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World Cafe Beverly and Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland are facing mortality with unadulterated joy
Beverly and Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland are facing mortality with unadulterated joy
Glenn-Copeland and his wife worked together on Laughter in Summer, a record that contends with the electronic music pioneer's recent diagnosis with a major…

Beverly and Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland are facing mortality with unadulterated joy

Glenn-Copeland and his wife worked together on Laughter in Summer, a record that contends with the electronic music pioneer's recent diagnosis with a major…

Beverly and Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland are facing mortality with unadulterated joy
World Cafe Lyn Collins encoded ‘a bit of the future’ into ‘Think (About It)’
Lyn Collins encoded ‘a bit of the future’ into ‘Think (About It)’
World Cafe correspondent John Morrison explains how the influential single released in 1972 has lived on through hip-hop, Baltimore club and viral TikTok dances.

Lyn Collins encoded ‘a bit of the future’ into ‘Think (About It)’

World Cafe correspondent John Morrison explains how the influential single released in 1972 has lived on through hip-hop, Baltimore club and viral TikTok dances.

Lyn Collins encoded ‘a bit of the future’ into ‘Think (About It)’
World Cafe Don Was unites The Pan-Detroit Ensemble on ‘Groove in the Face of Adversity’
Don Was unites The Pan-Detroit Ensemble on ‘Groove in the Face of Adversity’
The record producer, director and composer talks jazz, being in the room with stars like Willie Nelson and Paul Simon, and we find out the backstory of one of…

Don Was unites The Pan-Detroit Ensemble on ‘Groove in the Face of Adversity’

The record producer, director and composer talks jazz, being in the room with stars like Willie Nelson and Paul Simon, and we find out the backstory of one of…

Don Was unites The Pan-Detroit Ensemble on ‘Groove in the Face of Adversity’
World Cafe Flock of Dimes (Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner), live in concert
Flock of Dimes (Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner), live in concert
Hear live versions of songs from The Life You Save, the latest album from Jenn Wasner's solo project.Set List"Long After Midnight""Keep Me In The Dark""Defeat""The Enemy"This…

Flock of Dimes (Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner), live in concert

Hear live versions of songs from The Life You Save, the latest album from Jenn Wasner's solo project.Set List"Long After Midnight""Keep Me In The Dark""Defeat""The Enemy"This…

Flock of Dimes (Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner), live in concert
World Cafe ‘It’s a very Irish thing’: CMAT on why making country pop felt inevitable
‘It’s a very Irish thing’: CMAT on why making country pop felt inevitable
On Euro-Country, the Dublin-born artist draws on country music’s knack for storytelling to revisit her memories of Ireland’s economic crash in the 2000s.

‘It’s a very Irish thing’: CMAT on why making country pop felt inevitable

On Euro-Country, the Dublin-born artist draws on country music’s knack for storytelling to revisit her memories of Ireland’s economic crash in the 2000s.

‘It’s a very Irish thing’: CMAT on why making country pop felt inevitable
World Cafe The song Josh Ritter was nervous to share and more stories from his catalog
The song Josh Ritter was nervous to share and more stories from his catalog
The singer-songwriter joins World Cafe for a new installment of Backtracking, where musicians revisit songs from their back catalog that have shaped their careers.

The song Josh Ritter was nervous to share and more stories from his catalog

The singer-songwriter joins World Cafe for a new installment of Backtracking, where musicians revisit songs from their back catalog that have shaped their careers.

The song Josh Ritter was nervous to share and more stories from his catalog
World Cafe Expect a lot of Puerto Rican pride at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
Expect a lot of Puerto Rican pride at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
Days before Bad Bunny's Super Bowl announcement, World Cafe spoke to Alt.Latino hosts Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras about his 31-date residency in Puerto Rico.

Expect a lot of Puerto Rican pride at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show

Days before Bad Bunny's Super Bowl announcement, World Cafe spoke to Alt.Latino hosts Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras about his 31-date residency in Puerto Rico.

Expect a lot of Puerto Rican pride at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
World Cafe ‘I don’t feel like getting up’: Spinal Tap gets real about rocking into your 70s
‘I don’t feel like getting up’: Spinal Tap gets real about rocking into your 70s
David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel, of the legendary rock band, talk about their long-awaited reunion, plus what they really think about Paul McCartney.

‘I don’t feel like getting up’: Spinal Tap gets real about rocking into your 70s

David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel, of the legendary rock band, talk about their long-awaited reunion, plus what they really think about Paul McCartney.

‘I don’t feel like getting up’: Spinal Tap gets real about rocking into your 70s
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Live from the National Museum of African American Music: Amythyst Kiah
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."

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

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."

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