‭ KRVS Acadiana Music Spotlight on World Cafe Debuts Wednesday, Sept. 18‬ ‭

LAFAYETTE, La (press release) – Acadiana Musicians will be featured on national radio show WXPN’s World Cafe‬ Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 9 a.m. Central‬
Where: 88.7 FM & stream via krvs.org, KRVS mobile app &‬‭ World Cafe‬

At the beginning of its first hour (9 a.m. Central Time) on Sept. 18, the radio program‬‭ World Cafe‬‭ will‬‭ feature a musical act recorded in the studio of‬‭ KRVS Radio Acadie‬‭ at UL Lafayette. This launches the‬ national program’s monthly presentation of artists from this region. Widely acknowledged as a musical‬‭ tastemaker, World Cafe is carried on 285 stations throughout the United States.‬

The identity of the featured act will be revealed on World Cafe’s initial Acadiana Music Spotlight‬‭ broadcast.‬

“It’s so exciting to give artists from this region the opportunity to be featured alongside musicians like Tracy‬‭ Chapman, Emmylou Harris and Talking Heads on a national platform,” said Megan Constantin, KRVS assistant general manager‬. She initiated the Acadiana Music Spotlight and helped choose 36 musical acts whose‬‭ audio and video recordings she’ll forward to the World Cafe team.‬

While the national program plans to present one musical act from this region each month, all 36‬‭ participating bands from Acadiana will appear on KRVS’‬‭ YouTube channel‬‭ and‬‭ Spotify‬‭ .‬

This isn’t the first collaboration between KRVS and World Cafe, based at public station‬‭ WXPN‬‭ in‬‭ Philadelphia.“A decade ago, World Cafe made a trip to Lafayette as a part of the show’s‬‭ Sense of Place‬‭ series, where we visit musical hot spots from around the globe and try to give an insider’s view of what‬‭ makes a city’s music scene unique,” said senior producer Kimberly Junod. The result was the‬‭ Zydeco‬‭ Crossroads‬‭ concert and broadcast series. “I remember being struck then by the diversity of talented‬‭ musicians, the linguistic richness, and the way in which tradition and innovation mix to create a‬‭ one-of-a-kind music scene in Lafayette,” Junod said.‬
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“Over the next year,” she added, “our national audience will get to experience that for themselves and hear‬ what is happening in the region‬‭ now‬‭ . We are so pleased to be able to shine a light on these artists in the‬‭ Acadiana Music Spotlight series with the help of our partner, KRVS.”

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