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 8/23/26

1. *Alabama Shakes “Going to the Party” Recorded Live for World Cafe
2. *Alabama Shakes “I Found You” Recorded Live for World Cafe
3. *Alabama Shakes “Hold On” Recorded Live for World Cafe
4. *Alabama Shakes “Boys and Girls” Recorded Live for World Cafe
5. *Alabama Shakes “Don’t Wanna Fight” Sound & Color
6. *Phoenix “1901” Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
7. *Tame Impala “The Moment” Currents
8. *The Lumineers “Ophelia” Cleopatra
9. *The Band “King Harvest” The Band
10. *The Band “Ophelia” Northern Lights-Southern Cross
11. *Atmos Bloom “Plain Sailing” Everythingness
12. *Ride “Twisterella” Going Blank Again
13. *Depeche Mode “Enjoy the Silence” Violator
14. *Van Morrison “Caravan” Moondance
15. *Michigander “YYY” Over Before You Know It
16. *Squeeze “Black Coffee in Bed” Sweets from a Stranger
17. *Brandi Carlile “Church & State” Returning to Myself
18. *The Cranberries “Dreams” Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?
19. *Santigold “Creator” WC Recording
20. *Black Pumas “More Than A Love Song” Recorded Live for World Cafe
21. *Adrian Quesada “Mentiras Con Cariño” Recorded Live for World Cafe
22. *beabadoobee “Sun Has Set” Pylon
23. *The New Pornographers “My Rights Versus Yours” Challengers
24. *The New Pornographers “War On The East Coast” WC Recording
25. *Sam & Louise Sullivan “Down on Love” Love & Devotion
26. *Joan Armatrading “Love & Affection” Joan Armatrading
27. *Low Cut Connie “Can’t Be Wrong” Livin’ In The USA
28. *Bruce Springsteen “Blinded By The Light” Greetings From Asbury Park

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 8/23/26

Hour 1
Armored Saint: Hit A Moonshot
Metallica: Disposable Heroes
Mastodon: In The Ruins
From Under Concrete Kings: Covert Cadaver
Municipal Waste: Born To Party
Anthrax: It’s For The Kids
Cro Mags: World Peace
Minor Threat: In My Eyes
Forbidden: Psyclops
Slayer: South Of Heaven
Slayer: Eyes Of The Insane
Slayer: Bloodline

Hour 2
Accept/Rob Halford/Rex Brown: Balls To The Wall
Arch Enemy: To The Last Breath
Soilwork: Nerve
Insomnium: Gleam In The Black
Tonny Iommi: World Alone
Sepultura: Roots, Bloody Roots
Havok: Fifth Generation Warfare
Down : Right Place, Wrong Time
Prong: The Banner
Pantera: No Good
Pantera: 5 Minutes Alone

Hour 3
Flotsam And Jetsam: Rats In The Temple
Hatebreed: Kill Count Increase
Throwdown: Forever
Famous Strangers: As Your Leader
Distant/Ricky Meyers: All Will Be One
Whitechapel: Make It Bleed
To The Grave: Torture Porn
Stung: Whispering
Eyehategod: Agitation! Propaganda
Corrosion Of Conformity: Baad Mann
Amon Amarth: Gjallarhorn
Children Of Bodom: Sixpounder
In Flames: Episode 666

Hour 4
DevilDriver: Strike And Kill
Godslave: Part Of The Pact
Sanctuary: Arise And Purify
Surrender To Eden : Queen Of The Dark
Pro Pain: Oceans Of Blood
Blood Has Been Shed: She Speaks To Me
Madball: Don’t Misstep
Miss May I: Sanctuary
As I Lay Dying: Forever
August Burns Red: The Nameless
Orgy: Dangerous Lyfe
Tool: Pneuma

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 8/23/26

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 8/23/2026

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 – Whatre 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 8/23/26

1. Giant Rooks – “Want It Back” (Vertigo Berlin, Germany)
2. Overpass – “Fall In Love” (Communion Records, U.K.)
3. Karin Ann – “Born To Be” (3am Records, Slovakia)
4. Temples – “Vendetta” (Heavenly Recordings, U.K.)
5. Pink Mario – “Orion” (Phoenix Music International, U.K.)
6. Raging Lines – “Yamaha 237” (Unsigned, Norway)
7. Meek – “Beautiful Freeks” (Bmg, U.K.)
8. Stand Atlantic – “Velcro” (Virgin Music, Australia)
9. Spacey Jane – “I Never See Her” (Awal, Australia)
10. Nothing But Thieves – “Evolution” (Rca, U.K.)
11. Walking On Rivers – “Ok City Sun” (Motor Entertainment, Germany)
12. D’masiv – “On Our Own” (Unsigned, Indonesia)
13. D3lta – “Mad About It” (Unsigned, Greece)
14. *Balu Brigada – “Politix” (Warner Music Group, Australasia)

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 8/16/26

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 8/23/26

Hour One

1. Amy Millan
   – Baby I
   –  Wire Walks
   – Don Valley
   – Make Way For Waves
2. Julie Adams – I Don’t Worry About A Thing
3. Lera Lynn
   – Cherry Tree
   – Let Her Go
   – A Light Comes Through
   – Laundry
4. Oyo
   – Wheels Up
   – Cheat River Girl
   – Leave Me Alone
   – Almost Heaven

Hour Two

1. Boulevards
   – Sick And Tired
   – Better Off Dead
   –  Dang Girl!
   – K.M.O.
2. Hannah Cohen
   – Dusty
   – Mountain
   – Draggin’
   – Earth Star
   – Summer Sweat
3. David Mayfield & Company – Can’t Let Go

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 8/23/26

Hour One

1. “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
2. “So Jealous (acoustic)”-Teagan & Sara
3. “Virtuoso”-Ryan Beatty
4. “From This Room”-Amy Ray
5. “How We Operate”-Gomez (in-studio)
6. “Hand It Over”-Keb’ Mo’ ft. Soweto Gospel Choir
   ***INTERVIEW & MUSIC: PIETA BROWN
   – Glitter Town – Time Of The Night”
7. “Venus In The Zinnia”-Aldous Harding
8. “Her Name Is Joy”-MT Jones
9. “New To This Town”-Brittney Spencer
10. “On The Way Down”-Allen Stone (in-studio)

Hour Two

1. “And They Call Her California”-Ray Lamontagne
2. “Long After Midnight”-Flock Of Dimes
3. “Frown Lines”-Blessing Jolie
4. “North Dakota Slate Roof”-Bruce Hornsby
5. “Dandelion”-Kevin Morby (in-studio)
6. “Two Angels”-Chris Pierce
7. “Workin’ For The Enemy”-Peter Case (in-studio)
8. “Ex Factor”-Kandace Springs
   ***INTERVIEW & MUSIC: PIETA BROWN
   – Drinkin’ Side
   – Dreamin’ Of”
9. “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco