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Del McCoury was there at the beginning of the bluegrass movement

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Del McCoury was there at the beginning of the bluegrass movement

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For this new album, Almost Proud, quarantine gave Del McCoury the time and space to dig through a box of collected music to find some gems to record.

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Live from the National Museum of African American Music: Amythyst Kiah

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Live from the National Museum of African American Music: Amythyst Kiah

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Amythyst Kiah's debut solo album, Wary + Strange, with its unusual combination of roots influences and alternative sounds, features the Grammy-nominated song, "Black Myself."

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Old Crow Medicine Show on how Nashville has changed since the mid-'90s

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Old Crow Medicine Show on how Nashville has changed since the mid-'90s

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Ahead of their time in igniting interest in the String Band tradition, Old Crow Medicine Show was also ahead of the curve, landing in Nashville in the mid-'90s, well before it was declared the It City.

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Hear a performance from Hayes Carll at AMERICANAFEST

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Hear a performance from Hayes Carll at AMERICANAFEST

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Hayes Carll is a Texas singer-songwriter with an easygoing, everyman style of storytelling that's earned him comparisons to John Prine and Townes Van Zandt.

Hayes Carll on World Cafe

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For Tré Burt, 2020's music industry shutdown was rich with inspiration

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For Tré Burt, 2020's music industry shutdown was rich with inspiration

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Burt's latest album, You, Yeah, You, builds on his previous work as he grows ever more sophisticated, empathetic and razor-sharp as a storyteller and musical philosopher.

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Erin Rae's voice on her new 'Lighten Up' album is both arresting and intimate

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Erin Rae's voice on her new 'Lighten Up' album is both arresting and intimate

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Erin tells Nashville correspondent Jessie Scott that the idea of "lightening up" wasn't about the outside world, but her own inner world.

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Hear a performance from Sierra Ferrell at AMERICANAFEST

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Hear a performance from Sierra Ferrell at AMERICANAFEST

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Hear Sierra performing live in her adopted home city, starting off with a song from her debut album, "The Bells of Every Chapel."

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Hear a performance from Sue Foley at AMERICANAFEST

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Hear a performance from Sue Foley at AMERICANAFEST

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Her love of the blues drew her to Austin, Texas, when she was 21 years old, and she's never looked back.

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Hear a performance from Brandy Clark at AMERICANAFEST

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Hear a performance from Brandy Clark at AMERICANAFEST

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Not only did she co-write the hit song with Kacey Musgraves and Shane McAnally, she's also written for Reba McEntire, LeAnn Rimes, Sheryl Crow, and Keith Urban.

Brandy Clark on World Cafe

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Hear Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram's AMERICANAFEST performance

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Hear Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram's AMERICANAFEST performance

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The blues musician is known for his transcendent live shows. We'll hear one in this session of World Cafe.

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram on World Cafe

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How a post-show writing session became Jackson + Sellers debut, 'Breaking Point'

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How a post-show writing session became Jackson + Sellers debut, 'Breaking Point'

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World Cafe talks to the pair of Americana songwriters about the trajectory of their rocking new record and how effortless that collaboration was.

Jackson + Sellers on World Cafe

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Natalie Hemby's sophomore album celebrates '90s throwback sonics

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Natalie Hemby's sophomore album celebrates '90s throwback sonics

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The songwriter, who has worked behind the scenes in the Nashville music community, has released her sophomore solo album, Pins and Needles.

Natalie Hemby on World Cafe

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Amythyst Kiah's 'Wary + Strange' is an unusual combination

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Amythyst Kiah's 'Wary + Strange' is an unusual combination

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Kiah talks music and history with Nashville correspondent Jessie Scott, exploring how she crafts lyrics from both lived and observed experiences.

Amythyst Kiah on World Cafe

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Mickey Guyton Is a Country Artist With a Big Voice and an Even Bigger Message

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Mickey Guyton Is a Country Artist With a Big Voice and an Even Bigger Message

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In this episode of World Cafe, Mickey Guyton talks about Spotify's role in making her music more visible, women in country music getting "chicked," her debut album, Remember Her Name, and more.

Mickey Guyton on World Cafe

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Watch The 2021 Americana Honors & Awards Live Stream

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Watch The 2021 Americana Honors & Awards Live Stream

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The Americana Honors & Awards have celebrated pioneering veteran artists and trailblazing newcomers. The ceremony is the hallmark event of the annual AMERICANAFEST, which returns on Sept. 22.

Brittney Spencer Follows Her Own Light

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Brittney Spencer Follows Her Own Light

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For every time that someone succeeds by following certain markers, there's someone who succeeds by following their own light. Brittney Spencer is the latter.

Brittney Spencer on World Cafe Nashville

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On 'Outside Child,' Allison Russell Confronts Trauma With Compassion

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On 'Outside Child,' Allison Russell Confronts Trauma With Compassion

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Despite creating art from trauma, Russell is strengthened by love, connection and creation.

Allison Russell on World Cafe

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Through Music And Poetry, Valerie June Writes For Dreamers

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Through Music And Poetry, Valerie June Writes For Dreamers

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Today on World Cafe, singer-songwriter and poet Valerie June discusses using her multimedia work as a catalyst for individual and collective change.

Valerie June on World Cafe

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Have You Heard Stephanie Lambring's 'Autonomy'? You Should

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Have You Heard Stephanie Lambring's 'Autonomy'? You Should

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The Nashville songwriter wrote one of the most honest albums released last year. It is nothing short of a coming-of-age tour de force.

Stephanie Lambring on World Cafe

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Brothers Osborne's Unusual Path To Country Music Stardom

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Brothers Osborne's Unusual Path To Country Music Stardom

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TJ and John Osborne's music encompasses lots of interesting flavors, including blues, rock and bluegrass.

Brothers Osborne on World Cafe

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Our 2020 Nashville Music Recap

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Our 2020 Nashville Music Recap

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In this episode, World Cafe's Nashville correspondent and NPR pop critic Ann Powers brings you some of the artists from the Music City that you might have missed this year.

Our 2020 Nashville Music Recap

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