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Studio Sessions Musicians perform and discuss their work in the studios of NPR and NPR Music station partners. Live music sessions, interviews, and the best new songs in rock, pop, folk, classical, jazz, blues, urban, and world music. Watch video sessions.

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Jidenna On World Cafe

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Jidenna On World Cafe

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The star quality you can't really describe but it's just there? He's got it.

Jidenna On World Cafe

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Curtis Harding On World Cafe

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Curtis Harding On World Cafe

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The young Atlanta-based artist has an old soul — key word, "soul." Hear a performance of songs from his new album, Face Your Fear.

Curtis Harding On World Cafe

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Lukas Nelson And Promise Of The Real On World Cafe

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Lukas Nelson And Promise Of The Real On World Cafe

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From Willie Nelson's band to touring with Neil Young, here comes a new generation carrying the country-rock torch.

Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real On World Cafe

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Michael McDonald On World Cafe

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Michael McDonald On World Cafe

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Wide Open gets pretty personal, and so did our conversation. McDonald discusses the reality of being a musician in his sixties and what he calls his "first big hurt" (and no, it's not a romantic one).

Michael McDonald On World Cafe

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Emily Haines On World Cafe

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Emily Haines On World Cafe

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Metric's lead singer drops the wailing guitars and radical synths for a solo performance behind the piano.

Emily Haines On World Cafe

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Rag'n'Bone Man On World Cafe

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Rag'n'Bone Man On World Cafe

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When Rory Graham was 19 or 20 years old, he sang in public for the first time. And he didn't really think there was anything special about his voice. Turns out the world disagrees.

Rag 'N' Bone Man On World Cafe

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JD McPherson On World Cafe

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JD McPherson On World Cafe

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The Oklahoman who made retro rock sound modern with "North Side Gal" is back with a new album and home base in Nashville.

JD McPherson On World Cafe

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World Cafe Nashville: Penny & Sparrow

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World Cafe Nashville: Penny & Sparrow

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Kyle Jahnke and Andy Baxter are pin-drop performers — the kind which silence rooms with impeccable songs and storytelling that unfolds like a dream.

World Cafe Nashville: Penny & Sparrow

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Beegie Adair On Piano Jazz

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Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

Beegie Adair On Piano Jazz

Hear the Nashville pianist play an original tune she wrote for a friend's Christmas present and join host Marian McPartland for a duet on this 1991 episode.

Beegie Adair On Piano Jazz

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Xylouris White On World Cafe

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Xylouris White On World Cafe

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What do you get when you cross an Australian post-punk drummer with a lute player who is the descendant of Greek musical royalty?

Xylouris White On World Cafe

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Latin Roots: Combo Chimbita

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Latin Roots: Combo Chimbita

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Cumbia — but psychedelic, trippy and downright freaky, with an inventive combination of rhythms and sounds from Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

Latin Roots: Combo Chimbita

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Bette Smith On World Cafe

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Bette Smith On World Cafe

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A singer tells a true story about becoming the person you really want to be.

Bette Smith On World Cafe

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Bootsy Collins On World Cafe

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Bootsy Collins On World Cafe

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Bootsy in the house, baby! The great bassist performs tunes from World Wide Funk, his first album in six years.

Bootsy Collins On World Cafe

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Luna On World Cafe

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Luna On World Cafe

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Any fan of Luna's dreamy, moody sound was secretly hoping the band would undo its break-up back in 2004. Now it's back, and performs live in the Cafe Studio.

Luna On World Cafe

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Sessions From 10 Grammy-Nominated World Cafe Guests

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Sessions From 10 Grammy-Nominated World Cafe Guests

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Listen back to sessions from ten nominees who have come through our doors this year.

Lindsey Buckingham And Christine McVie On World Cafe

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Lindsey Buckingham And Christine McVie On World Cafe

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A new Fleetwood Mac spinoff performs songs from a new self-titled duo album.

Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie On World Cafe

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