World Cafe Next: Wildcat! Wildcat!
The punchy L.A. indie-pop band Wildcat! Wildcat! is made up of three members who've been friends since middle school. They've released a couple of singles — including the latest, "Mr. Quiche"— and...
View ArticleShe & Him On World Cafe
When actress Zooey Deschanel started recording with producer M. Ward as She & Him in 2006, it was easy to see it as a passing thing.
View ArticleNeko Case On World Cafe
This segment, from Sept. 18, is part of our Best Of 2013 series, in which we revisit some of our most memorable interviews and performances of the year.Neko Case's new album, The Worse Things Get, The...
View ArticleJason Isbell On World Cafe
Soulful roots-rock singer Jason Isbell has been writing revealing, introspective songs since his days in the Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers. After leaving the group in 2007, Isbell went on to...
View ArticleLatin Roots: The Evolution Of Balada
On Thursday's installment of World Cafe's Latin Roots series, Ernesto Lechner — co-host of the radio show The Latin Alternative— dives into balada, a romantic style of Latin music. Lechner starts by...
View ArticleJack Johnson On World Cafe
Singer-songwriter Jack Johnson recently released his sixth album of breezy, easygoing songs: From Here to Now to You finds him returning to more acoustic arrangements after 2010's To the Sea, which...
View ArticleRay LaMontagne On World Cafe
In this installment of Vintage Cafe, we revisit Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs'performance from Oct. 8, 2010.
View ArticleWorld Cafe Next: Ásgeir
Musically speaking, we travel to Iceland for Monday's installment of World Cafe: Next. Our featured artist is Ásgeir, a 21-year-old singer-songwriter who's on his way to making history. After releasing...
View ArticleElvis Costello And The Roots On World Cafe
In hour one of Tuesday's installment of World Cafe, we talk with Elvis Costello and The Roots' powerhouse drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson about how they met and came to utilize hip-hop techniques to...
View ArticleHe's My Brother, She's My Sister On World Cafe
Joining us in the studio for hour two of Tuesday's World Cafe is the Los Angeles band He's My Brother, She's My Sister. As the name implies, lead vocalists Robert and Rachel Kolar are indeed...
View ArticleJames Cotton On World Cafe
Harmonica master James Cotton is a giant of the blues. Born in 1935 on a cotton plantation in Tunica, Miss., he learned the instrument from Sonny Boy Williamson, who had a radio program right across...
View ArticleLatin Roots: Joe Arroyo
In this installment of our Latin Roots series, The Latin Alternative co-host Ernesto Lechner discusses his favorite singer, an influential Colombian musician named Joe Arroyo.Arroyo began singing at...
View ArticleFranz Ferdinand On World Cafe
Scottish dance-rock band Franz Ferdinand are back with its fourth album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action. A year-and-a-half in the making, the record includes collaborations with members of...
View ArticleThe Head And The Heart On World Cafe
This session, from Dec. 12, 2011, is the second in our Vintage Cafe series, where we revisit some of our best studio performances.The Head and the Heart was formed after five twentysomethings met at an...
View ArticleWorld Cafe Next: Royal Bangs
Our World Cafe: Next artist this week is Royal Bangs, a band originally from Knoxville, Tennessee. The band formed in 2001 and had their first album released by The Black Keys' Patrick Carney on his...
View ArticleMark Mulcahy On World Cafe
If you were an indie-rock fan in the mid-1980s, then you undoubtedly stumbled upon Miracle Legion. In the post R.E.M. jangle-rock landscape, they called it "college rock" and the Connecticut-based...
View ArticleTreetop Flyers On World Cafe
We welcome British band Treetop Flyers to the World Cafe. They are a folk-rock five-piece that initially turned heads on the main stage of the 2011 Glastonbury Festival. They won the spot through an...
View ArticleThe Greyboy Allstars On World Cafe
Almost 20 years ago, the members of the Greyboy Allstars got together to play a record release party for DJ Greyboy and discovered a perfect fusion. Call it rare groove, acid jazz or Electric Boogaloo...
View ArticlePreservation Hall Jazz Band On World Cafe
New Orleans' Preservation Hall, the dirt-floor space off Bourbon Street, was founded in 1961 as a place for the elders of Crescent City jazz to play nightly. Today, World Cafe talks with Ben Jaffe;...
View ArticleBon Iver On World Cafe
This session, from Sept. 2, 2011, is part of our Vintage Cafe series, in which we revisit some of our best studio performances.It's a stretch to call "Beth/Rest" 2011's most divisive song, but it's...
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