : Flood
Composer :
Label : Restless
7:12 PM
Myriad Harbour
Artist : New Pornographers
Album : Challengers
Composer :
Label : Matador Records
7:16 PM
Bearing Witness
Artist : David Bazan
Album : Curse Your Branches
Composer :
Label : Barsuk
7:17 PM
This Head I Hold
Artist : Electric Guest
Album : Mondo
Composer :
Label : Downtown
7:20 PM
Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing
Artist : Chris Issak
Album : Forever Blue
Composer :
Label : Reprise / WEA
7:23 PM
The Only Place
Artist : Best Coast
Album : The Only Place
Composer :
Label : Mexican Summer
7:26 PM
Think I’m In Love
Artist : Beck
Album : The Information
Composer :
Label : Interscope Records
7:29 PM
Divine Hammer
Artist : The Breeders
Album : Last Splash
Composer :
Label : WEA/Elekra
7:32 PM
Hall of Mirrors
Artist : The Hello Sequence
Album : Negotiations
Composer :
Label : Sub Pop
7:36 PM
Coast Reprise
Artist : The War On Drugs
Album : Wagonwheel Blues
Composer :
Label : Secretly Canadian
7:37 PM
A Heart Like Mine
Artist : Dwight Yoakam
Album : 3 Pears
Composer :
Label : Warner Bros./Wea
7:42 PM
Found Out About You
Artist : Gin Blossoms
Album : New Miserable Experience
Composer :
Label : Acony Records
7:44 PM
I Might
Artist : Wilco
Album : The Whole Love
Composer :
Label : dBpm Records
7:48 PM
Angels
Artist : The xx
Album : Coexist
Composer :
Label : XL Recordings
7:51 PM
I Walk on Gilded Splinters
Artist : Paul Weller
Album : The Wire: And All the Pieces Matter Five Years of Music from The Wire
Composer :
Label : Nonesuch
7:56 PM
The Last Song I Will Write
Artist : Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Album : Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Composer :
Label : Thirty Tigers

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World Cafe
12:25 pm
Thu April 26, 2012

Michael Kiwanuka On World Cafe

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Michael Kiwanuka's first full-length album is titled Home Again.

Originally published on Mon August 6, 2012 10:36 am

Michael Kiwanuka combines roots and soul with such old-school, retro-sounding verve, it's hard to believe he's still a rising star — let alone a 24-year-old. Kiwanuka is of Ugandan descent and grew up in Muswell Hill, London.

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World Cafe
3:59 pm
Wed April 25, 2012

Daniel Rossen On World Cafe

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Daniel Rossen.

By now, Daniel Rossen's name is synonymous with the kind of raggedy, whimsical, airy music he writes. A contributing songwriter and musician in Grizzly Bear, Rossen often saved his most personal compositions for his other band, Department of Eagles, which shares Grizzly Bear's roots in Rossen's undergraduate years at NYU. Both bands saw success, and Rossen continued to work in both projects.

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World Cafe
3:57 pm
Tue April 24, 2012

Ben Howard On World Cafe

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Ben Howard is a no-nonsense, no-frills singer-songwriter.

A surfer and songwriter, Ben Howard's two loves intertwined when the English surfing world became the first audience for his quiet, meditative music. At the encouragement of friends, Howard released two EPs and was soon invited to tour with Xavier Rudd. Howard is a talented artist in the vein of labelmate and influence Nick Drake, with similarly dark and soulful lyrics.

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World Cafe
12:16 pm
Mon April 23, 2012

Young Man On 'World Cafe: Next'

Credit Kristianna Smith
Young Man, a.k.a. Colin Caulfield.

Originally published on Mon April 23, 2012 5:06 pm

Young Man is Colin Caulfield, a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and producer of light yet deft indie-pop. While studying French and English at Loyola, Caulfield began putting cover songs on YouTube, and his lithe, lo-fi music soon drew comparisons to Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear.

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World Cafe
11:28 am
Mon April 23, 2012

World Cafe Looks Back: Uncle Tupelo's Family Tree

Credit Jim Leatherman

Uncle Tupelo at the Sapphire Supper Club in Orlando, Fla. Jeff Tweedy (second from left) went on to form Wilco, while Jay Farrar (second from right) created Son Volt.

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

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World Cafe
2:17 pm
Fri April 20, 2012

Of Monsters And Men On World Cafe

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Of Monsters And Men are an Icelandic folk-rock band.

Originally published on Wed June 20, 2012 10:58 am

Of Monsters and Men is an Icelandic sextet specializing in catchy folk-pop. The group came together in 2009 when singer Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir began recruiting backups for her acoustic solo act. In 2010, Of Monsters and Men gained national fame when it won an annual Icelandic battle of the bands; since then, the buzz has only grown.

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World Cafe
12:49 pm
Thu April 19, 2012

Latin Roots: The Lasting Fad Of Boogaloo

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The Joe Cuba Sextet.

Originally published on Thu April 19, 2012 4:01 pm

Today's episode of Latin Roots features Felix Contreras, co-host of Alt.Latino, NPR's online music program about Latin Alternative music. Also a reporter and producer for NPR's Arts Desk, Contreras specializes in jazz, world music and Latino arts and culture. A part-time musician who plays Afro-Cuban percussion in several Latin and jazz bands, Contreras is uniquely qualified to discuss Latin Alternative music. In today's episode, he speaks about boogaloo, how it developed and how it impacts Latin music today.

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World Cafe
12:49 pm
Thu April 19, 2012

Grimes On World Cafe

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Grimes.

Grimes is the one-woman project of Claire Boucher, a talented and eclectic Canadian singer. Born and raised in Vancouver, she moved to Montreal for college but left to pursue her craft when her work as Grimes began to take off. Marrying lo-fi punk with dreamy pop, Grimes quickly became a fixture in Montreal's underground music scene. Boucher incorporates elements of dance, video and still images into her live performances, creating otherworldly and entrancing multimedia experiences in the process.

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World Cafe
4:12 pm
Wed April 18, 2012

Emeli Sande On World Cafe

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Emeli Sande.

Emeli Sande is young, but she already has an enviable list of accomplishments under her belt. Along with a specialty in neuroscience from the University of Glasgow, she's become a global R&B phenomenon at just 23. The U.K. soul singer wrote her first song at 11 and began participating in music competitions in her teens. Given her powerful vocals and keen understanding of what makes a great song, there was little doubt that her debut would be a doozy — especially once her first single, the soulful "Heaven," became a worldwide hit.

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World Cafe
1:26 pm
Tue April 17, 2012

Geographer On World Cafe

Credit Victoria Smith
Geographer's second album, Myths, was released in February.

Geographer's glittery, electronic pop-rock sound has been winning over fans on the West Coast for years. The trio formed in 2008 and released its first full-length album, Innocent Ghosts, a few months later. Now, four years after its debut, Geographer has finally returned with a new set of earnest, sonically sugar-coated songs.

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