They've been playing her on @wxpnfm.bsky.social for a couple of years now. @rahrahraina.bsky.social does a great interview with her on @worldcafe.bsky.social I friggin love her. npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2023/12/08/1218004375/laufey-album-bewitched

It’s the return of Spinal Tap and Cafe host Raina Douris sits down with the legends for a chat about the reunion. @rahrahraina.bsky.social has youtu.be/Metkirmcu7c?...

Legendary record producer and founder of On-U Sound Adrian Sherwood talks about his new lp The Collapse of Everything, and looks back on the UK dub music scene of the 80s. xpn.org/adrian-sherw...

Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social welcomes the Grammy award winning Americana supergroup I'm With Her onto the show to talk about their latest album, Wild and Clear and Blue. www.npr.org/sections/wor...

Live now: the Americana Music Fest Honors and Awards via @npr Music www.npr.org/sections/wor...

Today: live from Americanafest via Roots Radio WMOT, @worldcafe.bsky.social and NPR music. livesessions.npr.org

The Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social talks with Anna F. of Friedberg about the band's debut album, and, they perform live. www.npr.org/2025/09/04/n...

On the day of the release of their surprise new album, Chain Yer Dragon, Goose stopped by @worldcafe.bsky.social to perform live at @wxpnfm.bsky.social and had a conversation with Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/09/05/n...

Butt rock or not. World Cafe discusses the "genre' @worldcafe.bsky.social @kallao.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/09/01/n...

For the past few weeks, an ethnomusicological mystery has gripped us here at the Cafe: What exactly is butt rock? With interest in the subgenre growing, the Cafe's Kallao @kallao.bsky.social & producer Miguel Perez discuss the renaissance of butt rock. www.npr.org/2025/09/01/n...

Welcome back, Alabama Shakes @alabamashakes.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDwu...

Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with British funk legends about their lasting musical legacy and their new album. www.npr.org/2025/08/27/n...

Cafe correspondent John Morrison talks with Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social about the importance of Living Colour's Time’s Up album 35 years on – what it said about the time, and why it still matters. www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...

The sound of ‘cosmic country,’ according to its architect, Daniel Donato. The Cafe’s Kallao @kallao.bsky.social talks with Daniel about his new lp and we give him and his band plenty of room to play. www.npr.org/2025/08/22/n...

Deep Sea Diver free at noon ruled. Daniel Donato session aired on @worldcafe.bsky.social Our man is the truth. Taped an interview for the beths new record (it’s so good!) lovely day to do some radio.

Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social chats with Buscabulla - Del Valle and Raquel Berrios - who also perform songs from their recent lp, Se Amaba Así. www.npr.org/sections/wor...

new music matters somevelvetblog.substack.com/p/i-got-some...

The Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social talks with Self Esteem - Rebecca Lucy Taylor - about her recent album and the impact of her inspirational Euro '25 "Focus Is Power" song. www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...

Molly Tuttle celebrated the release of her new album, 'So Long Little Miss Sunshine,' on @npr.org's @worldcafe.bsky.social, talking with host @rahrahraina.bsky.social‬ and performing four songs from the album. You can hear the episode at www.nonesuch.com/journal/list...

Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social Raina Douris talks w/ award winning bluegrass musician Molly Tuttle about her new album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine, an unexpected meeting with Ringo, and how Molly has lived with alopecia and advocated for others with the condition. www.npr.org/2025/08/15/n...

The Cafe’s Kallao @kallao.bsky.social talks with TOKiMONSTA about her new album. www.npr.org/2025/08/13/n...

A bike ride and first time fatherhood inspired the new album by Born Ruffians. Frontman Luke Lalonde talks with Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social about the band's recent album. www.npr.org/sections/wor...

In May, we caught Personal Trainer live in concert. Watch a mini-set from the Amsterdam based indie rockers. www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...

Biographer Peter Ames Carlin describes the making of Born to Run as an "existential moment" for Springsteen: "If this didn't work, he was done." Carlin's new book is Tonight in Jungleland.

Watch our conversation with Dan and Pat w/ Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX7B...

Our friends Lucius love public radio and to support us they've made available their recent World Cafe @worldcafe.bsky.social session w/ proceeds going to us. Thanks Lucius. And thanks to all of our members for your support. ilovelucius.bandcamp.com/album/lucius...

Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with Haim about their new album, and how nostalgia and self-discovery laid the foundation for the new songs. www.npr.org/sections/wor...

