World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

WXPN's live performance and interview program featuring music and conversation from a variety of important musicians

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July 4, 2025 16 mins
The Japanese singer-songwriter traveled captured field recordings for her latest album, Luminescent Creatures.

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After a spot on the Italian version of The X Factor didn't help her as much as she'd hoped, the singer-songwriter took matters into her own hands.

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Six Bars Jail, a small club located just outside of Florence, Italy, was founded in 2006.

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Marco Contestabile makes psychedelic blues music influenced by Tarquinia, where he grew up.

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Some of the Italian composer's most memorable film scores were recorded at Forum Studios in Rome's Parioli neighborhood.

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The Italian pianist and composer returns to his childhood in Turin on his latest album, The Summer Portraits.

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The Milan-based musician draws on both her mother's Italian side of the family and her father's Palestinian heritage.

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Weird Bloom's music is psychedelic and catchy, and it kind of sounds like T. rex.

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Four Flies Records founder Pier de Sanctis explains what makes these increasingly rare soundtracks so special.

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Following a string of viral hits, the 20-year-old musician hones his sound on his debut album, Withered.

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In his new book, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison digs into how the Philadelphia group updated the old-school R&B vocal group archetype for the hip-hop generation.

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The Los Angeles-based musician performs songs from her latest album, Erotica Veronica.

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The singer-songwriter went viral in 2024 with her queer ballad, "Sailor Song." Her debut album, At The Beach, In Every Life, builds a world beyond her hit.

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The North Carolina singer-songwriter joins us to talk about her debut album, Florilegium.

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The Drive-By Truckers co-founder talks about his latest solo album, Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams.

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The Texas singer-songwriter reflects on reconnecting with his musical spirit after losing his teenage son.

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Musician and climate activist Tamara Lindeman talks about the Canadian folk band's latest record, Humanhood.

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The singer-songwriter talks about her latest record, Earthstar Mountain.

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May 22, 2025 12 mins
Led by the late Christopher Stafford, this Cajun band became a staple of the Lafayette music scene.

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World Cafe correspondent John Morrison digs into the U.K. artist's Angels With Dirty Faces.

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