Arts & Culture

Standout 'World Cafe' Performances of 2022

XPN | By Raina Douris

Published December 21, 2022 at 5:30 AM CST

Tank & The Bangas (Paige Walter/WXPN), Wet Leg (Hollie Fernando), Helado Negro (Nathan Bajar)

2022 was a year where the show started to feel normal again. Things picked up in the World Cafe Performance Studio in Philadelphia. Bands were touring again, which meant more in-person visits and live recordings instead of taped ones over Zoom. Today, whether in-person or sent from afar, we're digging back through the archives to highlight some of our stand out performances of the year. Enjoy!

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Raina Douris

Raina Douris, an award-winning radio personality from Toronto, Ontario, comes to World Cafe from the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), where she was host and writer for the daily live, national morning program Mornings on CBC Music. She is also involved with Canada's highest music honors: Since 2017, she has hosted the Polaris Music Prize Gala, for which she is also a jury member, and she has also been a jury member for the Juno Awards. Douris has also served as guest host and interviewer for various CBC Music and CBC Radio programs, and red carpet host and interviewer for the Juno Awards and Canadian Country Music Association Awards, as well as a panelist for such renowned CBC programs as Metro Morning, q and CBC News.

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