Studio Sessions

Music & Culture

Between Chaos And Desire: A Conversation With Christine And The Queens

1:01pm September 20, 2018

by Talia Schlanger

Talia Schlanger chats with pop music's weird cousin about the new album Chris and its blurred distinctions between aggressive and vulnerable, masculine and feminine, identity and presentation.

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Leon Bridges On World Cafe

1:28pm September 19, 2018

by Talia Schlanger

Although Leon Bridges didn't perform live songs with a band for this session, he required no special prodding to croon a capella during our chat.

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Watch Charlotte Gainsbourg Perform 'Sylvia Says' Live In The Studio

11:26am September 19, 2018

by Jason Bentley

Watch veteran performer Charlotte Gainsbourg perform a moody, disco-driven cut from her recent album, Rest.

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Watch Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Perform 'I'll Be Damned'

1:25pm September 14, 2018

by Jason Bentley

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats played the track "I'll Be Damned," an older song recorded with producer Richard Swift.

Dawn Landes in side the World Cafe Performance Studio

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Dawn Landes On World Cafe

10:47am September 13, 2018

by Talia Schlanger

Landes' voice and songwriting sound like such a seamless fit for classic Nashville.

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Ry Cooder On World Cafe

11:21am September 07, 2018

Cooder and his band re-imagine some of those classic blues and gospel songs he loved as boy. He discusses how his latest album 'Prodigal Son' is ultimately about reverence.

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Wayne Kramer On World Cafe

9:49am September 05, 2018

by Stephen Kallao

As an innovator of punk 10 years before the genre had a name, Wayne Kramer has seen some things. His new autobiography is no fairy tale, though there is something magical about it.