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Heavy Rotation

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Download new music from British rock behemoths Elbow, folk prodigy Parker Millsap, intense indie-songwriter Angel Olsen, svelte Irish singer Hozier, Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux, and much more.

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Laura Cantrell On World Cafe

Laura Cantrell's latest album, No Way There From Here, came out earlier this year. Amy Dickerson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Laura Cantrell On World Cafe

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Hear the alt-country singer perform three songs in the studio and chat with host David Dye.

Laura Cantrell On World Cafe

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First Listen: Laura Cantrell, 'No Way There From Here'

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First Listen: Laura Cantrell, 'No Way There From Here'

Cantrell, who was born in Tennessee, is one of the stylists who defined Americana music as we now know it when she first emerged in 2000. But she's an urbanite, too, interested in expressing how the simple life gets thornier when your country dreams must adapt to the possibilities and problems of life in a metropolis.

No Way There from Here

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Laura Cantrell, Banking on a Music Career

Laura Cantrell is a deejay specializing in hard-to-find recordings and a singer whose third CD is Humming by the Flowered Vine. She tells Liane Hansen about life as a performer, her role as a musical historian, and her decision to give up her day job on Wall Street.

Laura Cantrell, Banking on a Music Career

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'Not the Tremblin' Kind'

Scott Simon speaks with country singer/songwriter Laura Cantrell. A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Cantrell now lives in New York City, where she hosts a country music radio show on WFMU. She's recorded her first CD, Not The Tremblin' Kind (Diesel Only records) last year to consistently good reviews. Cantrell's style is simple and harkens back to an earlier, more traditional era in country music.

'Not the Tremblin' Kind'

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World Cafe

Laura Cantrell: Country Songs from the City

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Born in Nashville, Laura Cantrell now lives in New York City, where she is a fixture on the local country music scene. The singer is making waves, as a performer and longtime "proprietress" of the Radio Thrift Shop on free-form station WFMU.

Laura Cantrell in-studio on World Cafe - 08/09/2005

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