At 10 a.m. ET, on Oct. 14 1991, from the third floor of 's broadcast studios in a turn-of-the-century building in West Philadelphia, original World Cafe host David Dye, along with a small production staff, debuted the very first Cafe. The then-new national show went out live to its five original affiliates, including in New York, in Duluth, Minnesota, KUNI (now ) and, of course, WXPN.
The very first guest on World Cafe was Canadian singer-songwriter , who had just released his twentieth album, Nothing But A Burning Light, produced by and featuring a handful of extraordinary players. With just an acoustic guitar, Cockburn performed songs from the album including "Great Big Love," "A Dream Like Mine," and "Soul of A Man."
Listen to the World Cafe's entire first show:
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