Oumou Sangare performs at the Africa Music festival in Delft, Netherlands, in August 1993. Frans Schellekens/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
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Father John Misty. Ricco Peditto/WXPN hide caption
Father John Misty On World Cafe
Joan Shelley's Over And Even is Stephen Thompson's favorite album of 2015. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Patty Griffin On World Cafe
(L-R) Patty Griffin, Rhiannon Giddens, Roy Taylor (a member of Patty's road crew), Shakey Graves, and NPR Music's Ann Powers Joshua Shoemaker for NPR hide caption
Rhiannon Giddens, Patty Griffin And Shakey Graves—A Musical Conversation
Patty Griffin's new album, Servant of Love, comes out Sept. 25. David McClister/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Patty Griffin, Self-Made 'Servant Of Love,' On The Strange Gift Of Age
Remembering Mountains: Unheard Songs by Karen Dalton comes out May 26. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The music that makes one of us emotional doesn't always make sense to others. William Lovelace/Getty Images hide caption
The music that makes one of us emotional doesn't always make sense to others. William Lovelace/Getty Images hide caption
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Patty Griffin On Mountain Stage
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Jason Isbell performs at the 2013 Newport Folk Festival. Meagan Beauchemin for NPR hide caption
Savages lead singer Jehnny Beth during the band's visit to KEXP in Seattle. Brittney Bush Bollay/KEXP hide caption
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Patty Griffin performs a live studio session at WFUV in New York City. Dan Brauer/WFUV hide caption
Patty Griffin Sings A Song For Her Father
WFUV On-Air: Music Discovery Starts Here
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