Category: Music News and Interviews

World Cafe has been broadcasting out of WXPN in Philadelphia for 20 years, and in commemoration of their two decades of bringing excellent music, World Cafe has announced plans of a compilation featuring some of the best live performances by many of the best in independent music over the years. In exchange for donations to WXPN listeners can receive Live at the World Cafe, 20th Anniversary Edition on either CD or vinyl. In addition to the compilation there will also be a weekend celebration concert from October 28-30 in Philadelphia.

The track listing is:

Disc 1

1 Vampire Weekend – “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”
2 Beach House – “Zebra”
3 David Gray – “Babylon”
4 Fleet Foxes – “White Winter Hymnal”
5 Joseph Arthur – “Honey And The Moon”
6 Coldplay – “Shiver”
7 LCD Soundsystem – “All My Friends”
8 Brandi Carlile – “Dreams”
9 Ben Folds Five – “Brick”
10 Crash Test Dummies – “Superman Song”
11 Damien Rice – “Volcano”
12 Feist – “1234”
13 The National – “Start A War”
14 Patty Griffin – “Rain”
15 Erin McKeown – “Blackbirds”
16 Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs – “Trouble”

Disc 2

1 Dave Matthews Band – “Ants Marching”
2 Lucinda Williams – “Get Right With God”
3 Dr. Dog – “Shadow People”
4 Dawes – “When My Time Comes”
5 Adele – “Rolling In The Deep”
6 Gregg Allman – "Just Another Rider”
7 Amos Lee – “El Camino”
8 Dan Mangan – “Road Regrets”
9 Old 97’s – “Every Night Is Friday Night (Without You)”
10 The Decemberists – “This Is Why We Fight”
11 Bobby Long – “Who Have You Been Loving?”
12 Fitz & The Tantrums – “MoneyGrabber”
13 James – “Say Something”
14 Black Dub – “Surely”
15 Justin Townes Earle – “Christchurch Woman”
16 Bert Jansch – “BlackWaterSide”

For more information on the compilation or how to donate to WXPN you can visit their website here.