Jack Antonoff chats with Cafe contributing host Kallao @kallao.bsky.social about the new Bleachers album, how he feels about AI, and plays some acoustic songs www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk2V...

Jack Antonoff and I talk about the ai, the dread, and salvation in community and authenticity. i dig him more and more after every conversation. up now for @worldcafe.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/05/22/n...

Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with contributor John Morrison about Aretha Franklin's 1971 album album, Aretha Live at Fillmore West. It was recorded over a 3 night stint and Morrison says it captured the energy of that period of time. www.npr.org/2026/05/19/n...

Two time Grammy nominee, Zydeco musician Corey Ledet, is featured in a mini-concert via our friends at KRVS in Lafayette, Louisiana. www.npr.org/2026/05/14/n...

From New Orleans, meet Sally Baby's Silver Dollars. Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social introduces you to their rootsy mix of Nola R&B, Second Line, soul & early jazz. They perform live & talk w/ Raina about their musical beginnings and direction forward. www.npr.org/2026/05/12/n...

The Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social catches up with Muna - Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin and Naomi McPherson - and talks w/ them about their recent lp, Dancing On The Wall, a collection of upbeat and dancey pop songs. www.npr.org/2026/05/11/n...

For years, Amy Grant has had a hugely successful career in pop and Christian pop music. She talks with the Cafe's Kallao @kallao.bsky.social about her songwriting and her new album, The Me That Remains, her first new album in 13 years. www.npr.org/2026/05/08/n...

London singer, songwriter and producer Samm Henshaw talks with Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social about his new album, It Could Be Worse, and plays live in our studios. www.npr.org/2026/05/06/n...

NYC indie rock band @youbet.bsky.social make their Cafe debut playing songs from the band's new self-titled lp. Nick Llobet and Micah Prussack also talk with the Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social about the making of their new album. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPIe...

Happy Record Release Day to Kacey Musgraves. Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with Kacey about the lp, Middle Of Nowhere. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYUr...

A mini-concert by Pigeons Playing Ping Pong you say? Of course - recorded live at WXPN @pigeonsplaying.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/04/29/n...

Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with electronic music pioneer Beverly Glenn-Copeland and his wife Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland about their lives and the music they've made together. www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...

The New Pornographers on their latest album, 'The Former Site Of' www.npr.org/sections/wor... | via @npr.org @worldcafe.bsky.social

Hey ho. Happy Birthday, let's go!

Our latest Acadiana Music Showcase from KRVS: Grand Nathaniel, who has been a mainstay of the local music scene in Lafayette. www.npr.org/2026/04/23/n...

52 years ago, the British band Squeeze wrote their first album about a fictional club called "Trixies." Except it never saw the light of day. Until now. Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook chat w/ the Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social about how they finally brought the songs to life. www.npr.org/2026/04/20/n...

Excited to talk with our guest Jessie Ware on record release day. Ware joins Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social to talk about books that inspired Superbloom; creating an alter ego named Shirley Bloom; & why she wanted to share more of her personal life on the album. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7gM...

Does your future have soul in it? Our does, and we've got a very special mini concert w/ @tedeschitrucksband.bsky.social playing songs from their excellent new album, Future Soul. www.npr.org/sections/wor...

Billy Idol talks with Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social about his early punk rock days and his group Generation X, to the heights of his new wave success, hit songs, drug fueled days and being a grandparent. www.npr.org/2026/04/10/n...

Singer-songwriter Sarah Kinsley makes their first appearance on the Cafe, performing songs from her new EP, Fleeting, and talking with the Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social about what it's like to be an artist in today's digital and social landscape. www.npr.org/sections/wor...

Punk rock + mariachi music = Mariachi El Bronx. They visit the Cafe and talk with Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social and perform live. www.npr.org/2026/04/08/n...

New Goose. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RzU...

From Liverpool, soul and R&B singer MT Jones performs a mini concert. He's from the UK but sounds like he's straight out of Motown. Dig in. www.npr.org/2026/04/07/n...

Happy new song release day to our pal Kurt Vile. We're loving the song and the video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDq6...

Big Thief return to the Cafe w/ performances from their recent album, Double Infinity, and talk with Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social abut changes in the band and their lives. www.youtube.com/watch?v=quG1...

Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with @timheidecker.bsky.social about the songs that defined him for "Personal Records." www.npr.org/2026/03/31/n...

