Music Interviews

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

Nathaniel Rateliff performs live for WXPN's Free At Noon Concert - recorded live for World Cafe Jamie Stow/WXPN hide caption

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

"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

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong performing live for a WXPN Free At Noon Concert - recorded live for World Cafe. John Vettese/WXPN hide caption

Becca Stevens performs inside the World Cafe Performance studio for this session. Jamie Stow/WXPN hide caption

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

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

Sarah Harmer performs live for World Cafe Jamie Stow/WXPN hide caption

Nada Surf perform live for World Cafe John Vettese/WXPN hide caption