Talia Schlanger

In 2017, Rhiannon Giddens stopped by the World Cafe with her album, Freedom Highway. On that record, she went straight to the darkest parts of history,...

WXPN, the member-supported public radio station of the University of Pennsylvania and producer of the NPR-distributed daily music program World Cafe,…

Austin based Sweet Spirit , is punchy, powerhouse party band. Their raucous live shows earned them a fan in Britt Daniel of Spoon, who gave them a leg...

On his new album City Music, Kevin Morby, taps into his love of Lou Reed and Patti Smith to craft characters and songs that evoke New York City. Morby...

Phoenix holed up in an old Paris opera house in 2014 to begin recording their new album Ti Amo . The French band turned their feelings of unrest about...

It's the first day of summer and what better way to celebrate than with Yacht Rock ? Kick back with an ice –cold beverage and enjoy an ocean of smooth...

In 2015 (Sandy) Alex G stepped out of his bedroom and gave us his first album, Beach Music, earning himself a place alongside Frank Ocean on two of the...

Soft-spoken singer-songwriter Andy Shauf might not seem like an avid partygoer, but his latest album, The Party , revolves around his experiences at a...

Wednesday April 19, 2017 Garage blues group Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears play funky tracks from their record Backlash and talk about how their...

World Cafe's new contributing host and producer, Talia Schlanger, spotlights music from her mother country.