The National on World Cafe

Talking about "Trouble Will Find Me" out today!

Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle

Stream the new album

Gotta Hear Song

Burning Instinct by Red Baraat

The Homemade Jamz Blues Band

Mississippi Blues Project concert

WXPN Welcomes:

The Districts, Cheers Elephant, and Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang

WXPN Welcomes: Appel Farm Festival

Delta Spirit, Brandi Carlile, John Gorka and much more!

Key Studio Session:

Market East joins us in the studio

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NonCOMM Audio Archive

Listen to Wild Feathers - Recap of the 2013 NonCOMMvention Live Performances.

Nashville rock barn-burners Wild Feathers played a raucous set of Americana-infused rock, something between the Allmans and Led Zeppelin. Listen to their full performance!

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Bobby McFerrin
A ten time Grammer winner, Bobby McFerrin has a new album out now. Titled, "Spirit You All," it's a well-crafted mix of new originals and classic Americana. He'll be…

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Glasgow's Frightened Rabbit on World Cafe
Their fourth album is called Pedestrian Verse and you can hear some live versions and talk with the charming gents from last Friday's show.

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Sense Of Place: Nashville

Country Music Hall of Fame A must visit to Nashville is the Hall of Fame and the infamous RCA Studio B. Listen to some outlaw country from Waylon Jennings, and Jimmy Rogers, Hank Williams, and Dolly Parton. Sense of Place: Nashville

Featured Album Of The Week

The National - Trouble Will Find Me
For well over a decade now The National have been uncompromising in their approach to music making. On their sixth…

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Artist To Watch

Laura Mvula Artist To Watch - May 2013
The UK singer-songwriter, Laura Mvula, releases her gorgeous, exotic, engaging debut album, Sing To The Moon, on May 14th. No…

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First Listen Laura Marling

Laura Marling's songs dig well beyond the everyday, with each sung in a wise, dusky, brooding voice that always seems in control of its surroundings. LISTEN to the U.K. folksinger's fourth album, Once I Was an Eagle, in its entirety, before its official release date! On
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XPoNential Music Festival 2013

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros join the line-up for The XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru. PLEDGE $24/Month and get two 3-Day Go Everywhere Festival Pass!!

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