Happy @bandcamp.com Friday! To support their love of public radio, Lucius have released their in-studio performances of songs from their recent @worldcafe.bsky.social session with @rahrahraina.bsky.social with proceeds going to @wxpnfm.bsky.social / World Cafe. xpn.org/2025/08/01/l...

Maren Morris performs and chat about her new album DREAMSICLE with Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social. About the excellent new lp, Morris talks about working with Muna and Jack Antonoff to motherhood and more. www.npr.org/sections/wor...

Sad news to report. Rest in rock and power, Ozzy.

Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with Nigerian musician Obongjayar about his new lp, Paradise Now. xpn.org/2025/07/21/o...

With a new lp out in late August, the World Cafe's @worldcafe.bsky.social @kallao.bsky.social caught up with @missmargoprice.bsky.social. Hear the interview and live performances. xpn.org/2025/07/18/m...

hardware day at @worldcafe.bsky.social thanks to New York Festivals. Thanks to jazz titan Abdullah Ibrahim, a real one if there ever was. And biggest thanks to Miguel Perez, who takes this trophy to his desk because it was his vision and execution that made it happen. Support Public Media. 💙

Was so great to have Lucius back with us in the studio for a performance and interview, as Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with Jess and Holly about their new lp. www.npr.org/2025/07/14/1...

With an excellent new album, moisturizer, released on Friday, the band's lead singer, guitarist, co-founder and songwriter Rhian Teasdale talks with Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social about the making of the record. www.npr.org/sections/wor...

Folk legend Jim Kweskin joins Cafe contributing host @kallao.bsky.social to talk about his long career and his new album. www.npr.org/2025/07/09/1...

Our Sense of Place: Rome trip showcased musical discoveries like Laila Al Habash & Weird Bloom, took us into the studio where Ennio Morricone recorded some of his classics, talked with pianist & composer Ludovico Einaudi & more. Listen back to all the segments. www.npr.org/sections/wor...

Two of the very best of New Orleans have teamed on a funky new record - Galactic & Irma Thomas. Galactic's Robert Mercurio and Thomas join the Cafe's Kallao, @kallao.bsky.social, to talk about the new lp, Audience With the Queen, written for the Queen of Soul. www.npr.org/2025/07/07/1...

Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social takes you inside the legendary Roman Forum Studios w/ studio General Manager Marco Patrignani to explore the studio's incredible history and the work of Ennio Morricone. www.npr.org/2025/06/27/1...

Continuing our Sense of Place: Rome series, Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social meets with singer-songwriter Ariete who performs and talks about how her career has grown on her own DIY, indie terms. www.npr.org/2025/07/02/1...

Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi talks with the Cafe’s Kallao @kallao.bsky.social for our Sense of Place: Rome series. www.npr.org/2025/06/25/1...

While in Rome for our Sense of Place trip, Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social did a session and interview with Milan-based musician Laila Al Habash at Rome's Studio 33. www.npr.org/2025/06/24/1...

Our Sense of Place: Rome series continues with an in studio session and interview with the psych-rock band Weird Bloom. Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with the band at Alcazar Live in Rome's Trastevere neighborhood in front of a live audience. www.npr.org/2025/06/23/1...

In our first Sense of Place: Rome series, Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with Pier de Sanctis founder of Four Flies Records, a label devoted to preserving and releasing old soundtracks from Italian B movies. www.npr.org/2025/06/20/1...

As we begin to roll out our Sense of Place: Rome series with Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social, we've put together a mixtape of the music of Rome to get you in the musical mood. www.npr.org/sections/wor...

the World Cafe's @worldcafe.bsky.social contributing host Kallao @kallao.bsky.social welcomes d4vd into our studios from some incredible live performances and conversation about his recent lp Withered. don't miss this one. www.npr.org/2025/06/17/1...

Our Culture Corner correspondent John Morrison, has an excellent new book about Philly's Boyz II Men and he joins Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social to talk about their influence. www.npr.org/2025/06/16/1...

Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talked with TV On The Radio's co-founder Tunde Adebimpe about how his debut album Thee Black Boltz came about, and performed four songs from the record. www.npr.org/sections/wor...

More sad news - the musical visionary & genius Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys has passed away. Brian was a guest on the Cafe in 2015 and he gave us some incredible performances and played his favorite Beach Boys songs www.npr.org/sections/wor...

The music of Sly & The Family Stone will keep us dancing to the music forever. Rest in power, Sly.