World Cafe ®
with host David Dye
Monday through Friday at 2pm ET the World Cafe with host David Dye serves up an eclectic mix of music from blues, rock, and world, to folk, and alternative country with live performances and interviews with celebrated and emerging artists. This acclaimed program, distributed nationally to over 185 stations across the country through NPR, is produced by WXPN in Philadelphia.

The Lillywhite Sessions, airing on the World Cafe beginning Wednesday, June 11!

Producer Steve Lillywhite (U2, Dave Matthews Band, Peter Gabriel) will produce music sessions for the World Cafe at the world-renowned Avatar Studios in New York City.

The first of the Lillywhite Sessions, featuring She & Him, aired Wednesday, June 11, 2008. The next Lillywhite Session with Brit electronic duo Goldfrapp will air Wednesday, July 9. More >>

Coming Up

Monday August 18, 2008
Carly Simon
Carly Simon stops by the World Cafe with host David Dye to discuss This Kind of Love, her first collection of original material in eight years. This stylistically adventurous album showcases musical influences from Brazilian beats, to R&B grooves, and languid melodies, combined with Simon's reflective, personal lyrics. Clearly, she still champions the feeling and grace of expression which first catapulted her to singer-songwriter stardom.

Tuesday August 19, 2008
Jackie Greene
Host David Dye welcomes Jackie Greene to the World Cafe, with Americana performances from Giving Up The Ghost. A composer and multi-instrumentalist, as well as recent addition to the all-star folk-rock collective, Phil Lesh & Friends, Jackie invited several fellow band members to join in on his fifth album. Effortlessly wandering through genres of blues, rock, soul, and even a combo he calls "disco-gospel," the new record marks a progressive turn that makes this songwriter increasingly harder to pigeonhole.

Wednesday August 20, 2008
Nortec Collective's Bostich and Fussible
The joint effort from Nortec Collective's Bostich and Fussible is titled Tijuana Sound Machine. Stemming from norteño and techno, Nortec was born from the Baja-based Collective's fusion of traditional Mexican music and electronica. The new duo project from members Bostich and Fussible hones in on the Mexican norteño aspect, letting acoustic instrumentation take the lead, but assuredly not to the downfall of highly danceable rhythms.

Thursday August 21, 2008
Mates of State
Nuptial duo Mates of State stops by the World Cafe with host David Dye. Somehow balancing marriage and the growing-pains of parenthood, Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel have managed to produce Re-Arrange Us, the fifth in a string of cheerful indie records. With subtle tweaks to their pop sound, including a switch from organ to piano, tighter vocal harmonies, and insightful lyrics, this is the pair's most stunning effort to date. In the second hour, author George Pelecanos, whose novels practically include a soundtrack, chats about his latest crime mystery, The Turnaround, the final selection in the World Cafe Summer Reading Series.

Friday August 22, 2008
Yael Naim
Israeli singer-songwriter, Yael Naim, visits the World Cafe with host David Dye to share music from her self-titled sophomore album. Her single "New Soul," made popular by the Apple MacBook Air commercials, is nothing short of irresistible, but it's the effortless blend of English, Hebrew, and French that makes her work truly striking. Accompanied by David Donatien, virtuoso percussionist and her sage aesthetic director, Yael offers folk-pop ballads from the best of three worlds.

Monday August 25, 2008
Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet
Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet visit World Cafe host David Dye to share music from their self-titled debut. Harnessing a passion for both old-time American folk music and ancient Chinese culture, Washburn and her band achieve an unlikely sound that absolutely works. Their innovative first album expertly combines banjo and violin-driven melodies with Chinese lyrics and rhythms.

Tuesday August 26, 2008
The Watson Twins
The Watson Twins join World Cafe host David Dye to share music from Fire Songs. After singing backup for Jenny Lewis' first solo record, identical twins Chandra and Leigh Watson have released their own knock-out debut. The Kentucky-born, LA-bred duo sings in saccharine harmony on their alternative-country melodies, bridging the gap between folk traditions and contemporary roots music.

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