The Global Village

Weekdays, Noon - 3pm

Maggie Brennan is your tour guide for a 3-hour musical journey starting in your very own backyard and reaching the ends of the earth. Live "Studio A" performances and interviews in the 2 o'clock hour, top of the hour news updates from National Public Radio.

Every weekday afternoon at 2:55pm, you can also hear "The Writer's Almanac", hosted by Garrison Keillor.

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Playlist

November 12, 2012

12:13 PM
Draw The Line
Artist : Ryan Montbleu Band
Album : Patience On Friday
Label : Blue's Mountain Records
12:19 PM
The Here & The Now
Artist : Loudon Wainwright
Album : Older Than My Old Man Now
Label : 2nd Story Sound
12:22 PM
Good Thang
Artist : The Soul Of John Black
Album : Good Thang
Label : Yellow Dog Records
12:26 PM
Music
Artist : Hindi Zahra
Album : Handmade
Label : Naive Records
12:31 PM
Body In The river
Artist : Missing Cats
Album : Larry Brown Amen
Label : Missing Cats
12:36 PM
D I Y
Artist : Ben Sollee
Album : Half Made Man
Label : Thirty Tigers Records
12:39 PM
Dig A Little Deeper
Artist : Seth Walker
Album : Leap Of Faith
Label : Hyena Records
12:43 PM
Little But I’m Loud
Artist : Rosie Flores
Album : Working girl's Guitar
Label : Bloodshot Records
12:47 PM
Psychedelic Pill
Artist : Neil Young
Album : Psychedelic Pill
Label : Reprise Records
12:51 PM
I Don’t Believe A Word You Say
Artist : Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite
Album : I Don't Believe A Word You Say CD Single
Label : Stax Records
12:54 PM
The Governor’s Daughter
Artist : Go Jimmy Go
Album : The Girl With The Fishbowl Eyes
Label : Moon Room Records
12:57 PM
Tikni Chaj
Artist : Beltuner
Album : The Rough Guide To Paris Cafe Volume 2 - Beltuner
Label : World music Network
1:06 PM
Someday Past The Sunset
Artist : Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Album : The Magic Door
Label : Silver Arrow Records
1:12 PM
Make Me Stay
Artist : The Brew
Album : Hard Enough to Break
Label : Riverwood Records
1:16 PM
Bad Boy
Artist : Magic Slim & The Teardrops
Album : Bad Boy
Label : Blind Pig Records
1:20 PM
Silent Way
Artist : Milo Greene
Album : Milo Greene
Label : Atlantic Records
1:24 PM
Incommunicado
Artist : Field Report
Album : Field Report
Label : Partisan Records
1:27 PM
Rollin’ And Tumblin’
Artist : Tedeschi Trucks Band
Album : Everybody's Talkin'
Label : Sony Music
1:35 PM
Make You Mine
Artist : Mellowmen
Album : Tomorrow's Sound Today
Label : Rainbow Quartz Int'l
1:38 PM
Needle In The Groove
Artist : Papa Grows Funk
Album : Needle In The Groove
Label : Funky Krewe Records
1:44 PM
Natural Life
Artist : Hacienda
Album : Shakedown
Label : Collective Sounds
1:48 PM
Lucky That Way
Artist : Joe Walsh
Album : Analog Man
Label : Fantasy Records
1:53 PM
It’s About You
Artist : Popa Chubby
Album : Back To New York City
Label : Provogue Records
1:57 PM
Sticky Bun Slides
Artist : Beoga
Album : How To Tune A Fish
Label : Compass Records
2:06 PM
I Will Be Back One Day
Artist : Lord Huron
Album : Lonesome Dreams
Label : I Am sound
2:10 PM
Weather In My Head
Artist : Donald Fagan
Album : Sunken Condos
Label : Reprise Records
2:15 PM
Marley
Artist : Youssou N’dour
Album : Dakar - Kingston
Label : Universal Music
2:21 PM
Flashlight
Artist : The Amazing
Album : Gentle Stream
Label : Partisan Records
2:24 PM
Au Cinema
Artist : Lianne La Havas
Album : Is Your Love Big Enough?
Label : Nonesuch Records
2:27 PM
Dead Bird Hill
Artist : Gaelic Storm
Album : Chicken Boxer
Label : Lost Again Records
2:35 PM
Storm
Artist : Django Django
Album : Django Django
Label : Ribbon Music
2:40 PM
You Know - I Know Ev’rything’s Made For Love
Artist : Diana Krall
Album : Glad Rag Doll
Label : Verve Records
2:43 PM
Ela
Artist : Curumin
Album : Red Hot + Rio 2
Label : E One Entertainment
2:49 PM
Detroit
Artist : The Bright Light Social Hour
Album : The Bright Light Social Hour
Label : The Bright Light Social hour

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9:28am

Tue March 26, 2013
First Listen

First Listen: Bombino, 'Nomad'

Originally published on Sun April 7, 2013 10:39 pm

Credit Ron Wyman / Courtesy of the artist

Audio for this feature is no longer available.

