Long before Coldplay announced their issues with touring and sustainability, the band Illiterate Light was biking across the mid-Atlantic for bicycle-powered shows. We’ll talk to the duo of Jeff and Jake about their music, their unconventional set up that features a standing up drummer and playing bass with your feet, plus they’ll talk about their time working on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley.

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(Photo: Illiterate Light – Courtesy of the artist/via Facebook)

The Britpop icon just released his second solo album, called Why Me? Why Not. And he’s the subject of the new documentary, As It Was, chronicling the public break-up of the band – Along with their hits like “Wonderwall” and “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” Oasis was well known for the tense relationship between Liam and his brother Noel, who wrote the songs. That tension continues, as we’ll hear today. Plus, Liam discusses the 25th anniversary of Oasis’ debut, Definitely Maybe, and how it's different being a rock star today than it was in the ‘90s. On the next World Cafe.

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(Photo: Noel Gallagher - Courtesy of the artist/via NPR)

You’re invited to a Thanksgiving potluck with Questlove, the co-founder of The Roots and bandleader for The Tonight Show. Quest stops by to talk about his new book, Mixtape Potluck. It’s a collection of recipes from friends like Martha Stewart, Jimmy Fallon and Maya Rudolph paired with music picked by Quest. Save room for dessert. It’s Questlove’s Mixtape Potluck on the next World Cafe. 

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(Photo: Questlove – Michael Baca/via NPR)

Today, Robbie Robertson of The Band visits the World Cafe! It’s the 50th anniversary of “Up On Cripple Creek” and the rest of the songs on The Band’s watershed self-titled album, and there’s a new box set to mark the occasion. Plus, Robbie has a brand new solo record, called Sinematic. He joins host Stephen Kallao today, sharing stories about The Band backing Bob Dylan, including getting booed every night of his first electric tour. And we’ll hear about Robbie’s many collaborations with filmmaker Martin Scorsese, from The Last Waltz in 1976, to this year’s film, The Irishman. That’s coming up, on the next World Cafe.

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(Photo: Robbie Robertson onstage at the Academy of Music in December 1971 - Ernst Haas/Courtesy of the artist/via NPR)