World Cafe
WNRN is pleased to bring you World Cafe weeknights from 6-8 p.m. 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.
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Recent World Cafe Programs
Rick Steves on World Cafe!
Friday April 9th If you miss travelling, you are in for a treat! Travel guide, TV and radio host, Rick Steves, takes us on a trip as he shares some of his favorite MUSICAL travel [...]
World Cafe Encore: Black Thought!
Thursday April 8th Tariq Trotter – a.k.a. rapper Black Thought – was born right around the time hip hop was beginning, and he grew up to be the lead MC and co-founder of The Roots. [...]
Byron Gonzalez’s LatinX picks on World Cafe
Wednesday April 7th We take a trip north on the next World Cafe, as Latin Roots correspondent Byron Gonzalez shares two of his favorite LatinX artists in Canada. One artist sings about her parents immigrating [...]
World Cafe Celebrates The Guitar
Tuesday April 6th What are the best songs ever about SHREDDING the AXE? Strumming the six-string? Host Raina Douris drops the needle on an hour of songs about playing the guitar – including tracks from [...]
Fleet Foxes on World Cafe
Friday March 19th, 6-8pm Robin Pecknold, leader of Fleet Foxes, was living in New York City and halfway through making the latest Fleet Foxes album, when Covid changed everything last Spring. At first, it was [...]
Daniel Lanois on World Cafe
Wednesday March 17th, 6-8pm Daniel Lanois is one of the most important producers of the last 50 years, working with U2, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, and countless others. On his latest solo album, Heavy Sun, [...]