World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
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World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

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WXPN's live performance and interview program featuring music and conversation from a variety of important musicians
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'It was never taped': There's a missing piece to Montreal's jazz history
17 October 2025

'It was never taped': There's a missing piece to Montreal's jazz history

Historian Dorothy Williams explains why Montreal became a center for jazz music.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
How Elisapie turned 10 classic rock hits into ‘true Inuit songs’
16 October 2025

How Elisapie turned 10 classic rock hits into ‘true Inuit songs’

The Juno Award-winning Inuit musician, based in Montreal, imbued her favorite childhood songs with new meaning on her covers project, Inuktitut.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Take a tour of Leonard Cohen's Montreal
15 October 2025

Take a tour of Leonard Cohen's Montreal

Expert guide Ruby Roy has given countless tours of the city for Cohen's fans.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Montreal is home, but Pierre Kwenders' heart is in Kinshasa
13 October 2025

Montreal is home, but Pierre Kwenders' heart is in Kinshasa

Kwenders is the co-founder of Moonshine, a Montreal-based collective that spotlights the culture and music of the African diaspora.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Meet the producer behind some of Montreal's finest records
10 October 2025

Meet the producer behind some of Montreal's finest records

Howard Bilerman went from taping punk shows as a teen to co-founding Hotel2Tango, one of Montreal's most iconic recording studios.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
'DIY will never die': No Joy remembers the heyday of Montreal's Mile End
09 October 2025

'DIY will never die': No Joy remembers the heyday of Montreal's Mile End

Jasamine White-Gluz takes us back to the early aughts, when the city was experiencing a boom of DIY music.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
'Have I gone too far?': Sarah McLachlan faces her toughest critic on new album
03 October 2025

'Have I gone too far?': Sarah McLachlan faces her toughest critic on new album

The Grammy Award-winning musician is used to playing for big crowds, but there was one person whose opinion mattered more than anyone else's: her eldest daughter.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Expect a lot of Puerto Rican pride at Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show
02 October 2025

Expect a lot of Puerto Rican pride at Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show

Days before Bad Bunny's Super Bowl announcement, World Cafe spoke to Alt.Latino hosts Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras about his 31-date residency in Puerto Rico.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Kassa Overall connects the dots between jazz and hip-hop on 'CREAM'
30 September 2025

Kassa Overall connects the dots between jazz and hip-hop on 'CREAM'

The jazz musician reimagines hip-hop classics by The Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan and more.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Little Dragon's Yukimi embraces the feminine on 'For You'
29 September 2025

Little Dragon's Yukimi embraces the feminine on 'For You'

The Swedish musician branches out into jazz and soul on her debut solo album.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy