Marcus King (by Jamie Stow), Molly Tuttle (by Emily DeHart), Ondara (by Galea McGregor) WXPN hide caption
Katie Pruitt
"At this point, I'm just trying to carve my own path and make music that matters to me," Brandy Clark says. Chris Phelps/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Buscabulla, Rina Sawayama, Christian Lee Hutson, Tenci, Jonah Mutono Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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Katie Pruitt performs live in the World Cafe Performance Studio in this session. Jamie Stow/WXPN hide caption
Katie Pruitt On World Cafe
Pop Smoke's Meet the Woo 2, released less than two weeks before his death, is one of the best albums of the month. Joseph Okpako/WireImage/Getty Images hide caption
"This story isn't unique to us. There's a lot of parents and kids going through this same thing," Katie Pruitt says of confronting her sexuality and her mother on her debut album, Expectations. Alysse Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A Debut Album That Confronts Ingrained 'Expectations' With Emotional Clarity
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Mvstermind (left), Jean Deaux, Westerman and Tayla Parx. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Ruston Kelly performs live on the 2018 AmericanaFest's Day Stage presented by WMOT, NPR Music and World Cafe. Val Hoeppner/WMOT hide caption
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