The World Cafe

Gospel legend Mavis Staples showcases You Are Not Alone, produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, on this Vintage Cafe.

After a five-year hiatus, Scottish pop-rock band Travis return with Where You Stand.

Singer-Songwriter John Fullbright from Bearden, OK will be returning to Columbus and WCBE!

Bright Eyes' Vintage Cafe from 2007 features remarkable performances drawn from Cassadaga, plus a surprise duet with M. Ward.

Uncanney Valley is The Dismemberment Plan's first record of new material since reuniting in 2011.

Nashville's rock n' rollers Those Darlins will be playing a few songs for us ahead of their show that night at The Rumba Café with Diarrhea Planet!

It's a testament to singer-songwriter Damien Jurado's versatility that he's made nearly a dozen albums of largely inward-looking folk and rock music, and yet has never made two records that sound the same.

For veteran soul singer Sharon Jones, 2013 was a year of frustration, fear and false starts: She'd just announced the summer release of her fifth album, Give the People What They Want, when she was diagnosed with cancer and had to put her career on hold. Tours were canceled, while the finished record had to be shelved until she'd recovered to where she was in a position to promote it. Anyone who's seen Jones live knows how much she pours into performing, so fans appeared to be in for a long wait.

It's tempting — and, really, accurate — to describe Rosanne Cash's new album as a literary effort. The singer-songwriter is also a published author, and her last album, 2009's The List, was a writer's game: Its 12 tracks abridged her famous father Johnny's 100-song lexicon of essentials, which he gave to his then-teenaged daughter as a legacy and a challenge.

On this Vintage Cafe from 2011, The Decemberists perform songs from their then-new album The King Is Dead.

Wesley Stace, who formerly recorded as John Wesley Harding, has a new disc called Self-Titled.

Host David Dye looks back on 2013 this New Year's Day and spins his hand-picked selection of the best live performances on the World Cafe.

This special holiday edition of the World Cafe features the Portland Cello Project, The Polyphonic Spree, and a Latin Roots showcase of Cuban Christmas music.

Hang the DJ!
Because the music that they constantly play,
It says nothing to me about my life.
—The Smiths, "Panic"

Visit WCBE's Amazon page for sampling of our core playlist for 2013; we encourage you to use this list as a resource to find the quality music heard on WCBE this past year!

The Brooklyn based four piece band American Authors will play a few songs for us during the Global Village! 

Joseph Arthur will be joined by Mike Mills (R.E.M.) and Bill Dobrow for a live session at WCBE!

Coming up Tuesday, November 19th at 10pm, NPR Music & KCRW present Australian party people Cut Copy in a live video webcast from New York City on Tuesday.  The event is co-sponsored by KCRW's Metropolis, the premiere electronic music show in public radio.  It will kick off with a DJ set by Metropolis host Jason Bentley at approximately 10 p.m. ET.

The Austin, Texas five-piece Wheeler Brothers will perform their blend of Indie/Americana music live during the Global Village! 

WCBE proudly presents Leon Russell at Woodland's Backyard on Friday, November 15th!