Studio Sessions archive

Listen Tony Bennett On Piano Jazz
November 23, 2012 – The quintessential American crooner mines the Great American Songbook.

Listen Delta Rae On World Cafe WXPN
November 21, 2012 – The popular North Carolina folk-rock band performs a four-song set in the World Cafe studio. WXPN

Watch KCRW Presents: Regina Spektor KCRW
November 21, 2012 – Watch the pianist perform "The Party" for KCRW listeners at Apogee's Berkeley Street Studio. KCRW

Listen Leonard Cohen On World Cafe WXPN
November 20, 2012 – Music journalist Sylvie Simmons recently wrote a biography of the iconic singer and poet. WXPN

Watch Sera Cahoone: Sounds Like Home opbmusic
November 20, 2012 – Watch the Seattle singer perform "Deer Creek Canyon" at the Doug Fir in Portland for opbmusic. opbmusic

Listen Grizzly Bear On World Cafe WXPN
November 19, 2012 – Originally started as a bedroom project, the band just released the lavishly produced Shields. WXPN

Watch Bill Charlap: The American Songbook, Handled With Care Jazz24
November 17, 2012 – Watch the pianist take circuitous routes through "All the Things You Are" and "Sophisticated Lady." Jazz24

Listen Anat Cohen on Piano Jazz
November 16, 2012 – The exciting Israeli tenor saxophonist and clarinetist joins a quartet with Marian McPartland.

Listen Titus Andronicus On World Cafe WXPN
November 15, 2012 – The New Jersey band has never shied away from big ideas, dispensed with vein-bulging urgency. WXPN

Listen John Cale On World Cafe WXPN
November 14, 2012 – The producer and songwriter just released his 15th solo album, Shifty Adventures in Nookie World. WXPN

Watch KCRW Presents: Lost In The Trees KCRW
November 14, 2012 – Watch Ari Picker's melancholy collective perform a new song, "Glass Harp," in the studio. KCRW

Watch Jens Lekman: Positively Negative opbmusic
November 13, 2012 – Watch the Swedish star perform the title track from his latest album, I Know What Love Isn't. opbmusic

Listen Field Report On World Cafe WXPN
November 12, 2012 – The band just released its debut album — the result of years of work for founder Chris Porterfield. WXPN

Watch Girlyman: This Song's Status Is 'It's Complicated' FolkAlley
November 10, 2012 – The folk band explores the middle ground between loving and leaving in "Empire of Our State." FolkAlley

Listen Neil Halstead On World Cafe
November 9, 2012 – The venerable singer just released a solo album, Palindrome Hunches, while Mojave 3 is on hiatus.