Show Categories: Sunday

A “World Cafe specialty show” refers to a special episode of the NPR radio program “World Cafe” that focuses on a particular genre or theme of music, often featuring in-depth interviews and performances from artists within that specific style, sometimes presented as a mini-series or a one-off episode depending on the topic. Sunday 4 pm- 6pm.

Key points about World Cafe specialty shows:

·         Focus on specific genres:

These shows might highlight artists from a particular genre like indie rock, Americana, blues, or world music, giving listeners a deeper dive into that musical space.

·         Curated artist selection:

The show producers carefully choose artists that represent the chosen genre, often including both established and emerging acts.

·         In-depth interviews:

Besides live performances, the specialty shows often feature extended interviews with artists, exploring their creative process and influences within the specific genre.

·         Potential for recurring themes:

Some specialty shows might become recurring segments, like a monthly “New Music Spotlight” or a seasonal “Holiday Music” feature.

Example of a World Cafe specialty show:

• “Indie Rock Hit Parade”: A special episode focusing on popular indie rock bands with multiple live performances and interviews

Playlist for 4/12/26

1. *Mazzy Star “Fade Into You” So Tonight That I Might See
2. *Sarah Kinsley “Fleeting” Recorded Live for World Cafe
3. *Sarah Kinsley “Lonely Touch” Recorded Live for World Cafe
4. *Sarah Kinsley “Truth of Pursuit” Recorded Live for World Cafe
5. *Sarah Kinsley “The Giver” Recorded Live for World Cafe
6. *Dessa “Velodrome” Recorded Live for World Cafe
7. *Jeff Buckley “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” Grace
8. *The Cranberries “Free To Decide” To The Faithful Departed
9. *Santigold “Creator” Recorded Live for World Cafe
10. *Mt. Joy “Is Joy Easy” Single
11. *Bob Marley & The Wailers “Sun Is Shining” Kaya
12. *Sting “All This Time” The Soul Cages
13. *Tedeschi Trucks Band “Future Soul” Future Soul
14. *The Allman Brothers “Wasted Words” Brothers and Sisters
15. *Madison Cunningham “Hospital” Revealer
16. *Band of Horses “No One’s Gonna Love You” Cease To Begin
17. *Snarky Puppy “Grown Folks” Recorded Live for World Cafe
18. *Liz Phair “6’1” Recorded Live for World Cafe
19. *The War On Drugs “Change” Recorded Live for World Cafe
20. *Michaela Anne “These Are The Days” These Are The Days
21. *10,000 Maniacs “These Are Days” Our Time in Eden
22. *Mary Hopkin “Those Were The Days” Post Card
23. *Laura Veirs “Sun Song” Warp And Weft
24. *Bedouine “Long Way To Fall” Neon Summer Skin
25. *The Decemberists “Oh No!” As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
26. *The Lumineers “Submarines” The Lumineers

Host(s): Jared Alexander

sundayschool@897theriver.com

Saturday nights at mid-night, Sunday School hits you with four hours of Heavy Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal and more. Everything from Pantera and Cannibal Corpse to Cradle of Filth and Iron Maiden.

Playlist for 4/12/26

Hour 1
Lions Share: Baptized In Blood
Helloween: As Long As I Fall
Corrosion Of Conformity: Gimmie Some More
Armored Saint: Close To The Bone
Exodus: Promise You This
Obituary: Chopped In Half
Lamb Off God: Blunt Force Blues
Dimmu Borgir: Ulvgeild And Blodsodel
Behemoth: At The Left Hand Ov God
Hellripper: Morterchyn
Slayer: Bloodline
Slayer: Sex, Murder, Art

Hour 2
August Burns Red: Behemoth
Black Label Society: Name In Blood
Gojira: L Enfaunt Savage
Gaera: Nomad
Silence Equals Death: At Peace
Cancer Bats: Hail Destroyer
Showing Teeth: Labyrinth
Sepultura: The Place
Motörhead: Heroes
Heaven And Hell: The Mob Rules(Live
Pantera: 10s
Pantera: A New Level

Hour 3
At The Gates: The Fever Mask
Arch Enemy: To Your Last Breath
Walls Of Jericho: Ii The Prey
Blue Medusa: Check Mate
Who On Earth: Any Other Way
In Flames: Deliver Us
Sylosis: All Glory No Valor
Six Feet Under: Unmistakable Smell Of Death
Cattle Decapitation : To Serve Man
Immolation: Attrition
Moros : Consumed In Agony
While Heaven Wept: Icarus And I
Lord Dying: A Wound Outside Of Time

