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 03, 2013

12:11 PM
Misfits And Lovers
Artist : The Wallflowers
Album : Glad All Over
Label : Columbia Records3
12:14 PM
Crazy
Artist : Bettye LaVette
Album : Thankful 'N' Thoughtful
Label : Anti Records
12:20 PM
Money
Artist : The Pinstripes
Album : I
Label : Collective Culture
12:23 PM
My Girl
Artist : Yukon Blonde
Album : Tiger Talk
Label : Dine Alone Music
12:27 PM
Falling Dominoes
Artist : A L O
Album : Sounds Like This
Label : Brushfire Records
12:33 PM
Bluebird Days
Artist : Blue Highway
Album : Sounds Of Home
Label : Rounder Records
12:36 PM
Maps
Artist : These United States
Album : These United States
Label : United Interests
12:39 PM
Terra Firma Irma
Artist : Brian Lynch
Album : Unsung Heroes
Label : Hollistic Music Works
12:48 PM
Warm Day, Cold War
Artist : Bronze Radio Return
Album : Shake! Shake! Shake!
Label : Bronze Radio Return
12:52 PM
Shakey Ground
Artist : Phoebe Snow
Album : Live
Label : Verve Records
12:56 PM
Mona Lisa
Artist : Atlas Sound
Album : Parallax
Label : 4ad Records
1:06 PM
Under My Skin
Artist : Everyday Prophets
Album : Beneath The Surface
Label : Everyday Prophets
1:12 PM
Born In Ontario
Artist : Neil Young
Album : Psychedelic Pill
Label : Reprise Records
1:16 PM
Big Mamou
Artist : Mitch Woods
Album : Gumbo Blues
Label : Club 88 Records
1:20 PM
I Know
Artist : Blind Pilot
Album : We Are The Tide
Label : Expunged Records
1:24 PM
Born To Love You
Artist : The Elected
Album : Bury Me In My Rings
Label : Vagrant Records
1:27 PM
Gettin’ Back
Artist : Wide Hive Players
Album : Players II Guitar
Label : Wide Hive Records
1:34 PM
Classic Situation
Artist : Yonder Mountain String Band
Album : Yonder Mountain String Band
Label : Vanguard Records
1:37 PM
Roll Like A Big Wheel
Artist : Joan Osborne
Album : Bring It On Home
Label : Saguaro Road Records
1:40 PM
Frank & Ava
Artist : Suzanne Vega
Album : Beauty And Crime
Label : Blue Note Records
1:43 PM
Akale Wube
Artist : Debo Band
Album : Debo Band
Label : Sub Pop Records
1:49 PM
Born To Sing
Artist : Van Morrison
Album : Born To Sing: No Plan B
Label : Exile Records
1:54 PM
Inspiracao
Artist : Praful
Album : Dutch World 2003
Label : Radio Netherlands
2:06 PM
Transitions
Artist : Ween
Album : Shinola Vol. 1
Label : Chocodog Records
2:10 PM
Heartaches & Pain
Artist : Charles Bradley
Album : Heartaches And Pain
Label : Daptone Records
2:13 PM
Master Maqui
Artist : Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Album : Area 52
Label : A T O Records
2:19 PM
Oh Darling
Artist : The Heavy Circles
Album : The Heavy Circles
Label : Dynamite Child
2:22 PM
Well, You Can Do It Without Me
Artist : Father John Misty
Album : Fear Fun
Label : Sub Pop Records
2:25 PM
Tracie
Artist : The Headhunters
Album : Platinum
Label : Owl Studios
2:35 PM
Dedicated To You
Artist : The Jamaicans
Album : More Hottest Hits From Treasure Isle
Label : Heartbeat Records
2:38 PM
Unlock Your Mind
Artist : The Soul Rebels
Album : Unlock Your Mind
Label : Rounder Records
2:42 PM
It Happens Tonight
Artist : The Jessica Fletchers
Album : Less Sophistication
Label : Rainbow Quartz Int'l
2:46 PM
Au Cinema
Artist : Lianna La Havas
Album : Is Your Love Big Enough?
Label : Nonesuch Records
2:50 PM
Harlem Groove
Artist : Chris Hazelton Trio
Album : Peregrination
Label : Artists Recording Collective

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12:38pm

Tue September 4, 2012
Music Reviews

When Ian Hunter Is 'President'

Originally published on Thu September 6, 2012 3:54 pm

Recently, I was listening to a new tribute album covering the songs of Fleetwood Mac, and thought once again how dreadful most tribute albums are: They don't add much to the legacy of the artists being saluted, while inadvertently freezing vital old music in an amber of sentimentality. Then I turned to When I'm President, an album of new songs by Ian Hunter.

