After the departure of their longtime lead guitarist, Toronto band Valley pressed the reset button, putting pen to paper immediately. Rob Laska and Karah [like Sarah] James join us to talk about how that experience taught the band how to press on. Valley will also play songs from their new album, Water the Flowers, Pray for a Garden, on the next World Cafe.
Recording icon Herb Alpert’s latest album, 50, marks a significant milestone, it’s his 50th full-length recording. The Tijuana Brass bandleader, A&M Records Co-founder, and philanthropist joins the Cafe to look back on his weighty career, including stories about Quincy Jones and The Carpenters. Plus, when it comes to writing songs, why it’s all about the melody. It’s Herb Alpert on the next World Cafe.
Every Sunday from 7 – 11 a.m., Rusty handpicks four hours of bluegrass music for Bluegrass Sunday Morning.
Wasia Project is sibling duo Olivia Hardy and William Gao, who’ve been songwriting together since their mid-teens. They talk about melding their classical music upbringing with modern day pop on their latest EP, Isotope – and about how Will’s side hustle as star in Netflix’s Heartstopper helps keep them growing creatively. That’s on the next World Cafe.
You can’t predict what will happen in 2025, but you might be able to predict what it’ll sound like. Ring in the New Year with songs from new albums coming out this year, from artists like Sports Team, Sharon Van Etten, Ringo Starr, Bartees Strange and lots more. A look ahead at the music of 2025, on the next World Cafe.
James Madison’s Montpelier is operating under modified winter hours through March 12th.
When visiting Montpelier, you can take a tour, browse our galleries, do some shopping in the Visitor Center, and walk along our 8+ miles of trails through horse pastures, meadows, and old-growth forests.
They welcome you to join Montpelier to study the US Constitution, learn about the preservation of the American storied past, and immerse yourself in the power of place. You can find out more about our events, tours, trails, and exhibits, online at montpelier.org.
Miriam’s House in Lynchburg is a nonprofit with a mission to end homelessness and rebuild lives.
In 2024, they served over 400 of our homeless neighbors by placing them in stable housing and providing them with support to remain housed.
On Saturday, February 22nd, they’re hosting their 4th Annual Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk and invite you to participate. Walkers will begin at Miriam’s House and walk a 5k route along Rivermont Avenue.
Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield reflects on looking for the perfect lines of poetry for her album, Tigers Blood, and why she doesn’t believe in the “tortured artist” trope. Plus, in the second hour of World Cafe, there aren’t a lot of opportunities in life to just scream, and that’s what Mannequin Pussy frontperson Missy Dabice was looking for when she started the band over a decade ago. There’s still screaming on the band’s latest album, I Got Heaven, but Missy will talk about how her songwriting has evolved, in one of World Cafe’s best interviews of 2024.
Long time WNRN volunteer and music host, Steve Hamilton, presents two hours of Fresh Roots New Blues, Saturdays from 6 – 8 p.m.
On Sundays from 12-2 p.m. Drew, Dan, and Mike practice indie-rock archaeology as co-hosts of Les Temps Perdu. Tune in for two hours of old-school glam, punk, new wave, alternative, grunge, and indie-rock from the 70s through the mid-90s.
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