Hour 4
Cage Fight: Pick Your Fighter
Fit For An Autopsy: The Wretch
Carnifex: Hell Chose Me
The Last Ten Seconds Of Life/Signs Of The Swarm: Make It To Heaven
Geoff Tate: Power
Iron Maiden: Hallowed Be Thy Name
More: Spirits Of War
Nunslaughter: Satanic Chaos Legions
Deicide: Holy Deception
Vomitory: For Gore And Country
Periphery : Mr God
Tool: Ticks And Leaches

Host(s): Rick Galusha

KIWRBlues@gmail.com

Sunday mornings from 9 – Noon, PS Blues gives you three hours of blues, Jazz, Folk and Americana music. From the classics like Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters to the latest from Los Lonely Boys, Indigenous and others.

Playlist for 4/12/26

Host(s): Reily

reilyhiles@897theriver.com

For over 26 years running, Planet O has been at the local music leader in the Omaha metro area. Sunday nights from 7 – 9 we hit you with two hours of nothing but Local and Regional music.

In a band? Are you an artist with new music? Want to be on Planet O? E-mail us at planeto@897theriver.com and reilyhiles@897theriver.com.  MP3’s, Wave files, or link to current music, bio and shows.

Planet O
2700 College Rd.
Council Bluffs, IA 51503

 

Playlist for 4/19/2026

Hour One   

1. Ria Gold – Airplane Mode
2. Sand – The Box feat. Ebba Rose
3. Arcade Riot – Don’t Let Me Go
4. The Real Zebos – NO HARM NO FOUL
5. Vempire – Blattodea (Revolution, I Love You Mix)
6. Levee – Consumerism
7. Glow in the Dark – Know Future
8. Dream Ghoul – Murmuration Spaceship at a Georgia Truckstop, 1995
9. Bad Self Portraits – All Bark, No Bite
10. treesreach – All I Can Do
11. Everbloom – The Best of Me (Cover)
12. Color Code – Start Again
13. Feel Good – I’m Smart But I’m Human
14. DAKOTA – Gone Mad
15. Of The Skies ft. Kate Lewis – Hello World

 

Hour Two   

1. Ex Nihilo – Worship of Asherah
2. The Perilous Ones – In Time
3. Endless – Drown
4. Sister Scarlet – No Heaven For Me
5. Wake Sessions – Intentions
6. The Party After – What’re You Waiting For
7. Dead Marthas – Just Friends
8. Infielder – Little While
9. Porch Light – Upside
10. Grace Lundy – Your Anything
11. Drew Morelock – Back Again
12. Jason Mayer – Kind of Wild
13. Pony Creek – Emo Creek
14. The Farewell Season – You’ll Find A Way
15. Clarence Tilton Feat. Marty Stuart – Fred’s Colt

Every Sunday night at 10pm – 11pm check out the best new music from around the globe. Hosted by Sat Bisla, this show is devoted to bringing you imports, indie bands and new music from around the world, spotlighting those bands that are big in other countries, but haven’t yet made it big here in the United States.

Playlist for 4/12/26

1. Rum Jungle – “Coal Dust” (Sureshaker, Australia)
2. Tove Styrke – “Prayer” (Bud Fox, Sweden)
3. Seafret – “Signal Fire” (Nettwerk, U.K.)
4. Meek – “Fabulous” (Bmg, U.K.)
5. Sex Mask – “Cold” (Unsigned, Australia)
6. Lusaint – “Blind” (Heavenly Fire, U.K.)
7. Balu Brigada – “Backseat” (Warner Music Group, Australasia)
8. Vella – “Settle Down” (Universal Music, Sweden)
9. Good Neighbours – “Somebody” (Polydor, U.K.)
10. The Sherlocks – “In Your Hands” (Teddyboy Records, U.K.)
11. Overpass – “Union Station” (Communion Records, U.K.)
12. Mia Wray – “When We Were Young” (Ivy League Records, Australia)
13. Louis Oliver – “Tell Me” (Unsigned, U.K.)
14. *Rhett Repko – “Bad At Love” (Unsigned, U.S.)

Host(s): Dave

email:  newdayrisingshow@gmail.com

Sundays from 2 – 4, New Day Rising plays the best in fresh, new rock before you will hear it anywhere else. Take a look at what the future of music has to offer with bands like Bright Eyes, Low, Mastodon, and Mike Watt.