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2:14pm

Mon September 3, 2012
Music News

Bang On A Pan: Steel-Drum Orchestras Ready For Battle

Originally published on Fri August 31, 2012 7:40 pm

Despers USA practices on a big parking lot off Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, N.Y. Band members start wandering in around 6 or 7 p.m. and slowly take their places behind racks of steel drums. Like a symphony orchestra, they're organized by section — the thin tenors ringed around the outside; the big, deep, oil-drum basses toward the center; the midrange "guitars," as they're called, nearby.

Their section leader counts them in. He stops them, and then stops them again, saying the opening needs to be stronger. Eventually, they get it.

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2:09pm

Mon September 3, 2012
First Listen

First Listen: Astro, 'Astro'

Originally published on Fri October 12, 2012 11:50 am

Credit Camilo Bustos / Courtesy of the artist

Audio for this feature is no longer available.

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2:07pm

Mon September 3, 2012
First Listen

First Listen: David Byrne & St. Vincent, 'Love This Giant'

Originally published on Wed September 12, 2012 11:47 am

Credit Andreas Laszlo Konrath / Courtesy of the artist

Audio for this feature is no longer available.

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12:03pm

Mon September 3, 2012
Music Reviews

Miguel Zenon And Laurent Coq Play 'Hopscotch'

Originally published on Mon September 3, 2012 2:57 pm

The new quartet album by alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón and pianist Laurent Coq is called Rayuela, which means "hopscotch." It's named for Julio Cortázar's novel, the fragmented tale of a wandering bohemian and his social circles in Parisian exile, as well as back home in Buenos Aires.

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1:21pm

Sun September 2, 2012
First Listen

First Listen: The Avett Brothers, 'The Carpenter'

Originally published on Wed September 12, 2012 11:43 am

Audio for this feature is no longer available.

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1:15pm

Sun September 2, 2012
Music Interviews

Cat Power: 'I'm Not Ashamed To Hear My Voice'

Originally published on Tue September 4, 2012 10:20 am

Credit Austin Conroy / Courtesy of the artist

The musician known as Cat Power has a penchant for goofing around. That might come as a surprise to those familiar with her music, which is always at least a little bit mournful.

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7:50pm

Fri August 31, 2012
Music Interviews

Derek Hoke: Three Quiet Chords And A Microphone

Originally published on Mon September 3, 2012 7:40 pm

Credit Courtesy of the artist

Every Tuesday night at the 5 Spot, some 200 people show up the East Nashville bar for Two Dollar Tuesdays: a $2 coverage charge, $2 beers and five musical guests. It's hosted by Derek Hoke, an unassuming, laid-back guy with the cowboy hat and retro-vintage eyeglasses.

"I call it a speed showcase," Hoke says. "Everybody plays five songs, and I tell them to play the 'best of' — you know, get up there, kill and get off. There's somebody coming up right after you, and we have to plow through this thing."

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12:16pm

Fri August 31, 2012
WCBE Exclusive

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Live From Studio A

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
Credit http://holdmyticket.com

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars will perform Live From Studio A on September 7, 2012 during the Global Village. 

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1:54pm

Thu August 30, 2012
World Cafe

Family Band On World Cafe

Credit Courtesy of Caleb Seppala

The Brooklyn-based ambient-folk duo Family Band is a collaboration between visual artist turned frontwoman Kim Krans and her husband, former heavy-metal guitarist Jonny Ollsin. Together, they craft beautifully dark, folk-influenced songs, which they fittingly describe as "heavy mellow."

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3:18pm

Tue August 28, 2012
First Listen

First Listen: Cat Power, 'Sun'

Originally published on Tue September 11, 2012 8:55 pm

Credit Stefano Giovannini / Courtesy of the artist

Audio for this feature is no longer available.

