World Cafe

This article is about the radio show. For the organisational development technique, see The World Cafe.

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, Pennsylvania
Syndicates	Public Radio International (1991-2005) NPR (2005-present)
Host(s)	David Dye
Air dates	since 1991
Website	worldcafe.npr.org
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] It is also home to the WXPN studios. The venue is well known for hosting upcoming local artists as well as nationally touring acts and has a capacity of approx. 350 people.^[2] 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.

World Cafe Live is a full-service restaurant, serving drinks and light fare for upstairs performances and serving complete dinners during the shows downstairs.^[3]

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.
↑ http://www.xpn.org/pr-2004/wxpnworld-cafe-live-project-fact-sheet
↑ http://www.xpn.org/pr-2004/wxpnworld-cafe-live-project-fact-sheet

External links

NPR

Productions	All Songs Considered All Things Considered Ask Me Another Here and Now Morning Edition Planet Money Snap Judgment TED Radio Hour 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 Intelligence Squared US Latino USA Mountain Stage Only a Game On Point On the Media Piano Jazz Radiolab State of the Re:Union StoryCorps World Cafe

Current personalities	Noah Adams Tom Ashbrook Melissa Block Dee Dee Bridgewater Audie Cornish Corey Flintoff Bob Garfield Brooke Gladstone Terry Gross Maria Hinojosa Jeremy Hobson Steve Inskeep Bill Kurtis Tom and Ray Magliozzi Michel Martin Bob Mondello Renée Montagne Michele Norris Sylvia Poggioli Arun Rath Guy Raz Diane Rehm Fiona Ritchie Peter Sagal Ari Shapiro Robert Siegel Scott Simon Lakshmi Singh Susan Stamberg Nina Totenberg Craig Windham Robin Young

Former personalities	Margot Adler Madeleine Brand Alex Chadwick Farai Chideya Neal Conan Bob Edwards Ira Flatow Liane Hansen Carl Kasell Ketzel Levine Marian McPartland Ken Rudin Daniel Schorr Andrea Seabrook Alison Stewart Ray Suarez Juan Williams

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

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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