Lake Street Dive On World Cafe
These musicians met at New England Conservatory of Music and make carefully arranged tunes with tricky harmonies.
Music Interviews
Lindi Ortega On World Cafe
The country singer-songwriter speaks on how she made her return to the stage and what made her leave her adopted home in Nashville to return to Canada.
Noah Slee Reaches Back To His Tongan 'Otherland'
The Tongan-raised Berlin transplant often finds himself between two worlds that couldn't be more different. In his 2017 debut Otherland, Slee celebrates the community he says once othered him.
Caroline Rose On World Cafe
Compare her 2014 album I Will Not Be Afraid to her latest, LONER, and you'll find that this singer-songwriter has arrived.
Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album
Mitski's new album is called Be the Cowboy. She talks with All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen about the lead-off single "Geyser," and the near-desperate passion that went into making it.
Why Mavericks' Raul Malo Is Excited About Cuban Band Sweet Lizzy Project
Mavericks frontman Raul Malo reflects on his first encounter with the Cuban band Sweet Lizzy Project and what drew him to its music.
Sweet Lizzy Project Brings The Sounds Of Havana To Nashville
The Havana seven-piece is a passion project of Raul Malo, lead singer of The Mavericks and son of Cuban exiles. Malo brought the band to Nashville in hopes they'll launch a career and build a bridge.
'Something Develops Onstage Called Love': Baltimore Symphony's Bernstein Centennial
Recorded live on stage at the Meyerhoff, Scott Simon joins BSO music director Marin Alsop and Leonard Bernstein's daughter Jamie for a conversation and musical celebration.
Charlie Puth Is Working Hard For Your Attention
From "See You Again" to "Attention," Puth's hits are massive and they stick. Morning Edition visits the 26-year-old at the cluttered home studio where he crafted his second album, Voice Notes.
The Bad Plus: The Band That Never Stops
For a group that has always stood for musical collectivism, the substitution of pianist Orrin Evans for Ethan Iverson was a shakeup of existential proportions.