Playlist for 4/12/26

1. Death Cab For Cutie – “Riptides” ; Anti
2. Liz Phair – “Jealousy” from Whip-Smart; Matador
3. Blondshell – “T&A” from If You Asked For a Picture; Partisan
4. Courtney Barnett – “Stay In Your Lane” from Creature of Habit; Mom+Pop
5. Indigo De Souza – “Come To God” ; Loma Vista
6. Telehealth – “Cool Job” ; Sub Pop
7. Ratboys – “It’s Alive!” from The Window; Topshelf
8. Ratboys – “What’s Right” from Singin’ To An Empty Chair; New West
9. Joe Jackson – “Right and Wrong” from Big World; A&M
10. Spoon – “Inside Out” from Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon; Matador
11. The Afghan Whigs – “House of I” ; BMG
12. Lambrini Girls – “Cult of Celebrity” ; City Slang
13. Belly – “Slow Dog” from Star; Sire
14. Kim Gordon – “Play Me” from Play Me; Matador
15. Kim Gordon – “Girl with a Look” from Play Me; Matador
16. Kim Gordon – “No Hands” from Play Me; Matador
17. Kim Gordon – “Black Out” from Play Me; Matador
18. Kim Gordon – “Dirty Tech” from Play Me; Matador
19. Kim Gordon – “Not Today” from Play Me; Matador
20. Kim Gordon – “Busy Bee” from Play Me; Matador
21. Big Harp – “I Got An Itch” from Runs To Blue; Saddle Creek
22. Dry Cleaning – “Sliced By A Fingernail” ; 4AD
23. Suitor – “Blank Americana” from Saw You Out with the Weeds; Feel It
24. Mitski – “I’ll Change For You” from Nothing’s About To Happen To Me; Dead Oceans
25. Unrest – “Cath Carroll” from Cath Carroll; Teen Beat
26. Weird Nightmare – “Forever Elsewhere” from Hoopla; Sub Pop
27. Die Spitz – “Sound To No One” from Something To Consume; Third Man
28. Sonic Youth – “Self-Obsessed and Sexxee” from Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star; DGC

Host(s): Larry Groce

Get to Know Mountain Stage

Sundays from Noon – 2, Mountain Stage has been hosted by Larry Groce since 1983. It showcases diverse music from traditional to modern … all recorded before a live audience.

For more than 25 years has been giving radio audiences the best seat in the house for some of the world’s most renowned performers.

Playlist for 4/12/26

Hour One

1. Kindred Valley
   – Gone
   – Riverbed
   – 1921
2. Joe Troop & The Truth Machine
   – Overdrive
   – Mercy For Migrants
   – Runnin’ From The Weather
   – Billionaires
3. Corduroy Brown
   – Cross Your Mind
   – Medicine
   – Doin’ My Best

Hour Two

1. Emily Scott Robinson
   – Appalachia
   – Dirtbag Saloon
   – Time Traveler
   – The Water Is Wide (With Kathy Mattea)
2. Stephen Kellogg
   – Lost And Found
   – Old Friend
   – 4th Of July
   – Harbor
   – Kiss The Ring
3. Kathy Mattea & Company – Green Rolling Hills Of West Virginia

Host(s): Rob Reinhart

rob@acafe.com

Every Sunday at 7am it’s 2 hours of the latest music from today’s singer-songwriting talents, plus live in-studio interviews and performances. In addition to classic songwriters like Dylan, Mitchell, Young, Cash, Browne, Prine etc., Acoustic Café wants to bring as many newer talents to the table as possible some of which contain a bit of country, rock, blues, folk, pop and more!

Playlist for 4/12/26

Hour One

1. “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
2. “Out Of Sand”-Out Of Sand
3. “Old Black Southern Woman”-Rissi Palmer
4. “Queen Of The B-Sides”-The Black Crowes
5. “The Book of Love”-Olivia Rodrigo
6. “The Obvious Child”-I’m With Her
7. ***INTERVIEW & MUSIC: EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON
   – Appalachia
   – The Time For Flowers
8. “Broken Wing Bird”-Kashus Culpepper ft. Sierra Ferrell
9. “You’re Free To Go”-Anjimile
10. “Kick The Stones”-Chris Whitley
11. “Poison Girl”-Chris Whitley (in-studio)
12. “One More Photo”-The Golden Hours  (SongWriter Podcast)
13. “Singing Saw”-Iron & Wine
14. “Rabbit”-Son Little
15. “Sleeping In A Car”-The Staves (in-studio)

Hour Two

1. “My Hometown”-Nathaniel Rateliff
2. “Roller Coaster “-HrishiKesh Hirway
3. “Call You”-Melissa Etheridge
4. “Shine”-Joy Clark (in-studio)
5. “Bathed In Light”-Foy Vance
6. ***INTERVIEW & MUSIC: EMILY SCOTT ROBINSON
   – Time Traveler
   – The Fairest View
7. “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco