World Cafe
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Bringing music discovery to nearly a million listeners on NPR stations nationwide, World Cafe is hosted by Raina Douris with contributing host Stephen Kallao and produced by WXPN in Philadelphia.
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World Cafe
World Cafe is a two hour daily syndicated show distributed by NPR (National Public Radio) that showcases in-studio performances and interviews from new & significant music and the artists who create i...
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David Byrne joins Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social
to talk about his new solo album Who Is The Sky?
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to talk about his new solo album Who Is The Sky?
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David Byrne on World Cafe
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November 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
David Byrne joins Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social
to talk about his new solo album Who Is The Sky?
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to talk about his new solo album Who Is The Sky?
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Lukas Nelson steps out for his debut solo album, American Romance. He performs songs from it in our studios and talks with the Cafe’s @kallao.bsky.social about the album.
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Lukas Nelson on his debut solo album, 'American Romance' : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
The country singer's record has been nominated for a Grammy Award for best traditional country album.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Lukas Nelson steps out for his debut solo album, American Romance. He performs songs from it in our studios and talks with the Cafe’s @kallao.bsky.social about the album.
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Lukas Nelson and I had a lovely sit down about his new album, "American Romance" and he plays solo acoustic - including a cover of "Still Crazy After All These Years" that floored me and everyone in the control room. Up now for @worldcafe.bsky.social
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November 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Lukas Nelson and I had a lovely sit down about his new album, "American Romance" and he plays solo acoustic - including a cover of "Still Crazy After All These Years" that floored me and everyone in the control room. Up now for @worldcafe.bsky.social
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Toronto punk rockers Pup join their fellow Toronto pal and Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social to talk about their new record, Who Will Look After The Dogs? It all very much so, rocks.
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PUP on their latest LP, 'Who Will Look After the Dogs?' : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
The Toronto punk band pared down their creative process with help from producer John Congleton.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Toronto punk rockers Pup join their fellow Toronto pal and Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social to talk about their new record, Who Will Look After The Dogs? It all very much so, rocks.
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Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with Amanda Shires about her new album, Nobody's Girl. They talk about Amanda's divorce and how her friend Shooter Jennings and her producer, Lawrence Rothman, helped her craft the emotions she put into the record.
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At first, Amanda Shires wasn't sure she wanted to write about her divorce : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
On Nobody's Girl, the singer-songwriter offers her perspective on her high-profile split from Jason Isbell.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with Amanda Shires about her new album, Nobody's Girl. They talk about Amanda's divorce and how her friend Shooter Jennings and her producer, Lawrence Rothman, helped her craft the emotions she put into the record.
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Pino Palladino, legendary bass guitarist, has played on iconic albums from Eric Clapton to D'Angelo. Guitarist & producer Blake Mills has performed with Joni Mitchell, Fiona Apple and Dylan. On their new lp,That Wasn't A Dream, they create something completely unique.
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Blake Mills, Pino Palladino team up again on 'That Wasn't A Dream'
The two multi-instrumentalists share insights from the making of their latest collaborative record.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Pino Palladino, legendary bass guitarist, has played on iconic albums from Eric Clapton to D'Angelo. Guitarist & producer Blake Mills has performed with Joni Mitchell, Fiona Apple and Dylan. On their new lp,That Wasn't A Dream, they create something completely unique.
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The legendary singer-songwriter Richard Thompson joins us for a mini-concert recorded live at the @wxpnfm.bsky.social XPoNential Music Festival. www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
Tune in to a mini-concert with Richard Thompson : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
Listen to the English songwriter and guitarist perform at the 2025 XPoNential Music Festival.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The legendary singer-songwriter Richard Thompson joins us for a mini-concert recorded live at the @wxpnfm.bsky.social XPoNential Music Festival. www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
Sports Team join Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social to perform live and chat about their latest album, Boys These Days. www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
Sports Team change up their sound on 'Boys These Days' : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
The British rock band talks about life on the road and making their third album in Norway.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Sports Team join Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social to perform live and chat about their latest album, Boys These Days. www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
Get to know New Jersey rock and roll band, The Happy Fits with a mini-concert.
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Tune in to a mini-concert with The Happy Fits : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
The four piece treats you to group harmonies and a fuller sound on their new album, Lovesick.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Get to know New Jersey rock and roll band, The Happy Fits with a mini-concert.
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The Mountain Goats' new lp, out Nov. 7, is a musical, & features contributions from Tony Award winner & Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. Featuring performances from the band, John Darnielle talks with the Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social about making the new album.
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The Mountain Goats' new record weaves a tale fit for Broadway : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
The indie folk band enlisted Lin-Manuel Miranda to tell the story of a shipwrecked crew on Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The Mountain Goats' new lp, out Nov. 7, is a musical, & features contributions from Tony Award winner & Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. Featuring performances from the band, John Darnielle talks with the Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social about making the new album.
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Singer-songwriter, actor, television writer, comedian, and self declared "deep Elliott Smith nerd" Mae Martin joins Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social for a conversation about Mae's new lp, I'm A TV. www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
As a songwriter, Mae Martin's free from the pressure of the punchline : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
The Canadian comic and actor joins World Cafe to talk about their debut album, I'm A TV.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Singer-songwriter, actor, television writer, comedian, and self declared "deep Elliott Smith nerd" Mae Martin joins Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social for a conversation about Mae's new lp, I'm A TV. www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
Happy record release day to Brandi Carlile. So happy you returned to the Cafe to chat with Cafe host Raina Douris. @rahrahraina.bsky.social. Listen as Brandi and Raina discuss Brandi's excellent new lp, Returning To Myself.
