World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

The Michigan musician performs a set recorded at the 2025 XPoNential Music Festival.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The Toronto punk band pared down their creative process with help from producer John Congleton.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

On Nobody's Girl, the singer-songwriter offers her perspective on her high-profile split from Jason Isbell.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Listen to the English songwriter and guitarist perform at the 2025 XPoNential Music Festival.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The British rock band talks about life on the road and making their third album in Norway.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The four piece treats you to group harmonies and a fuller sound on their new album, Lovesick.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The indie folk band enlisted Lin-Manuel Miranda to tell the story of a shipwrecked crew on Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The Canadian comic and actor joins World Cafe to talk about their debut album, I'm A TV.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The singer-songwriter decamped to Aaron Dessner's Long Pond Studio in upstate New York to record her new album, Returning to Myself.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The blues musician from Clarksdale, Miss., also talks about his new record label and searching for the next generation of blues talent.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

On their fourth album, the American rock band refined their innovative sound, which had long been inspired by Black music traditions.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Zydeco veteran Jeffery Broussard teamed up with members of the New Orleans TBC Brass Band and a swing band's rhythm section for Bayou Moonlight, a blend of zydeco, R&B and blues.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Historian Dorothy Williams explains why Montreal became a center for jazz music.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The Juno Award-winning Inuit musician, based in Montreal, imbued her favorite childhood songs with new meaning on her covers project, Inuktitut.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Expert guide Ruby Roy has given countless tours of the city for Cohen's fans.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy