For decades, Nick Lowe has graced us with his velvet voice, song lyrics and unmistakable charm. His new album, Indoor Safari, is his first in over a decade.
It was recorded with his longtime backing band, Los Straitjackets. Though he’s recorded EPs and one-offs with the Nashville surf band, he wanted to record a proper album with them because of their shared spirit.
In this session, Lowe joins us to reflect on over 50 years of songwriting, and he charts the journey to penning a truly a great song. Plus, he regales us with a lively solo performance.
This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Kimberly Junod. The web story was created by Miguel Perez. Our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and booking coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.