When it comes to the airwaves, World Cafe is NPR's most popular music radio show. More than 300 public radio stations from all corners of the country carry the two-hour program.
You might only be familiar with the first hour of the show — that's the interview element, where hosts Raina Douris and Stephen Kallao have in-depth conversations with essential and emerging musicians from across the genre spectrum.
But we put just as much thought into the second hour of World Cafe, which we call the "needledrop" in-house. Every day, we handpick an hour's worth of songs to share with our listeners. Some of those songs are old favorites, but a lot of it is new music from your favorite — or soon to be favorite — acts.
Now, you can stream the music featured on World Cafe. We'll be updating this playlist every Tuesday with a selection of the best cuts from the radio program.
This week, you'll find music from some of the artists we've had on the show recently, like Adrian Younge, who walked us through the last installment in his Something About April trilogy of albums. His latest release, "Samba Canção," is a song from his upcoming album with Brazilian actress and singer Samantha Schmütz.
Coincidentally, there's a lot of new music on the playlist from Australasia: new singles from Australian indie pop duo Royel Otis, New Zealand's The Beths, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.
We've also included an offering from the Brooklyn-based, dance-punk band Model/Actriz. "Vespers," off their latest album Pirouette, is aggressive and abrasive, yet completely enthralling.
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