Joan Shelley on World Cafe

Joan Shelley
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World Cafe
Joan Shelley’s ‘The Spur’ is evocative, immediate — and a return to familiar ground
Hear Shelley perform a mini-concert of songs from her latest album, “The Spur,” recorded live for World Cafe.
When Joan Shelley last visited the World Cafe, it was for her album Like the River Loves the Sea. The Kentucky singer-songwriter had left the comforts of home to write and record in Iceland. Her latest, The Spur, is an evocative and immediate album and a return to more familiar ground, as she reflects on starting a family with her longtime partner and now husband, Nathan Salsburg. In this session, Joan joins us for a mini-concert, performing songs from The Spur.