World Cafe Salutes The Summer
There are as many ways to celebrate summer as there are songs about the season. Hear a mix of tunes for the warmer months, from "Heat Wave" to "Summertime Sadness."
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Guest DJ: Aldous Harding
Aldous Harding, whose second album Party has drawn raves from around the world, sat down to talk about the music she loved growing up and its influence on her work.
Rapper Prodigy Of Mobb Deep Dies At 42
Prodigy (born Albert Johnson) was one half of the hip-hop duo Mobb Deep with rapper and producer Havoc. He died at age 42 of complications from sickle cell disease.
Girlpool On World Cafe
Having expanded its roster and its sound, the LA band visits World Cafe to perform the title track of its latest album.
Mobb Deep's Prodigy Dies At 42
The 42-year-old emcee was best known for crafting narratives of struggle and survival that depicted New York in the depths of the crack era.
Newly Uncovered Recordings Find Thelonious Monk In His Prime
Released for the first time this year, Monk's spirited musical contributions to the 1959 French film Les Liaisons Dangereuses expand listeners' understanding of his creative genius.
(Sandy) Alex G On World Cafe
After playing guitar on a pair of Frank Ocean records last year, the 20-something Philadelphia rocker has released his own eighth album, Rocket.
Watch Conductor Simon Rattle Turn Into A High-Tech Tangle Of Spaghetti
With the aid of motion capture technology, and an imaginative digital artist, the gestures of the London Symphony Orchestra's conductor are transformed into trippy new animations.
Anita Pallenberg Was No Simple Muse
In the wake of her death last week at the age of 73, Pallenberg was most-often referred to as a 'girlfriend' — she was, in fact the source of The Rolling Stones' next-stage fashion sense.
New Mix: Lorde, Zola Jesus, Chelsea Wolfe, More
We follow the Father's Day weekend with a mix of powerful new pop and rock from a lot of incredible women, including a raging, cathartic song from Zola Jesus and roaring doom metal from Chelsea Wolfe.