World Cafe

Monday - Friday 7pm
David Dye

Since 1991, World Cafe has been a premier showcase for contemporary music serving up an eclectic blend that includes blues, rock, world, folk, and alternative country. The show is hosted by long-time Philadelphia radio personality David Dye.

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  • Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:35pm
    With his album Multiply in 2005, British electronica DJ Jamie Lidell began incorporating his voice into his productions. As we hear today, the result is a layered, neo soul sound that Lidell continues on his new self titled album. He brings us a live performance, plus great stories about his new life in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:53pm
    It has been five years since Hey Marseilles, the seven piece band from Seattle debuted their chamber pop sound, and now they follow up with, _Lines We Trace_. The new record has been a much more collaborative effort than their last, as the group discusses in this interview. Plus we will find out how the French city of Marseilles fits into this all.
  • Tuesday, May 14, 2013 11:13am
    The Seattle six-piece Pickwick started out performing singer Galen Disstons acoustic songs, but have since changed course to a more groove oriented band sound. Cant Talk Medicine is their debut studio album, which the band showcases live today, and they will explain their musical transformation, and play live.
  • Monday, May 6, 2013 10:33am
    Michaela Majoun welcomes Dawes on this edition of World Cafe Words and Music from WXPN. The L.A. rock band made a big impact when they debuted in 2009 with what' has been described as their So-Cal, Laurel Canyon sound. Dawes style has expanded a bit on their new album, Stories Don't End, as we will hear in today's set from the stage of World Cafe Live. Plus, singer and songwriter, Taylor Goldsmith, explains why the group decided to self-release this, their third, disc.
  • Thursday, May 2, 2013 11:44am
    Formed in 1995, Eels is a fixture of the indie-rock scene led by Mark Oliver Everett, who performs under the stage name E. His latest, _Wonderful, Glorious_ marks the first record to include the other members of Eels in the writing process. Learn why in this interview, plus a stellar live set drawn from the new album.

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1:34pm

Mon June 3, 2013
World Cafe

Next: The Oh Hellos

Originally published on Tue June 18, 2013 3:39 pm

Credit Wonderfully Made / Courtesy of the artist
  • Listen To Two Songs By The Oh Hellos

Tyler and Maggie Heath, siblings from San Marcos, Texas, self-released their independent album, Through the Deep, Dark Valley, in October of last year. It was the culmination of a collaboration that began a couple years ago, when they wrote their first song together — for their mom. She liked it, but more importantly, they liked the process.

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10:12am

Fri May 31, 2013
World Cafe

Jamie Lidell On World Cafe

Originally published on Fri May 31, 2013 4:21 pm

Credit Lindsey Rome / Courtesy of the artist

British producer and singer Jamie Lidell is one of electronic music's funkiest solo practitioners. When Lidell visited World Cafe in 2006 to support his successful album Multiply, he told host David Dye that he had been called the "one-man human funk tornado" — a moniker he earns yet again in this session.

In this installment of World Cafe, Lidell plays songs from his new self-titled album and discusses the process of making the record at his new home studio in Nashville.

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3:02pm

Thu May 30, 2013

9:24am

Thu May 30, 2013
World Cafe

Petula Clark On World Cafe

Credit Clement Schneider / Courtesy of the artist

Petula Clark's new album, Lost In You, is her first since 2004. The 80-year-old actress, singer and entertainer launched her career in film and on the radio; she even entertained the troops in WWII, and was later known for her worldwide hit "Downtown."

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9:31am

Wed May 29, 2013
World Cafe

Red Baraat On World Cafe

Originally published on Thu May 30, 2013 4:32 pm

Credit Erin Patrice O'Brien / Courtesy of the artist

At a Red Baraat show, the combination of Punjabi Bhangra music, New Orleans-style jazz, go-go and even hip-hop is so seamless — and the vibe of the party is so exuberant — that barriers fall down. That unique sound is what Red Baraat's leader, Sunny Jain, had in mind when he formed the band in Brooklyn in 2008.

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