The Record Company expanded its horizons with new record, 'Play Loud'
The World Cafe caught up with Chris Vos and Alex Stiff from the band to talk about the new faces working on their latest album.
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'Fresh Air' listens back to Nick Lowe's 2001 album, 'The Convincer'
British singer, songwriter and guitarist Lowe got his start in the '70s pub-rock era. His 2001 album, The Convincer, has been newly remastered and reissued. Originally broadcast in 2001 and 2011.
umru (feat. Tommy Cash & 645AR), 'check1'
The type of song you play on speakers until they burst, "check1" pushes the needle forward for a genre that sometimes feels stuck in its own mythos.
Emily D'Angelo, 'Nausicaa'
Hear the young mezzo-soprano sing contemporary music of rare beauty, offering a voice of creamy muscularity.
For Brandi Carlile, band and family are one and the same
In These Silent Days is the singer-songwriter's latest collaboration with twins Phil and Tim Hanseroth. The three have spent the past two decades winding their creative and personal lives together.
Yendry: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The Dominican-Italian singer performs an "El Tiny" concert from Soho Beach House in Miami.
Stagehands at the Kennedy Center OK a strike, days after Hollywood crews did the same
Stagehands at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. voted unanimously to strike if the performing arts center proceeds with cuts.
Seattle Classical feat. Ghanaian-American pianist William Chapman Nyaho
William Chapman Nyaho, a Seattle-based, Ghanaian-American pianist, has spent his career championing the works of lesser-known composers from across the African continent and beyond.
Martina Topley-Bird, 'Wyman'
Inspired by Baltimore's Wyman Park neighborhood, "Wyman" is a clear standout from the singer-songwriter's latest album.
George Wein Never Stopped Listening
Nate Chinen remembers Newport Jazz impresario George Wein, who helped create the modern music festival but never lost his appetite for listening in small rooms and connecting at a human scale.