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T Bone Burnett On Producing Legends And Singing His Own Tunes

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T Bone Burnett On Producing Legends And Singing His Own Tunes

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The record producer has collected some of his thoughts on an album called The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space, his first new solo work in 11 years.

T Bone Burnett On World Cafe

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How A Skateboard Accident Changed The Shape Of Beirut's Latest Record

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How A Skateboard Accident Changed The Shape Of Beirut's Latest Record

Band leader Zach Condon explains how a simple skateboard trick resulted in a new recording location and different set of songs on Gallipoli.

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Shovels & Rope Celebrates A New Album, New Baby, A New Book And A Festival

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Shovels & Rope Celebrates A New Album, New Baby, A New Book And A Festival

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By Blood is the latest album from the duo of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst and it resonates out into all of their work.

Shovels & Rope On World Cafe

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Pure Bathing Culture Overcomes Adversity On 'Night Pass'

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Pure Bathing Culture Overcomes Adversity On 'Night Pass'

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The Portland band was dropped from its label, lost its support team and responded with arguably its strongest work yet.

Pure Bathing Culture On World Cafe

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Susto Winks At The Notion Of Losing His Mind

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Susto Winks At The Notion Of Losing His Mind

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Susto's Ever Since I Lost My Mind is as much about his family relationship as it is about his use of psychedelics.

Susto On World Cafe

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Calexico And Iron & Wine, A Collaboration Renewed

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Calexico And Iron & Wine, A Collaboration Renewed

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Years to Burn is a beautiful slow-burn of an album that often feels at ease, and occasionally doesn't resemble either of the bands that made it.

Calexico and Iron & Wine On World Cafe

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Tim Baker's Big-Hearted Solo Debut

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Tim Baker's Big-Hearted Solo Debut

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For more than a decade, he led the beloved Canadian band Hey Rosetta! Then they decided to take an indefinite hiatus.

Tim Baker On World Cafe

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Perry Farrell Talks Motivation For 'Kind Heaven'

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Perry Farrell Talks Motivation For 'Kind Heaven'

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The charismatic singer has been as successful onstage as he has off, from Lollapalooza to Jane's Addiction.

Perry Ferrell On World Cafe

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The Sisters Of A-WA Share Their Great-Grandmother's Refugee Story

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The Sisters Of A-WA Share Their Great-Grandmother's Refugee Story

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On its latest album, Bayti Fi Rasi, the trio tells a story of their relatives fleeing Yemen and arriving in Israel as part of Operation Magic Carpet in 1949.

A-WA On World Cafe

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Molly Burch Isn't Just A Voice. She's Got The Songwriting Chops To Back It Up.

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Molly Burch Isn't Just A Voice. She's Got The Songwriting Chops To Back It Up.

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The classically-trained vocalist just announced a new project, Ballads. But when she stopped by World Cafe, it was to discuss her most recent full-length album, First Flower.

Molly Burch On World Cafe

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Camp Cope Sings It Like They See It

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Camp Cope Sings It Like They See It

The three members of Australian band Camp Cope fearlessly called out sexism in the music industry.

Camp Cope On World Cafe

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Watch Live Performances From XPoNential Music Festival 2019 This Weekend

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Watch Live Performances From XPoNential Music Festival 2019 This Weekend

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Watch Dawes, St. Paul and The Broken Bones, Guster, Kathleen Edwards, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram and many more perform live on the Camden Waterfront starting Friday, July 26.

Is Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram The Future Of Blues Music?

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Is Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram The Future Of Blues Music?

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Ingram is an absolute beast on guitar who has impressed a lot of different people over the years, including Buddy Guy, Bootsy Collins and Dave Grohl.

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram On World Cafe

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Kick Off Your Shoes While CAAMP Performs Songs From 'By And By'

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Kick Off Your Shoes While CAAMP Performs Songs From 'By And By'

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From playing for free beer to appearing at massive festivals, CAAMP has come a long way.

CAAMP On World Cafe

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Lukas Nelson's Message Is Simple: 'Go Play Outside'

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Lukas Nelson's Message Is Simple: 'Go Play Outside'

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Lukas Nelson's latest record, Turn Off The News (Build A Garden), includes plenty of guests. Neil Young, Margo Price, and yes, Lukas' dad, Willie Nelson, all appear on the album.

Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real On World Cafe

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Dan Auerbach And Patrick Carney Bring Brotherly Love Back To The Black Keys

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Dan Auerbach And Patrick Carney Bring Brotherly Love Back To The Black Keys

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Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney explain why they just needed to get out of each other's hair for a bit.

The Black Keys On World Cafe

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Duff McKagan & Shooter Jennings' 'Tenderness' Is Art In Motion

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Duff McKagan & Shooter Jennings' 'Tenderness' Is Art In Motion

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Between gigs with time on his hands, Duff, the Guns N' Roses bassist, recorded Tenderness, produced by his old friend, Shooter.

Duff McKagan & Shooter Jennings' 'Tenderness' Is Art In Motion

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Gloria Gaynor: Disco Queen Goes Gospel

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Gloria Gaynor: Disco Queen Goes Gospel

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Gaynor explains why "I Will Survive" is still her favorite song to perform.

Gloria Gaynor On World Cafe

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