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    World Cafe
    Sofía Valdés.
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    Panamanian Songwriter Sofía Valdés Carries On A Family Tradition

    Feb 09, 2021
    The 20-year-old musician joined us from her home in Panama City for this mini-concert.
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    World Cafe
    Benee
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    Benee, The Artist Behind A Viral TikTok Hit, Gets Serious And Weird

    Jan 27, 2021
    What's it like to have a song go viral on TikTok and rack up a half a billion plays on Spotify? Host Stephen Kallao talks with up and coming New Zealand artist Benee in this session.
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    World Cafe
    Brothers Osborne
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    Brothers Osborne's Unusual Path To Country Music Stardom

    Jan 25, 2021
    TJ and John Osborne's music encompasses lots of interesting flavors, including blues, rock and bluegrass.
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    World Cafe
    Matt Berninger
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    Matt Berninger's First Solo Album Was Inspired By Willie Nelson's 'Stardust'

    Jan 22, 2021
    The National's lead singer set out to create something warm and welcoming on his new album, Serpentine Prison.
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    World Cafe
    Andrew Bird.
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    Cozy Up With Andrew Bird As He Performs Holiday Songs From 'Hark!'

    Dec 25, 2020
    Bird's holiday album is a collection of covers and originals that some might not view as Christmas material at all.
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    World Cafe
    Owen Pallett
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    Owen Pallett Is A Home-Recording Wizard

    Nov 27, 2020
    In this session, what you're going to hear are solo performances — just Pallett, using effects and looping to create layers of sound.
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    World Cafe
    Grammy Nominees Brittany Howard (credit Brantley Guttierez), Big Thief (credit Dustin Condren), Marcus King (credit Jamie Stow)
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    Hear World Cafe Interviews With 12 Of This Year's Grammy Nominees

    Nov 25, 2020
    Get acquainted (or re-acquainted) with the artists and albums nominated this year by listening to their World Cafe sessions.
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    World Cafe
    The Avett Brothers
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    The Avett Brothers' 'Third Gleam' Reminds Us Why We Fell In Love With Them

    Nov 13, 2020
    The Third Gleam has no big band, no synths, no electric guitar. Just the brothers and their longtime bassist, Bob Crawford, for a series of songs.
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    World Cafe
    Algiers
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    Why Algiers Went Personal Instead Of Political In 2020

    Oct 28, 2020
    The rock band Algiers has a reputation for being a firebrand. But that wasn't the case on There Is No Year.
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    World Cafe
    Margo Price
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    Margo Price Defies Expectations With 'That's How Rumors Get Started'

    Oct 19, 2020
    Margo Price's new album rocks, which might surprise fans who grew to love the Americana star for her crystalline country voice.
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    World Cafe
    Sylvan Esso
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    Friction Is Essential To What Makes Sylvan Esso's Creative Collaboration Tick

    Oct 09, 2020
    Sylvan Esso's Nick Sanborn and Amelia Meath share stories behind their beautiful new album, Free Love, and perform stripped-down versions of songs from the record.
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    World Cafe
    The War and Treaty
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    Listen To The War And Treaty Perform 4 Songs From 'Hearts Town'

    Sep 25, 2020
    Married and musical duo Tanya Blount-Trotter and Michael Trotter Jr's second full-length tackles topics of jealousy in relationships gone wrong and one of Michael's lowest moments.
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    World Cafe
    Real Estate
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    Real Estate Performs 3-Song Quarantine Set For 'World Cafe'

    Sep 23, 2020
    The full band got together to record performances exclusively for World Cafe and you'll hear how they decided to tweak the tracks from their new album, The Main Thing.
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    World Cafe
    Sarah Jarosz
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    Sarah Jarosz Stays Home And Explores A New 'World'

    Sep 21, 2020
    On her new album, World on the Ground, Sarah Jarosz explores the real and imaginary characters of her hometown.
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    World Cafe
    Nap Eyes
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    Nap Eyes' Nigel Chapman Is Always On The Brink Of A New Discovery

    Sep 17, 2020
    The Nap Eyes frontman's wheels are always turning, about himself, about creativity, about the universe and about music.
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    World Cafe
    Indigo Girls
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    The Honesty & Self-Reflection Of The Indigo Girls

    Aug 31, 2020
    The accomplished songwriters are tireless activists for causes ranging from gun control to indigenous rights to the removal of confederate monuments from town squares.
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    World Cafe
    Phoebe Bridgers
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    Phoebe Bridgers' 'Punisher' Is An Album For The Moment

    Aug 25, 2020
    Since its release, fans are sharing stories of personal connection to Bridgers' latest album, one that's made many feel less alone in a time of self-isolation.
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    World Cafe
    Bright Eyes
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    How The Past 10 Years Shaped The First New Bright Eyes Record In Almost A Decade

    Aug 21, 2020
    Bright Eyes performs new songs off Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was and talks about finding bagpipe players for "Persona Non Grata" and remembering loved ones in the minutiae of experience.
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    World Cafe
    Kathleen Edwards performs live for <em>World Cafe</em> on the release day for her new album, <em>Total Freedom</em>.
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    Watch Kathleen Edwards' Live Album Release Show

    Aug 14, 2020
    It's a Cafe crossover episode: Kathleen Edwards is back with Total Freedom, performing live from her own cafe, Quitters Coffee, with World Cafe's Raina Douris on site hosting live.
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    World Cafe
    Dirty Projectors
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    Dirty Projectors On Bringing Different Voices To The Forefront

    Aug 05, 2020
    The Dirty Projectors jettisoned the traditional album format this year for a series of five EPs. Each one features one of the band members as lead vocalist and they all come together on the fifth.
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    World Cafe
    Ondara
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    On Ondara's New Album, He Shares 'Tales From Isolation'

    Aug 04, 2020
    The Grammy-nominated folk singer-songwriter from Kenya wrote and recorded his second album entirely during the COVID-19 shutdown.
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    World Cafe
    Perfume Genius
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    Perfume Genius Believes In The Power Of Change

    Jul 30, 2020
    The artist Mike Hadreas talks about his experience performing in a dance project with Kate Wallich, how that influenced his latest record and perform songs from Set My Heart On Fire Immediately.
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    World Cafe
    S.G. Goodman
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    Kentucky Artist S.G. Goodman Talks Her Debut Album, 'Old Time Feeling'

    Jul 28, 2020
    The Kentucky singer-songwriter's debut album is a rocking country album called Old Time Feeling, and she talks about connecting with My Morning Jacket's Jim James to help co-produce the record.
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    World Cafe
    Jonathan Wilson
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    Jonathan Wilson Goes Back To His Roots For 'Dixie Blur'

    Jul 15, 2020
    The artist-producer behind albums from Dawes and Father John Misty and who's partly credited with revitalizing the Laurel Canyon music scene decided to pick up and head to Nashville for his new album.
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    World Cafe
    Rufus Wainwright's new album is called <em>Unfollow the Rules</em>. He says the title comes from something his daughter said to him, and which he uses to express the need to reexamine the world.
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    Rufus Wainwright Wants You To 'Unfollow The Rules'

    Jul 10, 2020
    Folk singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright returned to LA, where he made his 1998 debut, to make his new record. He says the title comes from the idea of reexamining the world to make your own decisions.

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