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

January 11, 2013

12:00 PM
Windows Are Rolled Down
Artist : Amos Lee
Album :
Composer : Blue Note
Label :
5:25 PM
No Room For Doubt
Artist : Lianne La Havas
Album : Is Your Love Big Enough?
Label : Nonesuch
5:25 PM
Ro Lungi
Artist : Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang
Album : En Yay Sah
Label : Luaka Bop
5:27 PM
Halhal
Artist : Nazan Soray
Album : Istanbul 70
Label : Nublu
5:27 PM
Maude
Artist : Blind Spot
Album :
Label :
5:27 PM
Cheese & Crackers
Artist : The Two Man Gentlemen Band
Album : Two At A Time
Label :
5:28 PM
Clarksdale Moan
Artist : Heritage Blues Orchestra
Album : And Still I Rise
Label :
5:29 PM
Working Girl’s Guitar
Artist : Rosie Flores
Album : Working Girl's Guitar
Label : Bloodshot
5:29 PM
Hollywood Forever Cemetary Sings
Artist : Father John Misty
Album : Fear Fun
Label : Sub Pop
5:30 PM
Sing Loud
Artist : Alpha Rev
Album : Bloom
Label : Kirtland
5:30 PM
Jook
Artist : The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Album : Twenty Dozen
Label : Savoy Jazz
5:46 PM
Gulf Of Mexico
Artist : Leftover Salmon
Album : Aquatic Hitchhiker
Label : LOS Records
5:46 PM
Jolly Roger
Artist : The Wiyos
Album : Twist
Label : www.thewiyos.com
5:46 PM
Zimbabwe
Artist : Bob Marley & The Wailers
Album : Survival
Label : Tuff Gong
5:47 PM
Bissa
Artist : Fatoumata Diawara
Album : Fatou
Label : Nonesuch
5:47 PM
When My Baby Left Me
Artist : Sean Carney featuring Omar Coleman
Album : Very Lucky Man
Label : Local
5:48 PM
Psychedelic Pill
Artist : Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Album : Psychedlic Pill
Label : Reprise
5:48 PM
The Dangerous Age
Artist : Paul Weller
Album : Sonik Kicks
Label : Yep Roc
5:49 PM
Meet You In The Middle
Artist : Chuck Ragan
Album : Covering Ground
Label : SideOneDummy
5:50 PM
Scandalous And A Shame
Artist : The Freight Hoppers
Album : Mile Marker
Label : Bake Tone Records
5:51 PM
The Train That Carried My Gal From Town
Artist : Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
Album : Buddy & Jim
Label : New West
5:51 PM
Going To Glory
Artist : The Lee Boys
Album : Testify
Label : Evil Teen
5:52 PM
Live From Studio A
Artist : John Fullbright
Album : Live From Studio A
Label : WCBE
5:52 PM
Sugar Man
Artist : Rodriguez
Album : Searching For Sugar Man Soundtrack
Label : Legacy
5:57 PM
I Never Knew You
Artist : The Avett Brothers
Album : The Carpenter
Label : American
5:57 PM
24/7/365
Artist : Patty Larkin
Album : Red = Luck
Label : Vanguard
5:58 PM
No Reazon
Artist : Wonder Twin Powers
Album :
Label : Local
5:59 PM
All I Need Is You
Artist : Yellow Light Maybe
Album : Bring The Band Back
Label : Local

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8:53am

Mon April 1, 2013
First Listen

First Listen: Villagers, '{Awayland}'

Originally published on Wed April 10, 2013 12:52 pm

Credit Rich Gilligan / Courtesy of the artist

Audio for this feature is no longer available.

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12:29pm

Sat March 30, 2013

1:33pm

Wed March 27, 2013
WCBE Exclusive

Katy Moffatt Live From Studio A April 1, 2013@11am

Credit www.katymoffatt.com

Katy Moffat will be in town to perform at Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza the following evening.

She will perform a few songs and chat during the 11am hour.

That's on 90.5  WCBE FM and HD Columbus, and 106.3FM in Newark

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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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