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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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Playlist

December 31, 2012

4:00 AM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
4:01 AM
Kids
Artist : MGMT
Album : Oracular Spectacular
Composer :
Label : Sony
4:06 AM
Yet Again
Artist : Grizzly Bear
Album : Shields
Composer :
Label : Warp
4:09 AM
Down by the Water
Artist : The Decemberists
Album : The King Is Dead
Composer :
Label : Capitol
4:13 AM
Catch My Disease
Artist : Ben Lee
Album : Awake is the New Sleep
Composer :
Label : New West
4:17 AM
Sophia
Artist : Laura Marling
Album : A Creature I Don't Know
Composer :
Label : Domino
4:22 AM
If I Needed You
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
4:27 AM
Whispers in the Dark
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
4:33 AM
Lover¿s Eyes
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
4:40 AM
Ghosts that We Knew
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
4:47 AM
If I Needed You
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
4:53 AM
Lazuli
Artist : Beach House
Album : Bloom
Composer :
Label : Sub Pop
4:58 AM
Swallowed By The Night
Artist : Sun Airway
Album : Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier
Composer :
Label : Dead Oceans
5:00 AM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
5:00 AM
Because of You
Artist : The Revelations
Album : Deep Soul
Composer :
Label : Decision Records
5:01 AM
Hometown Blues
Artist : Steve Earle
Album : Train A Comin'
Composer :
Label : Warner Brothers
5:03 AM
Hometown Blues
Artist : Tom Petty
Album : Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Composer :
Label : Rhino / WEA
5:05 AM
Lonely Boy
Artist : The Black Keys
Album : El Camino
Composer :
Label : Nonesuch
5:09 AM
I Can’t Turn You Loose
Artist : Otis Redding
Album : The Otis Redding Story
Composer :
Label : Warner Brothers
5:12 AM
I Don’t Mind
Artist : Black Joe Lewis
Album : Black Joe Lewis
Composer :
Label : Weary Records
5:16 AM
Going to the Party
Artist : The Alabama Shakes
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
5:21 AM
I Found You
Artist : The Alabama Shakes
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
5:27 AM
Hold On
Artist : The Alabama Shakes
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
5:32 AM
Boys and Girls
Artist : The Alabama Shakes
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
5:38 AM
Alabama Pines
Artist : Jason Isbell & the 400
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
5:42 AM
California
Artist : Delta Spirit
Album : Delta Spirit
Composer :
Label : Rounder
5:46 AM
Down In The Valley
Artist : The Head & the Heart
Album : The Head & the Heart
Composer :
Label : Sub Pop
5:51 AM
Watch Your Step
Artist : Elvis Costello
Album : Girls Girls Girls (Disc 2)
Composer :
Label : Demon
5:54 AM
Maps
Artist : The Front Bottoms
Album : The Front Bottoms
Composer :
Label : Bar/None
5:57 AM
Sweetness
Artist : Pearl and the Beard
Album : Killing the Darlings
Composer :
Label : Family Records

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World Cafe
4:58 pm
Mon April 8, 2013

Next: Luella And The Sun

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Luella and the Sun.

For our Sense of Place: Nashville week, we just had to showcase Luella and the Sun, which has made major fans out of Grimey's Records' Doyle Davis, other bands like Moon Taxi and NPR Music's Ann Powers.

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World Cafe
4:20 pm
Mon April 8, 2013

Leagues On World Cafe

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Leagues.

Originally published on Wed April 10, 2013 7:26 pm

Today's guest, Leagues, provides a perfect start to World Cafe's week-long visit to Nashville, because it perfectly encapsulates the change going on there. A new rock band, Leagues was formed by an amazing singer, Thad Cockrell, who'd been so disenchanted with his alt-country career that he was ready to leave the music business altogether.

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World Cafe
1:53 pm
Fri April 5, 2013

Jim James On World Cafe

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Jim James' new solo album is titled Regions of Light and Sound of God.

Originally published on Tue May 14, 2013 3:13 pm

There have been releases under the name Yim Yames and projects with New Multitudes and Monsters of Folk, but Regions of Light and Sound of God is the first album bearing Jim James' own name.

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World Cafe
2:46 pm
Thu April 4, 2013

Latin Roots: Argentine Rock

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The Argentine rock band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs.

Today's Latin Roots co-host, Josh Norek, was given a hefty task: Define the broad swath of Argentine rock with just a few bands. But Norek, co-host of The Latin Alternative, is up to the occasion precisely because he spent time in Buenos Aires as a student during a vibrant period for music.

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World Cafe
11:39 am
Thu April 4, 2013

Jessie Ware On World Cafe

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Jessie Ware.

Originally published on Thu April 4, 2013 2:46 pm

Soulful singer-songwriter Jessie Ware is far from the first vocalist to make the transition from backing vocals to center stage; Sheryl Crow once backed Michael Jackson, after all. But the Londoner has made the leap with tremendous success in her own right.

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World Cafe
3:37 pm
Wed April 3, 2013

Night Beds On World Cafe

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Winston Yellen of Night Beds.

Originally published on Wed April 3, 2013 8:09 pm

Night Beds is the work of Winston Yellen, who originally started making music in his hometown of Colorado Springs. But he traveled to Nashville to write the songs for Night Beds' debut album, Country Sleep, in a pre-Civil War cabin once owned by Johnny Cash.

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World Cafe
2:30 pm
Tue April 2, 2013

Kail Baxley: Music From An Amateur Boxer Who Danced For James Brown

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Kail Baxley.

When Kail Baxley was a kid growing up in Williston, S.C., James Brown used to challenge him to dance-offs. Baxley didn't win so much. He did better as an amateur boxer — his key to getting out of the small town and traveling to Europe and Africa.

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World Cafe
5:08 pm
Mon April 1, 2013

Next: Waxahatchee

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Waxahatchee's new album is titled Cerulean Salt.

The world is catching up with Katie Crutchfield and Waxahatchee, and with good reason. Her shows at SXSW, including an NPR showcase, were greeted rapturously. Her new album, Cerulean Salt, is a sonic leap forward from her debut, American Weekend, which was recorded in a bedroom in Alabama.

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World Cafe
3:17 pm
Fri March 22, 2013

Two Hours Of Jimi Hendrix On World Cafe

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The newest collection of Jimi Hendrix material is titled People, Hell and Angels.

Originally published on Mon March 25, 2013 8:47 am

More than 40 years after Jimi Hendrix's death, the guitarist and singer's legacy continues to grow. His label recently released People, Hell and Angels, an album of 12 previously unreleased recordings that Hendrix was working on for a planned follow-up to 1968's Electric Ladyland.

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World Cafe
4:25 pm
Thu March 21, 2013

Latin Roots: Mexitrónica

Credit Paige Parsons / Courtesy of the artist
Nortec Collective.

With emerging styles that fuse traditional folk and modern genres, Mexico has become a hub for experimentation in music. In this 30th installment of Latin Roots, World Cafe host David Dye explores the prominence of Mexitrónica with Josh Norek, the co-host and executive producer of the nationally syndicated radio program The Latin Alternative.

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