World Cafe
Monday - Friday at 7pm, AM 670
World Cafe launched on October 14, 1991. Distributed by NPR to more than 200 US radio stations and heard by nearly 600,000 listeners each week, World Cafe is known by artists, appreciative audiences, and the radio and music industries as an influential source for music discovery. The two-hour daily program features a mix of artist interviews with in-studio performances by both established and emerging artists. The music selection encompasses singer-songwriters, classic rock, indie rock, Americana, alt-country, blues, world music, R&B and soul. As the nation’s most listened-to public radio music program, its impact on the careers and audience awareness of thousands of artists is immeasurable.
World Cafe
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The roots-rock singer and Drive-By Truckers veteran performs songs of redemption from his new album. Along the way, he gets help from his band — including his wife, singer and fiddler Amanda Shires. -
The duo of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward stops by World Cafe to perform songs from the recent Volume 3. The New Girl, the TV sitcom starring Deschanel, begins its third season Tuesday night.
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Hear two new songs from the punchy and promising L.A. indie-rock band's debut EP.
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Hear Justin Vernon's stripped-down performance of the divisive, '80s-style power ballad "Beth/Rest."
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Creative director Ben Jaffe discusses the band's new album — titled That's It! — and spotlights four live songs, recorded live at City Winery in New York City. -
These acid jazz veterans visit with David Dye and perform three songs from their new album, Inland Emperor. -
David Dye sits down with this rising British folk-rock group, who also perform four songs live in the World Cafe studio.
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The former singer of Miracle Legion and Polaris (remember the theme song to The Adventures of Pete & Pete?) joins David Dye to discuss his new solo album, Dear Mark J. Mulcahy I Love You. -
The Black Keys' Patrick Carney produced this Knoxville band's upcoming album. Listen to two cuts on this World Cafe Next podcast. -
In this edition of Vintage Cafe, where we revisit older, influential studio sessions, the Seattle band that took the Pacific Northwest by storm in 2011 stops by the World Cafe studios during a national tour.
