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WNRN is pleased to bring you World Cafe weeknights from 6-8 p.m. World Cafe is known by artists, appreciative audiences, and the radio and music industries as an influential source for music discovery. The two-hour daily program features a mix of artist interviews with in-studio performances by both established and emerging artists. The music selection encompasses singer-songwriters, classic rock, indie rock, Americana, alt-country, blues, world music, R&B and soul. As the nation’s most listened-to public radio music program, its impact on the careers and audience awareness of thousands of artists is immeasurable.

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The Head and The Heart on World Cafe

The Head and the Heart needed to make a change. 15 years as a band and they’d fallen into a routine. Frontman Jon Russell had been taking on most of the songwriting duties, while other members felt less connected to the music than ever before. So, they shook things up. Sharing songwriting ideas for the first time in years, they made their most collaborative album to date, Aperture. The Head and the Heart play songs from Aperture on the next World Cafe.

Sierra Hull on World Cafe

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Sierra Hull wanted to be a musician, but she didn’t wait to grow up. On the next World Cafe, the Grammy winning mandolinist talks about her new album, A Tip Toe High Wire, and about her career that started when she was just 10 years old.

Adrian Younge on World Cafe

Adrian Younge has been sampled by hip-hop heavyweights, he composed the soundtrack to numerous TV series, and is a steadfast believer in the power of analog recording. The producer and multi-instrumentalist joins us to play songs from his new album, Something About April III, exploring hip-hop and jazz in Brazil. It’s Adrian Younge on the next World Cafe.

Trupa Trupa on World Cafe

What would it sound like if Thin Lizzy cut a disco record? That’s one of the questions Chicago singer-songwriter Neal Francis asked himself as he began working on his latest album Return to Zero. Hear what he came up with in an exclusive live mini concert from Neal Francis, on the next World Cafe.

Neal Francis Mini Concert on World Cafe

What would it sound like if Thin Lizzy cut a disco record? That’s one of the questions Chicago singer-songwriter Neal Francis asked himself as he began working on his latest album Return to Zero. Hear what he came up with in an exclusive live mini concert from Neal Francis, on the next World Cafe.

Encore: Lucius on World Cafe

Lucius is releasing a new album this week, so World Cafe is looking back at their 2022 appearance on the show, when they delivered a defiant dance party with their album Second Nature. Holly and Jess of Lucius perform and talk about their unique bond as best friends and how it has changed over the last few years. That’s next time, on an encore World Cafe.