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Real Actual Roots: Yola Carter On Growing Up British, Loving Americana
Carter got her start in the U.K. electronic scene singing for the Bugz In The Attic and Massive Attack, but her first love was always Dolly Parton.
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Musician Lalin St. Juste On Writing Through Grief
The singer and lyricist of The Seshen wrote the song "Distant Heart" about the loss of a friend. And while it comes from a place of loss, she says it carries her friend's joy and light, too.
Monthly Song Project Gives The Raveonettes Freedom Of 'A Blank Slate'
Members of the Danish rock band, Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo, say their unconvential launch strategy will result in an album that may be "totally schizophrenic, but in a really wonderful way."
30 Years Of 'Heavy Metal Parking Lot,' The Classic 'Cult Classic' Film
Shot outside an arena in suburban Maryland hosting a Judas Priest and Dokken double bill, the short documentary captured something vital about its moment in music history.
After Stroke, Country Music Star Randy Travis Returns To Stage With 'Amazing Grace'
After suffering a stroke three years ago, Randy Travis had to learn to walk and talk again. This week he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, where he stood onstage and sang.
'I'm In Defiance Of Time': Barry Gibb On Music, Family And Loss
The last surviving Bee Gee has released his first album in more than 30 years. In The Now is colored by the loss of Gibb's mother and brothers, but he says it's also about "the idea of having fun."
Warpaint On World Cafe
On its new album, the L.A. band's atmospheric grooves are more extroverted than ever before. Hear a powerful performance recorded live in the studio.
Leonard Cohen's 'You Want It Darker' Is A Family Affair
The album, one of the 82-year-old's best, was produced by his son Adam, who joins World Cafe to discuss what it's like to work with a living legend who just happens to be your dad.
Across the Blue Ridge #43 - Bruce Molsky on connecting traditions and looking ahead
World-renowned fiddler Bruce Molsky is a performer, a teacher (at Berklee College of Music) and a student of styles and cultures. His travels have brought him into contact with fiddlers from
Join The Black Parade: My Chemical Romance And The Politics Of Taste
To toast an iconic album's 10th birthday, a conversation about listening while black — featuring Another Round host Tracy Clayton and writer/poet Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib.