World Cafe

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World Cafe
The World Cafe at the former Hajoca Corp. showroom
Genre	Music/Interview
Running time	2 hours, Monday-Friday
Country	United States
Language(s)	English
Home station	WXPN 88.5 in Philadelphia, PA
Syndicates	NPR
Starring	David Dye
Air dates	since 1991
Website	Official show website
Podcast	World Cafe Podcasts

World Cafe is a two-hour long, nationally syndicated music radio program that originates from WXPN, a non-commercial station licensed to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The program began in 1991 and was originally distributed by Public Radio International. Since 2005, the show has been distributed by NPR. Hosted by David Dye, World Cafe features live performances and interviews with established and emerging artists. The program's format covers a wide spectrum of musical genres, including indie rock, folk, hard rock, singer-songwriter, alt-country, and world music. The program produces two weekly podcasts containing interviews and information about musical performers: "World Cafe Words and Music," which features more established singers and bands, and "World Cafe Next," which highlights emerging artists.

Performance venue

World Cafe Live

World Cafe Live is a three-tiered live music venue dedicated to showcasing live music.^[1] The venue is well known for hosting upcoming local artists as well as nationally touring acts. Past performers have included Adele, Phoenix, Charlotte Martin and Aimee Mann. The venue also hosts the beta hi-fi Music Festival every year in an effort to highlight and promote local talent. Past participants have been artists such as Melody Gardot, Joshua Park and Rod Kim.^{[citation needed]}

World Cafe Live is a full-service restaurant, serving drinks and light fare for upstairs performances and serving complete dinners during the shows downstairs.^{[citation needed]}

A second World Cafe Live venue, known as World Cafe Live at the Queen, opened in the former Queen Theatre in Wilmington, Delaware in the early spring of 2011.

References

↑ "About Us". World Cafe Live. Retrieved 2009-08-20.

External links

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Productions	All Things Considered Ask Me Another Here and Now Morning Edition Planet Money Science Friday Snap Judgment TED Radio Hour Tell Me More The Thistle & Shamrock Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Weekend Edition

Distributions	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn Car Talk (reruns only since 2012) The Diane Rehm Show Fresh Air From the Top Latino USA Mountain Stage On Point On the Media Piano Jazz Radiolab StoryCorps World Cafe

Current personalities	Noah Adams Margot Adler Tom Ashbrook Melissa Block Dee Dee Bridgewater Farai Chideya Audie Cornish Ira Flatow Corey Flintoff Bob Garfield Brooke Gladstone Terry Gross Maria Hinojosa Steve Inskeep Carl Kasell Ketzel Levine Tom and Ray Magliozzi Michel Martin Bob Mondello Renée Montagne Michele Norris Sylvia Poggioli Guy Raz Diane Rehm Fiona Ritchie Ken Rudin Peter Sagal Ari Shapiro Robert Siegel Scott Simon Lakshmi Singh Susan Stamberg Alison Stewart Nina Totenberg Craig Windham

Former personalities	Madeleine Brand Alex Chadwick Neal Conan Bob Edwards Liane Hansen Marian McPartland Daniel Schorr Andrea Seabrook Ray Suarez Juan Williams

Former productions	Bryant Park Project Day to Day Earplay News & Notes NPR Playhouse Talk of the Nation

See also	Ahora American Public Media NPR stations NPR Music NPR controversies Public Radio Satellite System Pacifica Radio Public Radio International

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