World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

WXPN's live performance and interview program featuring music and conversation from a variety of important musicians

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November 14, 2025 42 mins
The Scottish-American rock star teams up with New York's Ghost Train Orchestra.

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The country singer's record has been nominated for a Grammy Award for best traditional country album.

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November 11, 2025 21 mins
The Michigan musician performs a set recorded at the 2025 XPoNential Music Festival.

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The Toronto punk band pared down their creative process with help from producer John Congleton.

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On Nobody's Girl, the singer-songwriter offers her perspective on her high-profile split from Jason Isbell.

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Listen to the English songwriter and guitarist perform at the 2025 XPoNential Music Festival.

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The British rock band talks about life on the road and making their third album in Norway.

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The four piece treats you to group harmonies and a fuller sound on their new album, Lovesick.

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The indie folk band enlisted Lin-Manuel Miranda to tell the story of a shipwrecked crew on Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan.

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The Canadian comic and actor joins World Cafe to talk about their debut album, I'm A TV.

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October 24, 2025 41 mins
The singer-songwriter decamped to Aaron Dessner's Long Pond Studio in upstate New York to record her new album, Returning to Myself.

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The blues musician from Clarksdale, Miss., also talks about his new record label and searching for the next generation of blues talent.

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On their fourth album, the American rock band refined their innovative sound, which had long been inspired by Black music traditions.

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Zydeco veteran Jeffery Broussard teamed up with members of the New Orleans TBC Brass Band and a swing band's rhythm section for Bayou Moonlight, a blend of zydeco, R&B and blues.

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Historian Dorothy Williams explains why Montreal became a center for jazz music.

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The Juno Award-winning Inuit musician, based in Montreal, imbued her favorite childhood songs with new meaning on her covers project, Inuktitut.

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October 15, 2025 13 mins
Expert guide Ruby Roy has given countless tours of the city for Cohen's fans.

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Kwenders is the co-founder of Moonshine, a Montreal-based collective that spotlights the culture and music of the African diaspora.

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Howard Bilerman went from taping punk shows as a teen to co-founding Hotel2Tango, one of Montreal's most iconic recording studios.

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Jasamine White-Gluz takes us back to the early aughts, when the city was experiencing a boom of DIY music.

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