Anthony Davis and Sean Daley (Ant and Slug) of Atmosphere talk with the Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social about their new concept lp, Jestures, and look back at 30 years of making music together. www.npr.org/2026/03/30/n...

Flea is on @npr.org's @worldcafe.bsky.social to talk with host @kallao.bsky.social about his new album ‘Honora.’ You can hear it at www.nonesuch.com/journal/listen-flea-nprs-world-cafe

I talked to Flea about his debut solo album, Honora. He's a remarkable human being and I was hanging on every word, especially when it came to the Nick Cave partnership. Really proud of how this one turned out, please give it a spin! @worldcafe.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5rc...

How Flea made his solo debut jazz album. The Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social talks with the Red Hot Chili Pepper's bassist about his trumpet playing, his lifelong love of jazz, and the LA jazz music community who helped him record the album, Honora. www.npr.org/2026/03/27/n...

Our friend Langhorne Slim returns to the Cafe studio to perform songs from his new album and talk with Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/03/26/n...

A live performance from The Nude Party and conversation with the Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social about their new album, Look Who's Back. www.npr.org/2026/03/24/n...

In Philly, at @wxpnfm.bsky.social where we make the Cafe, we've had the pleasure of working with the incredible Kathy O'Connell - host of the long running kids (and parents!) show, Kids Corner. Congrats to Kathy on a great run and for always making us smile in the office.

Mitski on Shirley Jackson, cats, and being the wrong kind of woman. Loving this album.

We've got a very special studio session w/ Mitski and her band recorded at The Power Station in NYC, and Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with Mitski about her fantastic new album Nothing's About To Happen To Me. www.npr.org/sections/wor...

We're super stoked cause it's @ratboysband.bsky.social on the Cafe day today. We've got a not to be missed Interview w/ @kallao.bsky.social and a studio performance of songs from their new album, Singin' to an Empty Chair. www.npr.org/2026/03/18/n...

One of our longtime friends and favorites on the Cafe, Iron & Wine makes a return visit to the Cafe. He talks with Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social about songs from his new album and his catalogue for an episode of Backtracking. He also performs live in concert. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J98t...

Folks, Vince Gill continues to be the honest to goodness Truth. We sit down again to talk about his massive year long project to celebrate 50 years of making music. He's my favorite person to talk to, bar done. Up later today for @worldcafe.bsky.social but catch it on @wxpnfm.bsky.social at 2pm EST

Country music legend Vince Gill stockpiled more than 100 songs in the last few years, and he's releasing a new EP every month for a year. The project is called 50 Years From Home. Gill talks with the Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social about the massive project. www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social talks with singer-songwriter Jobi Riccio, who performs live with her band. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMdi...

Kashus Culpepper talks with Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social about how he went from performing cover songs to his new full-length debut album, Act I, and with his band performs in front of a live audience. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvQF...

Great to see @andrinaturenne.bsky.social featured on @worldcafe.bsky.social

Via our friends at KRVS in Lafayette, Louisiana, here's a mini concert with @andrinaturenne.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/03/02/n...

Cafe host Raina Douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social welcomes Cate Le Bon and her band into the studio for a special performance and conversation about Cate's new album, Michelangelo Dying. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKcJ...

We wrap up our Black History Month series with our Culture Corner contributor John Morrison and Cafe host @rahrahraina.bsky.social with our final segment on the impact of music of the African disapora. www.npr.org/2026/02/25/n...

Happy to have Soccer Mommy back on the show, this time w/ a mini concert from the @wxpnfm.bsky.social XPoNential Music Festival last September. xpn.org/soccer-mommy...

Doing some @worldcafe.bsky.social stuff at The Power Station today. Dang, there were some records made here!

The legendary producer, musician and President of @bluenoterecords.bsky.social Don Was brings his new band, The Pan-Detroit Ensemble, into our studios to perform and chat with the Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/02/20/n...

Watch @hannahjadagu.bsky.social absolutely crush her World Cafe session -> youtu.be/-MTpddYUeoo?...

With the release of her excellent new (and sophomore) album Describe, we had to have @hannahjadagu.bsky.social Hannah Jadagu return to the Cafe with her band, this time with an audience. The Cafe's contributing host @kallao.bsky.social talks with Hannah about the new lp. www.npr.org/2026/02/17/n...