The rapper 2 Chainz. His long-awaited full-length, So Help Me God, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on Nov. 13. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Gillian Welch & David Rawlings On World Cafe
Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga perform "Shallow" in A Star Is Born. It's likely to win Best Original Song at the Academy Awards this Sunday, but should it? Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
David Rawlings and Gillian Welch wrote "When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings" for the Joel and Ethan Cohen Film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Henry Diltz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Father John Misty (left), Sylvan Esso (top right), and The War On Drugs (bottom right) are 3 of the man World Cafe guests that are nominated for a Grammy Award this year. WXPN hide caption
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World Cafe Nashville: David Rawlings
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David Rawlings' new album, Poor David's Almanack, is out August 11. Alysse Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Gillian Welch On World Cafe
Robyn Hitchcock presented Gillian Welch and David Rawlings with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting at the Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Show on Sept. 16, 2015. Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Americana Music hide caption
David Rawlings and Gillian Welch perform on Mountain Stage. Mountain Stage hide caption
Gillian Welch And David Rawlings On Mountain Stage
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Listen To An Interview With Gillian Welch And David Rawlings
The wall at Hatch Show Print in Nashville, Tenn. WXPN hide caption
Elizabeth Cook and Jason Isbell's 45rpm cover of Townes Van Zandt's "Pancho and Lefty" is literally hot off the press. WXPN hide caption
World Cafe hose David Dye and singer-songwriter Elizabeth Cook check out Grimey's Records in Nashville, Tenn. WXPN hide caption
Dave Rawlings Machine performs at KEXP. Jim Bennett hide caption
Even with creative MP3 packaging for his music, Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes still believes in the concept of the album. Patrick Heagney hide caption
David Rawlings Machine: Newport Folk 2009
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