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Studio Sessions : World Cafe Artists in conversation and performance from the World Cafe studios in Philadelphia.

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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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Alt.Latino kicks off Latinx Heritage Month on World Cafe

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Alt.Latino kicks off Latinx Heritage Month on World Cafe

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Felix Contreras and new co-host Anamaria Sayre discuss the evolution of Alt.Latino and give a preview of their month-long takeover of the Tiny Desk Concert series, El Tiny.

Alt.Latino 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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'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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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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Catbite balances styles, from two tone to third wave, with shades of power pop

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Catbite balances styles, from two tone to third wave, with shades of power pop

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Catbite offers something for almost everyone. Hear it for yourself in this mini-concert session.

Catbite on World Cafe

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How Michaela Anne's 'Oh To Be That Free' resonates within each of us

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How Michaela Anne's 'Oh To Be That Free' resonates within each of us

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It turns out the music Michaela Anne was making was just what she needed to hear herself, in an incredibly uncertain time.

Michaela Anne on World Cafe

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'Misadventures Of Doomscroller' hopes to pull you away from the information overload

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'Misadventures Of Doomscroller' hopes to pull you away from the information overload

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In this session, frontman Taylor Goldsmith talks about how he was inspired to fight short attention spans with longer, proggier, jazzier songs that sound nothing like what Dawes have done before.

Dawes on World Cafe

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Hear a live mini-concert performed by MICHELLE

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Hear a live mini-concert performed by MICHELLE

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Though they perform as a sextet, don't call MICHELLE a band — they're a collective, brought together for a purpose: AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS.

MICHELLE on World Cafe

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Listening to Tank and the Bangas' 'Red Balloon' is like scanning the radio dial

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Listening to Tank and the Bangas' 'Red Balloon' is like scanning the radio dial

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On this session of World Cafe, Tarriona "Tank" Ball talks about how the radio of her youth and the radio of today made her want to create her own station with the band.

Tank and the Bangas on World Cafe

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Nearly 40 years later, 'Stranger Things' boosts Kate Bush's music worldwide

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Nearly 40 years later, 'Stranger Things' boosts Kate Bush's music worldwide

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In this World Cafe session from 1993, Kate Bush spoke with original host David Dye about a range of subjects: from her ambitions to working with Prince to being an Elton John fan as a teenager.

Kate Bush on World Cafe (1993)

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Indigo De Souza showcases her gifts in her latest album, 'Any Shape You Take'

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Indigo De Souza showcases her gifts in her latest album, 'Any Shape You Take'

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In this session of World Cafe, we caught up with Indigo De Souza to talk about the album and growing up in North Carolina.

Indigo De Souza on World Cafe

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Billy Bragg's music bridges political themes with the intensely personal

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Billy Bragg's music bridges political themes with the intensely personal

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Bragg's decades of activism and songwriting have only helped to crystallize and empower his thinking on what we need to make the world a better place.

Billy Bragg on World Cafe

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Memories become songs on Kevin Morby's 'This Is A Photograph'

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Memories become songs on Kevin Morby's 'This Is A Photograph'

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In this session, Kevin Morby talks about how photography inspired his latest album, This Is A Photograph, and how he steps inside those moments.

Kevin Morby on World Cafe

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Brace yourself, because Grace Cummings will blow you away

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Brace yourself, because Grace Cummings will blow you away

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The force of nature talks about her new album, Storm Queen, how she discovered her voice and what "America" means to a person who grew up in Melbourne, Australia.

Grace Cummings on World Cafe

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Elizabeth King records 'Give Me Wings' a cappella, in-studio with her daughters

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Elizabeth King records 'Give Me Wings' a cappella, in-studio with her daughters

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Enjoy this mini-concert of songs recorded by Elizabeth King inside Sam Phillips Recording's Studio B in Memphis.

Elizabeth King on World Cafe

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