Mumford & Sons Alistair Taylor-Young/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Mike Farris Sebastian Smith/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Leyla McCalla Sarrah Danzinger/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Scenes from the National Museum of Scotland's exhibition dedicated to Scottish pop music. Talia Schlanger/WXPN hide caption

Amy Ray performing live for World Cafe Still from video/WXPN hide caption

nobigdyl (left) and Derek Minor Joe Gonzales, Ryan McLemore/Courtesy of the artists hide caption

J Mascis Cara Totman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Elephant Sessions Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Tedeschi Trucks Band Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Rubblebucket Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Lawrence Ray Lego/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Johnny Marr performing live inside the World Cafe Performance Studio Galea McGregor/WXPN hide caption

Huffamoose (left to right): Erik Johnson, Kevin Hanson, Jim Stager and Craig Elkins. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

This year-in-review Heavy Rotation playlist features Angelique Kidjo. Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

PJ Morton Alex Smith/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Old 97's Will Byington Photography /Courtesy of the artist hide caption

JD McPherson Joshua Black Wilkins/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Stream a special holiday edition of World Cafe. Rich McKie/WXPN hide caption

David Byrne (left) with World Cafe host Talia Schlanger backstage at the 2018 XPoNential Music Festival. John Myers/WXPN hide caption

boygenius Lera Pentelute/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Petal performing live inside the World Cafe Performance Studio John Evin Groome/WXPN hide caption

Some of the albums featured on World Cafe's Best of 2018 Playlist. Courtesy of the artists hide caption