Chan Marshall, the creative force behind Cat Power, has long been indie rock's standard-bearer for melancholy navel gazing. In a career spanning nearly two decades, she's produced a large catalog of mostly moody confessionals, mixing blues, folk and arty punk with a swoon-inducing, transcendent voice. She could sing random figures from her tax returns and convey more heartache and angst than many other artists could match in their deepest moments.

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11:33am

Tue August 28, 2012
First Listen

First Listen: Stars, 'The North'

Originally published on Wed September 5, 2012 6:48 pm

Credit Norman Wong / Courtesy of the artist

Audio for this feature is no longer available.

The Montreal pop band Stars has always kept several sensibilities in rotation: Its arsenal includes fizzy pop, melancholy dance music, boy-girl ballads that flesh out the painful realities of modern romantic life, and anthems that address war, politics, gender dynamics and even the meaning of life. As such, Stars' albums tend to jump around a bit — rarely more so than on The North, the group's sixth full-length record, out Sept. 4.

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10:38pm

Mon August 27, 2012
WCBE Exclusive

Charlie Mars Live From Studio A Aug. 30, 2012

Charlie Mars Live From Studio A

Charlie Mars will play selections from his new album Blackberry Light, on the Global Village during the 2PM hour. 

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9:29pm

Mon August 27, 2012
First Listen

First Listen: Sean Rowe, 'The Salesman And The Shark'

Originally published on Wed September 5, 2012 6:50 pm

Credit Courtesy of the artist

Audio for this feature is no longer available.

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9:27pm

Mon August 27, 2012
All Songs Considered Blog

Song Premiere: Bob Dylan, 'Duquesne Whistle'

Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 8:35 pm

"Duquesne Whistle," begins in the middle of a scene, like the fade-in in a classic Western. It's the first song we get to hear from Bob Dylan's Tempest, the album he will release on September 11, 50 years and six months after the commencement of his recoding career.

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12:30pm

Mon August 27, 2012
Music Interviews

Regina Spektor: On Growing Up A 'Soviet Kid'

Originally published on Thu November 8, 2012 10:05 pm

Credit Shervin Lainez

Regina Spektor plays the piano so loudly, she has to convince piano tuners to adjust the instrument to her liking.

"It gets so loud that the strings reverberate in a certain way," Spektor says. "And I always want them to work on the voicing and to soften the hammers, and they get kind of argumentative with me — they're like, 'You're not supposed to play this loud.'"

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1:19pm

Sun August 26, 2012
Music Interviews

The Avett Brothers: Matters Of Life And Death

Originally published on Sun August 26, 2012 6:15 pm

In 2009, The Avett Brothers became one of the surprise hits of the year. Paste Magazine considered their I and Love and You the best album of that year, calling it "an overpowering acoustic album brimming with sadness and soul."

That sadness took on new meaning recently. Bassist Bob Crawford took a temporary leave from the band to tend to his infant daughter, Hallie, after she developed a brain tumor.

Next month, The Avett Brothers release a new album, The Carpenter, which explores the delicate balance between life and death.

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2:03am

Sat August 25, 2012
Music Interviews

Sean Rowe: An Outdoorsman Enters Civilization

Originally published on Sat August 25, 2012 10:16 am

Credit Marius Bugge

Sean Rowe has a voice and a style that stands out in popular music. His voice is deep — really, truly deep — fine, and often doleful. He's a baritone troubadour who sings of roads not taken, regrets and the dreams that shake you awake at 3 in the morning.

After years of working bars, road houses and more bars, Rowe is playing concert stages and winning over critics for his story-songs and that remarkable voice. But, as he tells NPR's Scott Simon, he wasn't always so proud to be a singer.

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12:25pm

Fri August 24, 2012
Tiny Desk Concerts

Beth Orton: Tiny Desk Concert

Originally published on Fri August 10, 2012 2:26 pm

Credit Michael Katzif / NPR

English singer-songwriter Beth Orton is one of the best-known practitioners of a subgenre in which folk songs are set to electronic beats — it's a sound she employed to popular and powerful effect throughout the late '90s and early '00s, on hit albums such as Trailer Park, Central Reservation and Daybreaker.

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