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.https://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mu7qyurcik2hOur Sense of Place: Dublin series continues with a chat and performance with Madra Salach. Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with lead singer Paul Banks about the influence of Irish history and how the past intertwines with the present in the band's music. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/28/nx-s1-5946867/madra-salach-album-its-a-hell-of-an-age29 Aug 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7qyurcik2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mu2ywau5wk2rCafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social talked with SPRINTS for our Sense of Place Dublin series, and the band performed a special acoustic session. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcoytmrxqlU27 Aug 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2ywau5wk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mu2y37d3c22rOur Sense of Place Dublin series continues with a mini-concert from Florence Road @florenceroad.bsky.social https://www.npr.org/2026/08/27/nx-s1-5945087/florence-road-mini-concert27 Aug 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2y37d3c22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mtuiwjdiwk2oWeezer on the Cafe w/ @rahrahraina.bsky.social. Celebrating the release of their 20th album.. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/21/nx-s1-5940823/weezer-the-gold-album24 Aug 2026 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuiwjdiwk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mtmdr7e5gc2vHappy Record Release to Brandon Flowers. Brandon joins Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social to talk about his new Americana and country flavored solo album, THRASHER, recorded in album in Nashville, at the historic RCA Studio A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfn6LzKscTo21 Aug 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmdr7e5gc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3msw7rphc6k2pright here: American Football on the Cafe w/ @kallao.bsky.social. A great chat and some incredible live performances. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3msw7rphc6k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mslbewo6uk2lArlo Parks returns to the Cafe with some live performances and a chat with Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social about Arlo's recent lp, Ambiguous Desire. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/07/nx-s1-5924815/arlo-parks-album-ambiguous-desire08 Aug 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslbewo6uk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mshbssbp6s2mOne of our favorite records of 2026 so far, Devon Gilfillian brings his Nashville rock and soul back to the Cafe studios to perform songs from his new album, Time Will Tell. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/06/nx-s1-5923520/devon-gilfillian-album-time-will-tell-mini-concert07 Aug 2026 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshbssbp6s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mshbnfkj322mKevin Morby returns to the Cafe for a chat with @rahrahraina.bsky.social and live performances with his band. https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2026/08/05/nx-s1-5921397/kevin-morby-album-little-wide-open07 Aug 2026 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshbnfkj322mhttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3msc4wyzhpk2lJoe Newman, JJerome87 of alt-j, talks with the Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social about fatherhood and his solo album, The Canyon. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/04/nx-s1-5919582/jjerome87-album-the-canyon04 Aug 2026 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3msc4wyzhpk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mrxuuhkpxk2oWatch a mini-concert with Annabelle Dinda recorded live at @wxpnfm.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5xTFKgWMiU31 Jul 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxuuhkpxk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mrxusv42222oTalking with Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social, @joshgroban.bsky.social discusses his new collection of songs from movies, CINEMATIC, how he chose the songs to include, and the pressure to do them justice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-euFVxSVPYU31 Jul 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxusv42222ohttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mrxub5qfl22oJosh Groban talks with Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social about his new album, CINEMATIC, songs made famous from movies, what it was like to be thrust into the spotlight at such a young age, and why his public image didn't always reflect who he really was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-euFVxSVPYU31 Jul 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxub5qfl22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mrkkll3wwc26The Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social talks with Holly Humberstone about her recent album, Cruel World. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/22/nx-s1-5902004/holly-humberstone-album-cruel-world26 Jul 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkkll3wwc26https://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mrkkhnlcp226Hrishikesh Hirway is the creator and host of the award-winning podcast and now Netflix show Song Exploder. Hirway recently talked with Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social about his new album, In the Last Hour of Light, and performed songs from the lp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS46UysKXMc26 Jul 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkkhnlcp226https://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mqsp65bba22sRecorded in May in Philadelphia at @wxpnfm.bsky.social listen to a mini concert with Weird Nightmare, a collection of power pop with influences of The Replacement, Teenage Fanclub, and Elvis Costello. https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2026/07/15/nx-s1-5894880/weird-nightmare-mini-concert17 Jul 2026 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqsp65bba22shttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mqkx2tthns27Jesse Welles returns to the Cafe performing songs from his new album, Masks Off, and talks w/ Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social about the album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB4NrUKMTtw14 Jul 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkx2tthns27https://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mqeqxjzj7s2iCafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with Tatiana Maslany on a new Personal Records segment, about songs that shaped the actress. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/10/nx-s1-5888420/personal-records-tatiana-maslany11 Jul 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqeqxjzj7s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mq7f6gc2o22aOn Cut Worms' new album, Transmitter, Max Clarke teamed up with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy at Wilco's legendary Loft studio in Chicago. Clarke talks w/ the Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social about their new lp and perform live in the Cafe studios. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO5qWodhlWM09 Jul 2026 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7f6gc2o22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mq43cd53t22fCafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with Boy Golden @boygolden.bsky.social about his recent lp, the Polaris Prize-longlisted Best Of Our Possible Lives. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/07/nx-s1-5884796/boy-golden-album-best-of-our-possible-lives08 Jul 2026 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq43cd53t22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mpqelgmt4s2wOur Sense of Place Philly series continues with a performance from Kurt Vile and his band and his interview with Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2026/07/01/nx-s1-5876318/kurt-viles-been-good-to-philadelphia03 Jul 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqelgmt4s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mphgphkhck2wIf you're not from Philly you might not know what a Mummer is. But the New Years Day Mummer's parade has been a 125 year tradition. In this episode of our Sense of Place: Philly series Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social visits the Woodland String Band for the story. https://www.npr.org/2026/06/29/nx-s1-5875175/no-one-rings-in-the-new-year-quite-like-philadelphias-mummers29 Jun 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mphgphkhck2whttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3mp24p4klks2vOur Sense of Place Philadelphia series continues with legendary jazz bassist Stanley Clarke. He chats with the Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social about his musical education at the Settlement Music School in Philly, his co-founding the fusion group Return To Forever and more. https://www.npr.org/2026/06/23/nx-s1-5867611/sense-of-place-philadelphia-stanley-clarke24 Jun 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp24p4klks2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/worldcafe.bsky.social/post/3movyirt7n22uLegendary music mogul and record industry executive Clive Davis has passed away. He helped shape the careers of many - from Whitney Houston & Bruce Springsteen to Alicia Keys, Janis Joplin & more. We talked with Clive back in 2013 when his autobiography was published. https://www.npr.org/2013/05/10/182867412/clive-davis-on-world-cafe22 Jun 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:d2vswuzsrd5gaftlib3ubkdh/app.bsky.feed.post/3movyirt7n22u