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

February 27, 2013

12:12 PM
Revolution
Artist : Jon Regen
Album : Revolution
Label : Mack Avenue Records
12:16 PM
Man I Used To Be
Artist : Seth Glier
Album : Things I Should Let You Know
Label : Mpress Records
12:22 PM
Asi Es La Vida
Artist : Jose Rizo’s Mongorama
Album : Jose Rizo's Mongorama
Label : Saungu Records
12:26 PM
Oxam
Artist : Mahube
Album : South Africa
Label : Putumayo World Music
12:30 PM
The Lark In The Clear Air/Olam Punch
Artist : The Chieftans w/ Punch Brothers
Album : Voice Of Ages
Label : Hear Music
12:33 PM
Balto
Artist : Enter The Haggis
Album : The Modest Revolution
Label : Enter The Haggis
12:38 PM
Low Down Blues
Artist : Wayne Hancock
Album : Ride
Label : Bloodshot Records
12:40 PM
Down And Dirty
Artist : Delta Moon
Album : Black Cat Oil
Label : Red Parlour Records
12:43 PM
Would That Not Be Nice
Artist : Divine Fits
Album : A Thing Called Divine Fits
Label : Merge Records
12:48 PM
Be Your Man
Artist : Ivan & Alyosha
Album : All The Times We Had
Label : Dualtone Music Group
12:52 PM
Stronger
Artist : Kate Earl
Album : Stronger
Label : Downtown Records
12:56 PM
Way Down
Artist : Trombone Shorty
Album : Live From Studio A 7/23/10
Label : WCBE
1:06 PM
My Bonneville
Artist : Annie And The Beekeepers
Album : My Bonneville
Label : Annie And The Beekeepers
1:09 PM
The Fog
Artist : The Amazing
Album : Gentle Stream
Label : Partisan Records
3:39 PM
Tropicana
Artist : Nation Beat
Album : Growing Stone
Label : Barbes Records
1:19 PM
All That I Have
Artist : Kevin Kinsella
Album : Great Design
Label : ROIR
1:23 PM
Have To Pretend
Artist : The Cave Singers
Album : Naomi
Label : Jagjaguwar Records
1:27 PM
Epic
Artist : Calexico
Album : Algiers
Label : ANTI
1:30 PM
We The Common
Artist : Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
Album : We The Common
Label : Ribbon Music
1:36 PM
Things Are Changing
Artist : The Relatives
Album : The Electric World
Label : Yep Roc Records
1:39 PM
Bad Boy
Artist : Magic Slim & The Teardrops
Album : Bad Boy
Label : Blind Pig Records
1:45 PM
Bumper Sticker
Artist : Keller Williams With The Travelin’ McCourys
Album : Pick
Label : Sci Fidelity Records
1:48 PM
The Loner
Artist : Yarn
Album : Almost Home
Label :
1:54 PM
Bamba
Artist : Youssou Ndour
Album : Dakar-Kingston
Label : Decca Records
1:54 PM
Live From Studio A
Artist : Eilen Jewell
Album : Live From Studio A
Label : WCBE
2:33 PM
Buick City
Artist : Whitey Morgan And The 78’s
Album : Whitey Morgan And The 78's
Label : Bloodshot Records
2:37 PM
Honey, Honey
Artist : The Milk Carton Kids
Album : The Ash & Clay
Label : ANTI
2:40 PM
Rooftop
Artist : Lady Lamb The Beekeeper
Album : Ripely Pine
Label : Ba Da Bing
2:45 PM
No Freedom
Artist : J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science
Album : Undercover
Label : Om Records
2:50 PM
Little Walter Rides Again
Artist : Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood
Album : Out Louder
Label : Indirecto Records
2:55 PM
Wandering Wonder
Artist : Poncho Sanchez And Terence Blanchard
Album : Chano Y Dizzy
Label : Concord Picante

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9:54am

Thu May 23, 2013
LIVE MUSIC EVENT

First Listen Live: Queens Of The Stone Age, '...Like Clockwork'

Credit Nora Lezano/Courtesy of the artist / via npr.org

Queens of the Stone Age are performing a sold-out show at The Wiltern tonight in Los Angeles, but WCBE can provide you with a front-row seat!

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8:04pm

Mon May 20, 2013

6:30pm

Mon May 20, 2013
Music

Ray Manzarek, Founding Member Of The Doors, Dies

Credit Express / Getty Images

Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and a founding member of The Doors, died Monday in Germany. He was 74.

