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Rhett Miller still finds the freedom to experiment and play on 'The Misfit'

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World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

Rhett Miller still finds the freedom to experiment and play on 'The Misfit'

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September 16, 2022 • Miller talks about the making of the record, how much he missed live performance, his side hustle as a children's author and more on World Cafe Live.

Rhett Miller on World Cafe

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World Cafe

Old 97's Show Love For The Holidays

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December 25, 2018 • The band performs songs from its first album of holiday songs, including one inspired by the Ramones.

Old 97's On World Cafe

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Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

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Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

December 1, 2018 • November's Heavy Rotation lineup includes the single from Kansas City native Calvin Arsenia, a cut from Anderson .Paak's album Oxnard, a haunting ballad from Anna Tivel and more.

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Rhett Miller On World Cafe

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May 12, 2015 • The Old 97's singer performs stripped-down songs from his new solo album, The Traveler.

Rhett Miller On World Cafe

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Mountain Stage

Rhett Miller On Mountain Stage

April 4, 2013 • Backed by Black Prairie, a string band featuring members of The Decemberists, the singer plays a mix of solo songs and material he's recorded with his group Old 97's.

Rhett Miller On Mountain Stage

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World Cafe: 20th-Anniversary Concert Highlights

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World Cafe: 20th-Anniversary Concert Highlights

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May 28, 2012 • Hear live performances from The Little Willies, Feist, Amos Lee, Dawes, The Tedeschi Trucks Band, Rhett Miller, Indigo Girls and John Hiatt.

World Cafe: 20th-Anniversary Concert Highlights

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Rhett Miller: Every Night Is Friday Night

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Favorite Sessions

Rhett Miller: Every Night Is Friday Night

KEXP

February 22, 2011 • In the past 10 years, Miller and his band The Old 97's have performed in the KEXP studios eight times. On this particular visit, Miller gave an especially passionate solo performance of his band's songs. Hear a rollicking studio session, featuring songs from The Grand Theatre, Volume One.

Rhett Miller: Every Night Is Friday Night

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Review

Song Of The Day

Rhett Miller: A Sensitive Cad's Lament

June 22, 2009 • Over the past 15 years, Old 97's frontman and solo singer Rhett Miller has come up with more good songs about bad love than just about any other songwriter. "Another Girlfriend," from his self-titled third solo album, is typically smart and typically bummed-out — a pretty country-rock ballad about a fling that can't happen, and with a depressive, two-timing narrator to boot.

'Another Girlfriend' by Rhett Miller

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Review

Song Of The Day

Remaking a Mix-Tape Staple

April 11, 2006 • Rhett Miller, the charismatic frontman for alt-country favorites Old 97's, has just released arguably his most commercially accessible disc, The Believer. "Question" closes the album with a sweet slice-of-life sketch detailing a marriage proposal.

'Question' by Rhett Miller

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