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9:27am

Tue March 26, 2013
First Listen

First Listen: Telekinesis, 'Dormarion'

Originally published on Wed April 3, 2013 8:00 am

Credit Kyle Johnson / Courtesy of the artist

Audio for this feature is no longer available.

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9:23am

Tue March 26, 2013
First Listen

First Listen: 'The Music Is You: A Tribute To John Denver'

Originally published on Wed April 3, 2013 7:57 am

Credit Courtesy of the artist

Audio for this feature is no longer available.

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5:26pm

Sat March 23, 2013

5:15pm

Sat March 23, 2013

4:49pm

Sat March 23, 2013

4:47pm

Thu March 21, 2013
WCBE EXCLUSIVE

Matt Monta Live From Studio A March 22, 2013 @ 1PM!

Matt Monta will perform Live From Studio A

Tune in for a live session with local musician Matt Monta during the Global Village. He's got his new solo debut CD American Rhymin' and we'll get a little preview of what's to come on Saturday night at The Tree Bar for his CD release show!  Micah Schnabel, Eric Nassau and Joshua P. James & The Paper Planes will also perform on Saturday...good times!  Listen live!


  

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4:34pm

Wed March 20, 2013
Music

The Lions On World Cafe Tonight @ 8PM On WCBE!

Originally published on Thu March 21, 2013 9:22 am

Credit Eric Coleman / Courtesy of the artist

The Lions' members share a strong love of classic, Jamaican-inspired reggae. Hailing from different musical generations, the L.A. band's members craft a unique style which blends hip-hop and reggae with electrifying dub rhythms. Although the lineup has changed since The Lions' beginnings, the music has remained explosive and alluring.

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1:20pm

Tue March 19, 2013
Music

Billy Bragg On World Cafe Tonight @ 8PM On WCBE!

Originally published on Mon May 6, 2013 8:14 pm

Credit Courtesy of the artist

With a career spanning more than 30 years, English musician Billy Bragg blends folk, rock and punk with messages about politics and love. His new album Tooth & Nail is his first release in five years.

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10:55pm

Mon March 18, 2013

10:24pm

Mon March 18, 2013

12:38am

Thu March 14, 2013

12:16am

Thu March 14, 2013

6:04pm

Fri March 8, 2013

8:09am

Fri March 8, 2013

7:23pm

Mon March 4, 2013
First Listen

First Listen: Devendra Banhart, 'Mala'

Originally published on Tue March 5, 2013 5:37 pm

Credit Ana Kras / Courtesy of the artist

For a guy who gets tagged with a lot of limiting descriptors — "freak folk," "hippie" and so forth — Devendra Banhart doesn't like to let his music sit in any spot for long. His catalog, which now includes seven official albums, has taken him through warmly intimate ballads, raw and unselfconsciously strange home recordings, songs in several languages (Banhart spent much of his childhood in Venezuela), a lot of smoothly strummy folk-pop and the occasional low-key anthem about free-spiritedness.

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11:50am

Sat March 2, 2013
Music

Townes Van Zandt Tribute & Benefit For WCBE!

Townes Van Zandt Tribute

Please join us for The Eighth Annual Townes Van Zandt Tribute & Benefit For WCBE

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5:23pm

Thu February 28, 2013
First Listen

First Listen: Jimi Hendrix, 'People, Hell And Angels'

Originally published on Wed March 6, 2013 7:55 am

Credit Brian T. Colvil / Courtesy of the artist

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5:22pm

Thu February 28, 2013
WCBE EXCLUSIVE

Whitehorse Live From Studio A March 6, 2013 @ 2PM!

Whitehorse will perform Live From Studio A

5:01pm

Wed February 27, 2013
WCBE EXCLUSIVE

Whitey Morgan & The 78's Live From Studio A Feb. 28, 2013 @ 2PM!

Whitey Morgan will perform Live From Studio A

Whitey Morgan and the 78's are a honky tonk country band based in Flint, MI.


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