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For Brandi Carlile, solitude is overrated : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
The singer-songwriter decamped to Aaron Dessner's Long Pond Studio in upstate New York to record her new album, Returning to Myself.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Happy record release day to Brandi Carlile. So happy you returned to the Cafe to chat with Cafe host Raina Douris. @rahrahraina.bsky.social. Listen as Brandi and Raina discuss Brandi's excellent new lp, Returning To Myself.
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ran it back with Kingfish.
The amazing Blues singer, songwriter and guitarist Kingfish performs songs from his new album, Hard Road. The Cafe's Kallao @kallao.bsky.social talks with him about about branching into R&B, pop and more.
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Christone Kingfish Ingram on World Cafe
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October 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
ran it back with Kingfish.
The amazing Blues singer, songwriter and guitarist Kingfish performs songs from his new album, Hard Road. The Cafe's Kallao @kallao.bsky.social talks with him about about branching into R&B, pop and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ca5...
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Christone Kingfish Ingram on World Cafe
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October 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The amazing Blues singer, songwriter and guitarist Kingfish performs songs from his new album, Hard Road. The Cafe's Kallao @kallao.bsky.social talks with him about about branching into R&B, pop and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ca5...
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Maybe one of the greatest rock records of the Eighties, and still a timeless classic, Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with John Morrison about Talking Heads' Remain In Light"
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Celebrating 45 years of Talking Heads' 'Remain in Light' : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
On their fourth album, the American rock band refined their innovative sound, which had long been inspired by Black music traditions.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Maybe one of the greatest rock records of the Eighties, and still a timeless classic, Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with John Morrison about Talking Heads' Remain In Light"
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Our Sense of Place: Montreal series continues with a conversation with the Juno award winning Elisapie.
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How Elisapie turned 10 classic rock hits into ‘true Inuit songs’ : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
The Juno Award-winning Inuit musician, based in Montreal, imbued her favorite childhood songs with new meaning on her covers project, Inuktitut.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Our Sense of Place: Montreal series continues with a conversation with the Juno award winning Elisapie.
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Hi and happy almost Halloween. For our show on 10/31 we're looking for songs with some screaming and some wailing and some ooo-ooo's. Whaddya got?
October 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Hi and happy almost Halloween. For our show on 10/31 we're looking for songs with some screaming and some wailing and some ooo-ooo's. Whaddya got?
Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social chatted with historian Dorothy Williams about the history and impact of Montreal's jazz scene for our Sense of Place: Montreal series.
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'It was never taped': There's a missing piece to Montreal's jazz history : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
Historian Dorothy Williams explains why Montreal became a center for jazz music.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social chatted with historian Dorothy Williams about the history and impact of Montreal's jazz scene for our Sense of Place: Montreal series.
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Our Sense of Place: Montreal series continues with Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social who meets up with the expert Leonard Cohen tour guide, Ruby Roy.
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Take a tour of Leonard Cohen's Montreal : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
Expert guide Ruby Roy has given countless tours of the city for Cohen's fans.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Our Sense of Place: Montreal series continues with Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social who meets up with the expert Leonard Cohen tour guide, Ruby Roy.
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It's Fall membership fundraising time at many of the public radio stations that carry the Cafe. Thanks to those that carry the show & to those of you who are members of your local station. if you listen & are not yet a member we urge you to support your LOCAL public station. Thanks for the support.
October 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It's Fall membership fundraising time at many of the public radio stations that carry the Cafe. Thanks to those that carry the show & to those of you who are members of your local station. if you listen & are not yet a member we urge you to support your LOCAL public station. Thanks for the support.
we had a great session w/ Lukas Nelson. look for it soon on a public radio station near you.
Lukas Nelson in studio, bringing me to tears with this Paul Simon classic. holy hell, what a voice. (and what a dude!)
October 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
we had a great session w/ Lukas Nelson. look for it soon on a public radio station near you.
Our Sense of Place: Montreal series continues today. Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with Pierre Kwenders, the 2022 Polaris Prize winner and co-founder of Moonshine, an artist collective that celebrates modern African dance music about his life and musical journey.
Montreal is home, but Pierre Kwenders' heart is in Kinshasa : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
Kwenders is the co-founder of Moonshine, a Montreal-based collective that spotlights the culture and music of the African diaspora.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Our Sense of Place: Montreal series continues today. Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with Pierre Kwenders, the 2022 Polaris Prize winner and co-founder of Moonshine, an artist collective that celebrates modern African dance music about his life and musical journey.
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Well, shit. RIP legend. youtu.be/L0AykH20X3Q?...
D'Angelo - Unshaken (Audio)
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October 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Well, shit. RIP legend. youtu.be/L0AykH20X3Q?...
Montreal record producer Howard Bilerman has worked with Leonard Cohen, Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor & others. For our Sense of Place: Montreal series Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks w/ him about those and the studio he co-founded. www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
Meet the producer behind some of Montreal's finest records : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
Howard Bilerman went from taping punk shows as a teen to co-founding Hotel2Tango, one of Montreal's most iconic recording studios.
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October 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Montreal record producer Howard Bilerman has worked with Leonard Cohen, Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor & others. For our Sense of Place: Montreal series Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks w/ him about those and the studio he co-founded. www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
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'DIY will never die': NO JOY (@nojoy.bsky.social) remembers the heyday of Montreal's Mile End - @worldcafe.bsky.social
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'DIY will never die': No Joy remembers the heyday of Montreal's Mile End : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
Jasamine White-Gluz takes us back to the early aughts, when the city was experiencing a boom of DIY music.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
'DIY will never die': NO JOY (@nojoy.bsky.social) remembers the heyday of Montreal's Mile End - @worldcafe.bsky.social
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