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
Encore: Loretta Lynn on World Cafe
Thursday, September 9th at 6pm Loretta Lynn recently released her 50th studio album, Still Woman Enough. She revisits some classic songs, like “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” which tells the story of her childhood, and her first [...]
Ron Gallo on World Cafe
Wednesday, September 8th at 6pm Ron Gallo’s latest album Peacemeal is filled with lo-fi indie pop that’s as skeptical and insightful as it is warm and playful. Gallo joins host Stephen Kallao from his temporary [...]
Byron Gonzalez’s LatinX picks on World Cafe
Tuesday, September 7th at 6pm World Cafe's Latin Roots Correspondent Byron Gonzalez dives into a couple of songs from Brazil on his next visit to the show. He shares what he has learned listening to [...]
Encore: David Crosby on World Cafe
Monday, September 6th at 6pm For his new album, David Crosby brought together the work of a bunch of musicians he loves—Michael McDonald, Joni Mitchell, Donald Fagen, Sara Jarosz, as well as his son, James [...]
Barbra Streisand on World Cafe
Friday, September 3rd at 6pm Barbra Streisand has had some notable duet partners over the years. But have you heard her sing with a Muppet? Kermit the Frog makes an appearance on her latest album, [...]
St. Vincent on World Cafe
Thursday, September 2nd at 6pm St. Vincent says that the early ‘70s in New York City, after the hippies and before disco, inspired the sound of her new album, Daddy’s Home. The lyrics on the [...]