World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

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Tune into a mini-concert with jazz quintet SML
2026/1/21 | 25 mins.
The Los Angeles-based group joins World Cafe in the studio for an otherworldly set of improvisational music.

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17 years after retiring, Canadian icon Anne Murray returns with new music
2026/1/20 | 30 mins.
The country star breathes new life into long-forgotten recordings on Here You Are.

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'It's a very Irish thing': CMAT on why making country pop felt inevitable
2026/1/16 | 50 mins.
On Euro-Country, the Dublin-born artist draws on country music’s knack for storytelling to revisit her memories of Ireland’s economic crash in the 2000s.

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On his latest album, William Prince writes his way back to Peguis First Nation
2026/1/14 | 29 mins.
The Canadian songwriter reflects on home and ambition as his sound grows bolder on Further from the Country.

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The unsung classic that helped define hip-hop's golden age
2026/1/13 | 12 mins.
World Cafe correspondent John Morrison joins us to talk about why the East Coast rap group Main Source deserves a spot as one of the best hip-hop groups of the '90s.

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