For fans of original music in Cambodia, the movement is about more than just the songwriters. "People see original music as this living proof that we are moving forward," Laura Mam says. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Music Interviews
Nathaniel Rateliff performs live for WXPN's Free At Noon Concert - recorded live for World Cafe Jamie Stow/WXPN hide caption
Nathaniel Rateliff On World Cafe
Wajatta is a sort of musical odd couple: John Tejada (left) is a meticulous electronic composer and Reggie Watts (right) improvises all his music. Their album, Don't Let Get You Down, is out now. The1point8/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
'Art Shouldn't Be Painful': How Wajatta Combines Improvisation And Production
"I'm trying to let go of the worrying thing, and that's what I've loved the most about this album, rather than the first one," Harry Styles says of making his album Fine Line. Helene Marie Pambrun/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Harry Styles On 'Fine Line,' Stevie Nicks And His Definition Of Success
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong performing live for a WXPN Free At Noon Concert - recorded live for World Cafe. John Vettese/WXPN hide caption
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong On World Cafe
Becca Stevens performs inside the World Cafe Performance studio for this session. Jamie Stow/WXPN hide caption
Becca Stevens On World Cafe
Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique are performing all nine of Beethoven's symphonies in a series of concerts celebrating the composer's 250th birthday. Chris Lee/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Revisiting Beethoven's Beloved, Radical Symphonies For His 250th Birthday
Dajae Williams is a quality engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. "I create music that fuses hip-hop and math as a tool to encourage underprivileged youth to explore STEM." NASA/JPL-Caltech 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
Sarah Harmer performs live for World Cafe Jamie Stow/WXPN hide caption
Sarah Harmer On World Cafe
Nada Surf perform live for World Cafe John Vettese/WXPN hide caption