World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

Blondshell is Sabrina Teitelbaum at her most honest and vulnerable

Genesis Owusu's 'Struggler' takes you on a Kafkaesque journey

Brandy Clark teams up with Brandi Carlile on her latest, self-titled album

Bethany Cosentino looked to '90s heartland rock on her solo debut

The Milk Carton Kids wanted to go back to the start

'She did everything with me': Bully's beloved dog is at the heart of her new album

Low Cut Connie is in search of the true self

De La Soul want to uphold the legacy of 'this 50-year-old culture called hip-hop'

Artist To Watch: Denitia

A look back at Public Enemy's 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'

On 'Time Ain't Accidental,' Jess Williamson sounds as open as the West Texas sky

The Watson Twins take center stage on 'Holler'

The exclusive 'World Cafe' Father's Day interview with ... my dad

Artist To Watch: Samantha Rise

Artist To Watch: Tylar Bryant

Black Opry artists talk challenges, joys of making country and Americana music

Hear Ben Folds perform songs from his new album 'What Matters Most'

30A Songwriters Sessions: Abe Partridge

30A Songwriters Sessions: Tom Rush

Why Dr. Dog's Scott McMicken called on a band of strangers for his solo record

The key to writing a boygenius song? Tell the truth.

For Lizzy McAlpine, songwriting is all about trusting your instincts

Set sail for Caroline Polachek's island

How Irish folk music inspired Trapper Schoepp's 'Siren Songs'

'Fuse' reignites Everything But The Girl after a decadeslong hiatus

The Culture Corner: How Massive Attack shook up pop culture in 1998

SYML walks the line between grief and love on 'The Day My Father Died'

Making 'Multitudes' carried Feist through new beginnings

Sense of Place: Denton, Texas' Brave Combo does things their own way

Sense of Place: How did Denton, Texas, become an unlikely jazz mecca?

Sense of Place: Step inside Dan's Silverleaf Bar in Denton, Texas

'Five Easy Hot Dogs' is a musical departure for Mac DeMarco

On 'Continue as a Guest,' The New Pornographers skirt creative expectations

Ruston Kelly tore it all down on his new album — so he could build something better

Hozier takes things to the extreme on 'Eat Your Young'

Nick Hakim flows seamlessly through R&B, soul and psychedelia on 'COMETA'

Hear live performances from Nickel Creek's first album in nearly a decade

Dionne Warwick has never been afraid to say what's on her mind

Say She She's sweet harmonies make the band's 'discodelic soul' music shine

The Culture Corner: How Todd Rundgren shaped a generation of bedroom musicians

U2 turns their rock anthems into intimate affairs on 'Songs of Surrender'

Robyn Hitchcock's latest work is a party with a little melancholy

Adeem The Artist wants to expand what's possible in country music

Will Sheff strikes out on his own on 'Nothing Special'

For Omar Apollo, making music should feel like falling in love

Ron Gallo dances through his anxieties on 'Foreground Music'

zzzahara charts the constant change of their native LA on 'liminal spaces'

Michigander charts the long journey to 'It Will Never Be The Same'

The Culture Corner: R&B in the '00s and today

Tegan and Sara are still growing as artists and sisters on 'Crybaby'