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Essential and Emerging ArtistsSampa The Great Imraan Christian/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sampa the Great on World Cafe
Todd Rundgren Richard Creamer/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
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Clockwise from top left: Thee Sacred Souls (by Gustav Olivares), Aoife Nessa Frances (by Cáit Fahey), Hermanos Gutiérrez (by Jim Herrington), Debby Friday (by Katrin Braga) Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Robyn Hitchcock inside the WXPN Performance studio Paige Walter/WXPN hide caption
Robyn Hitchcock on World Cafe
Adeem The Artist Shawn Poynter/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Adeem The Artist on World Cafe
Weyes Blood Neil Krug/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Weyes Blood on World Cafe
Will Sheff on World Cafe
Joni Mitchell (by Central Press/Getty Images), Lianne La (by Hollie Fernando), Sister Rosetta Tharpe (by Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images) WXPN hide caption
Omar Apollo Gustavo Garcia Villa/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Omar Apollo on World Cafe
Ron Gallo on World Cafe
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zzzahara on World Cafe
Michigander performs live for WXPN's Free At Noon Concert at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, PA. Paige Walter/WXPN hide caption
Michigander on World Cafe
SZA performs onstage at the 60th annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 28, 2018, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS hide caption
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Tegan and Sara Eluvier Acosta/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tegan and Sara on World Cafe
Sunny War performs live for WXPN's Free At Noon Concert Paige Walter/WXPN hide caption
Sunny War on World Cafe
St. Paul & The Broken Bones Bobbi Rich/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
St. Paul & The Broken Bones on World Cafe
American R&B group TLC poses at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles, circa 1995. From left to right: Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas, Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins and Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes. Archive Photos/Getty Images hide caption
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The Backseat Lovers Allyson Lowry/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Backseat Lovers on World Cafe
Jean Dawson Nico Hernandez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jean Dawson on World Cafe
Frank Ocean performs at Terminal 5 on July 26, 2012, in New York City. Jason Kempin/Getty Images hide caption
Prince performs live at the Fabulous Forum on Feb. 19, 1985, in Inglewood, Calif. Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
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Jalen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles Mitchell Leff/Getty Images hide caption
"Weird Al" Yankovic Robyn Von Swank/Courtesy of the artist hide caption