World Cafe® has been one of public radio’s most entertaining and important music shows for over 15 years. Airing weekdays on 185 radio stations nationwide from its home station of WXPN-FM in Philadelphia, PA, it is a uniquely formatted program that features live interviews and performances with the greatest established and up-and-coming artists of today.

In The Best of World Cafe: Great Conversations from NPR’s Most Popular Contemporary Music Show host David Dye offers a stunning retrospective of the show, digging into this impressive vault of content to highlight the show’s greatest interviews, quotes, moments, and memories. Featuring interview excerpts and complete transcripts from some of music’s legendary, leading, and up-and-coming artists and performers, The Best of World Cafe is fit to indulge even the most hardcore music junkies.

BONUS DVD! The Best of World Cafe includes an original 50-minute DVD about World Café which features interviews with current and past staff, giving insider accounts of the show’s history and daily operation, as well as behind-the-scenes footage, and a selection of performances and interviews.