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Beth Orton makes an uncompromising record that is completely hers

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Beth Orton makes an uncompromising record that is completely hers

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Getting dropped from your record label isn't a good thing, per se, but for Beth Orton, it gave her the opportunity to take the reins.

Beth Orton on World Cafe

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Tim Heidecker's latest is largely inspired by his own high school memories

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Tim Heidecker's latest is largely inspired by his own high school memories

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Along with his sense of humor, that kind of tenderness and perspective is the most arresting part of Tim Heidecker's latest album, High School.

Tim Heidecker on World Cafe

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MUNA's latest album is more confident, more focused than anything they've done before

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MUNA's latest album is more confident, more focused than anything they've done before

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In this session, all three members of the band join World Cafe to talk about how they went from "almost ending" to getting a brand new start.

MUNA on World Cafe

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Adrian Quesada's 'Boleros Psicodélicos' is a love letter to psychedelic bolero music

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Adrian Quesada's 'Boleros Psicodélicos' is a love letter to psychedelic bolero music

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The discovery of Los Pasteles Verdes, an experimental Peruvian band from the 1960s, sent Adrian Quesada down a rabbit hole that would, decades later, lead to his new solo album, Boleros Psicodélicos.

Adrian Quesada on World Cafe

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Rhett Miller still finds the freedom to experiment and play on 'The Misfit'

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Rhett Miller still finds the freedom to experiment and play on 'The Misfit'

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Miller talks about the making of the record, how much he missed live performance, his side hustle as a children's author and more on World Cafe Live.

Rhett Miller on World Cafe

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Joan Shelley's 'The Spur' is evocative, immediate — and a return to familiar ground

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Joan Shelley's 'The Spur' is evocative, immediate — and a return to familiar ground

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Hear Shelley perform a mini-concert of songs from her latest album, "The Spur," recorded live for World Cafe.

Joan Shelley on World Cafe

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Built to Spill spills the beans on the making of 'When The Wind Forgets Your Name'

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Built to Spill spills the beans on the making of 'When The Wind Forgets Your Name'

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In this session, Doug Martsch talks about how discovering a lo-fi punk band from Brazil led to the album's creation and shares advice he'd give to his younger self.

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Charley Crockett's 'The Man From Waco' is country music through an R&B lens

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Charley Crockett's 'The Man From Waco' is country music through an R&B lens

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Charley Crockett performs songs from his latest album, in the great tradition of Ray Charles and Aaron Neville.

Charley Crockett on World Cafe

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Peeling back the layers of Amanda Shires' life and musical career

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Peeling back the layers of Amanda Shires' life and musical career

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In this session of World Cafe, Shires shares about getting to a place of confidence again after thinking she was finished with making music.

Amanda Shires on World Cafe

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Bilderbuch brings larger-than-life, completely captivating energy to FM4's studios

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Bilderbuch brings larger-than-life, completely captivating energy to FM4's studios

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We didn't realize quite how big they were until we landed in Vienna — Bilderbuch stops by for a Sense of Place: Vienna studio session in the middle of a sold-out arena tour.

Bilderbuch on World Cafe

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Hear the piano thought to be too perfect by Beethoven

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Hear the piano thought to be too perfect by Beethoven

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To find out what made Nannette Streicher's pianos so special, World Cafe visited the Museum of Science and Technology in Vienna, where a couple of her pianos still survive.

Piano Maker Nannette Streicher on World Cafe

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Tour the Vienna cemetery where some of the world's most famous composers are buried

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Tour the Vienna cemetery where some of the world's most famous composers are buried

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On the outskirts of Vienna, more than 3 million people are buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery — including Beethoven, Strauss and one of Austria's most celebrated musicians, Falco.

Vienna Central Cemetery Walk on World Cafe

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'I Am The Moon' is Tedeschi Trucks at their finest and most adventurous

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'I Am The Moon' is Tedeschi Trucks at their finest and most adventurous

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We caught up with Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi to talk about the inspiration behind the album — and they share a performance, recorded live for World Cafe.

Tedeschi Trucks Band on World Cafe

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Hear a mini-concert by '90s-inspired supergroup My Ugly Clementine

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Hear a mini-concert by '90s-inspired supergroup My Ugly Clementine

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For the World Cafe's Sense of Place: Vienna series, we knew there would be lots of Classical music. But it turns out, there's also a thriving indie music scene.

My Ugly Clementine on World Cafe

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Far from the operas and museums of Vienna is a growing hip hop scene

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Far from the operas and museums of Vienna is a growing hip hop scene

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Emerging rap star YUGO takes World Cafe on a tour of the the 15th district on the outskirts of Vienna in this Sense of Place episode.

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DIVES is one of the most exciting new bands on Vienna's music scene

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DIVES is one of the most exciting new bands on Vienna's music scene

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Vienna is known for classical music, but if you know where to look, you'll find a flourishing indie rock scene, too. Hear a live performance from DIVES in this Sense of Place session.

DIVES on World Cafe

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The Head and the Heart revisit that place where everything felt magical and easy

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The Head and the Heart revisit that place where everything felt magical and easy

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With some time back in the studio, and working on better ways to communicate, the band release their latest album, Every Shade of Blue.

The Head and the Heart on World Cafe

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Vienna's Sharktank blends and bends genres to create its own unique sound

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Vienna's Sharktank blends and bends genres to create its own unique sound

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There's a whole other side of Viennese music other than grand symphonies or operas performed on gilded stages. Enjoy this live Sense of Place: Vienna series performance by Sharktank.

Sharktank on World Cafe

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