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BÃ©la Fleck goes back to bluegrass, his first musical love

For the first time in over two decades, Fleck has returned to the genre with My Bluegrass Heart, an ambitious double album.

There's a special energy when My Morning Jacket gather in a room

Hear My Morning Jacket perform songs from its self-titled album, recorded live at RCA Studio A in Nashville.

Rodney Crowell's excellent advice for aspiring songwriters

Rodney Crowell's new album, Triage, is his most personal yet.

World Cafe 30th Anniversary Playlist: 1992

In 1992, while grunge rock continued to hold high court on the sales charts and on radio station playlists, a number of important records found their way onto the World Cafe airwaves that year.

Let's go deep on Yola's 'Stand For Yourself'

In this session, Yola talks about what it means to "own thyself," shedding an inferior version of herself, working with Brandi Carlile and playing Sister Rosetta Tharpe for a new movie about Elvis.

World Cafe 30th Anniversary: First Times

In our World Cafe First Times series, we'll dig into our archives to hear some very early performances from artists destined for big, big things.

World Cafe 30th Anniversary: 30 Under 30

We've chosen 30 artists who are 30 years old or younger thtat we believe are poised to be the next generation of World Cafe stars. Each week, we'll reveal one of the artists on that list.

Sleater-Kinney's 'Path Of Wellness' marks time of great change, within and without

Sleater-Kinney's new album is the first they produced themselves, the first without Janet Weiss and amidst the backdrop of wildfires, pandemic and protests.

World Cafe 30th Anniversary Playlist, 1991: Tom Petty, Uncle Tupelo And More

World Cafe playlists from 1991 were strong on singers and songwriters, including: Uncle Tupelo, Loreena McKennit, Billy Bragg, Bonnie Raitt, Kirsty McColl, Marc Cohn and Tom Petty.