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

March 19, 2013

12:17 PM
Flying
Artist : Sean Rowe
Album : The Salesman And The Shark
Label : ANTI
12:17 PM
Chase The Feeling
Artist : Emmylou Harris And Rodney Crowell
Album : Old Yellow Moon
Label : Nonesuch Records
12:24 PM
Messed Up
Artist : Happy Chichester
Album : Torchwood Loop
Label : Local/PopFly Music
12:27 PM
The Attic
Artist : Paul Weller
Album : Sonik Kicks
Label : Yep Roc Records
12:29 PM
Windy Cindy
Artist : People Get Ready
Album : People Get Ready
Label : Brassland
12:35 PM
Weibayuwa
Artist : Aurelio
Album : Laru Beya
Label : Sub Pop Records
12:39 PM
You Can Run
Artist : Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80
Album : From Africa With Fury: Rise
Label : Knitting Factory
12:45 PM
Bang Bang Boom Boom
Artist : Beth Hart
Album :
Label : Provogue Records
12:50 PM
Bo Diddley Special
Artist : Eric Burdon
Album : 'Til Your River Runs Dry
Label : Abkco Music & Records
12:50 PM
Nancy Lee
Artist : Vintage Trouble
Album : The Bomb Shelter Sessions
Label : Vintage Trouble
12:57 PM
Straight And Narrow
Artist : Richard Thompson
Album : Electric
Label : New West Records
1:07 PM
Love Has Come For You
Artist : Steve Martin & Edie Brickell
Album : Love Has Come For You
Label : Rounder Records
1:10 PM
Burnin’ It Down
Artist : Steve Earle & The Dukes (and Duchesses)
Album : The Low Highway
Label : New West Records
1:14 PM
Dougou Badia
Artist : Amadou & Mariam
Album : Folila
Label : Nonesuch Records
1:18 PM
Ruido En El Sistema
Artist : Alex Cuba
Album : Ruido En El Sistema
Label : Factor
1:21 PM
I Won’t Go With You
Artist : Scott Miller & The Commonwealth
Album : Thus Always To Tyrants
Label : Sugar Hill Records
1:25 PM
Dead Still Dance
Artist : ALO
Album : Sounds Like This
Label : Brushfire Records
1:30 PM
From A Window Seat
Artist : Dawes
Album : Stories Don't End
Label : Hub Records
1:39 PM
Hail Hail
Artist : Shovels And Rope
Album : O' Be Joyful
Label : Dualtone Music Group
1:44 PM
Big Time
Artist : The Howlin’ Brothers
Album : Howl
Label : Readymade
1:48 PM
Aglio E Olio
Artist : Tony Monaco
Album : Celebration
Label : Local
1:52 PM
Ruby Baby
Artist : Aaron Neville
Album : My True Story
Label : Blue Note Records
1:55 PM
Hacienda Motel
Artist : Pickwick
Album : Can't Talk Medicine
Label : Small Press
2:07 PM
Live From Studio A
Artist : Milo Greene
Album : Live From Studio A
Label : WCBE
2:24 PM
Heartbeat
Artist : Kopecky Family Band
Album : Live From Studio A 10/20/12
Label : WCBE
2:27 PM
Be Still
Artist : Robyn Hitchcock
Album : Love From London
Label : Yep Roc Records
2:35 PM
Depression
Artist : Ryan Bingham
Album : Junky Star
Label : Lost Highway Records
2:40 PM
Place In The Ground
Artist : Kait Lawson
Album : Until We Drown
Label : Madjack Records
2:44 PM
Song For Zula
Artist : Phosphorescent
Album : Muchacho
Label : Dead Oceans Records
2:50 PM
France Blues
Artist : Alvin Youngblood Hart
Album : Big Mama's Door
Label : Okeh

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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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