A statement from publicist Heidi Ellen Robinson-Fitzgerald said Manzarek died in Rosenheim, Germany, after a long battle with bile duct cancer.

Manzarek and Jim Morrison founded the iconic band after meeting in California. The Doors went on to become one of the most successful rock 'n' roll acts of the 1960s — and continues to have an impact decades after Morrison's death in 1971.

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5:03pm

Sun May 19, 2013

5:36pm

Mon May 13, 2013

4:34pm

Thu May 9, 2013

4:44pm

Tue May 7, 2013
Music

New Music From The Polyphonic Spree, Jon Hopkins, Eleanor Friedberger, More

Originally published on Tue May 7, 2013 2:33 pm

Credit Courtesy of the artists

This week, All Songs Considered goes big with massive, heart-thumping new music from the gloriously exuberant, sprawling pop group The Polyphonic Spree, and the brilliantly experimental folk-rock band Akron Family. We also check out a gritty album from a Swedish group known as Goat, whose music is part prog-rock, part Afro-pop and undeniably awesome.

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11:16pm

Fri May 3, 2013

9:36am

Fri May 3, 2013
Music

Heavy Rotation: 5 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing; w/Maggie B.!

Credit Richard Dumas / Matador Records / NPR Music

Heavy Rotation is a special online series hosted NPR Music. Each month, NPR Music asks public radio DJs from across the country to share their favorite new songs. In this installment of Heavy Rotation — we'll hear more of public radio's new favorite songs, including a pick from our very own Maggie Brennan!

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7:37am

Fri May 3, 2013
Music

Heavy Rotation: 5 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

Originally published on Fri May 10, 2013 8:10 am

In this installment of Heavy Rotation — where we bring to you public radio's new favorite songs — we collaborated with KCRW in Santa Monica, Calif., to bring you an exclusive track from British singer Laura Mvula's session on Morning Becomes Eclectic, plus enjoy a download from rising post-punk band Savages, courtesy of WXPN in Philadelphia.

This week's panel includes:

  • Anne Litt, a DJ at KCRW in Los Angeles.
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4:02pm

Mon April 29, 2013
Music

Iron And Wine: Words Like Seedlings

Originally published on Mon April 29, 2013 5:48 pm

Credit Craig Kief / Courtesy of the artist

It's kind of surprising that Iron and Wine's Sam Beam has ended up making his living in music. Early on, he received a cautionary lesson from his dad.

"My father used to book Motown bands in college," Beam says. "And he imparted some wisdom on me that it's an easy gig to lose your shirt in."

Beam grew up in South Carolina; he studied art in college, then got into making movies. Music was just something he did on the side, for fun.

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11:51pm

Thu April 25, 2013

11:15pm

Thu April 25, 2013

10:53pm

Thu April 25, 2013
WCBE EXCLUSIVE

Seth Glier "Live From The Library" April 26, 2013 @ 2PM!

Seth Glier will perform "Live From The Library"

Folk and pop singer-songwriter Seth Glier will join us "Live From The Library" during the Global Village.  He's out on the road in support of his latest release Things I Should Let You Know.  He'll perform that night with Liz Longley at Columbus Performing Arts Center for a Six String event.  Tune in for live music and conversation on WCBE!  Listen here!

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1:21pm

Sat April 20, 2013
Music

Esperanza Spalding On Piano Jazz

Originally published on Fri April 19, 2013 2:03 pm

Credit Johann Sauty / Courtesy of the artist

On this Piano Jazz from 2008, bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding brings her neo-soul style to a set of standards with the aid of pianist Leo Genovese. Spalding is one of the most talked about artists in jazz today.

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1:19pm

Sat April 20, 2013
Music

What Nick Drake Taught Me About Art And Love

Originally published on Fri April 19, 2013 9:51 am

Credit Courtesy of the artist

1:03am

Sat April 20, 2013

12:41am

Sat April 20, 2013

11:42pm

Sun April 14, 2013
First Listen

First Listen: Steve Martin And Edie Brickell, 'Love Has Come For You'

Originally published on Wed April 24, 2013 7:51 am

Credit Courtesy of the artist

Audio for this feature is no longer available.

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11:40pm

Sun April 14, 2013
First Listen

First Listen: Laura Mvula, 'Sing To The Moon'

Originally published on Wed May 1, 2013 11:05 pm

Credit Courtesy of the artist

Audio for this feature is no longer available.

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