The Nashville-based musician talks about writing and recording Love You Anyway.

Nashville's Adia Victoria performs songs from her latest album, A Southern Gothic.

Memphis-based singer songwriter Amy LaVere is joined by her husband Will Sexton in this mini-concert.

A year where alternative and hip-hop were the mainstream, and glam and pure pop were out.

The Asbury Park, N.J.-based singer-songwriter performs songs from his latest EP, French Blonde.

Bartees chats with World Cafe about his sophomore album, Farm to Table, and advice he has for artists on the rise.

The Nashville, by way of Los Angeles, singer and virtuoso guitarist experimented with punk and folk music for the last decade, often to dazzling results.

Oliver Sim, the bass guitarist and vocalist for The xx talks about making "Hideous Bastard," his striking debut solo record.

The band took a new approach to songwriting on their 10th studio album.

Hear Father John Misty perform a mini-concert showcasing music from his latest album, Chloë and the Next 20th Century.

For their third album, Chopper, Kiwi Jr. wanted to invoke a feeling — not of location or mood, but of time; specifically, that time between sunset and sunrise.

In this session, we talk to Lee Loughnane and Robert Lamm from the road about their new album, film and the stories behind some of their biggest hits — plus, they share live performances.

He's a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist who took up a side hobby as a ballistic missile defense specialist — and added counterterrorism expert for good measure.

When you write a song, you want people to hear it. But for some artists, that's not enough.

We caught up with Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi to talk about the inspiration behind the album — and they share a performance, recorded live for World Cafe.

Though they perform as a sextet, don't call MICHELLE a band — they're a collective, brought together for a purpose: AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS.

Celebrating the songs that hit you with their best shot, right at the front of the song.

In this session, we catch up with Dave Portner and Noah Lennox, also known as Avey Tare and Panda Bear, to talk about Animal Collective's experience with making their latest album, Time Skiffs.

Northern Ireland-based singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson's third and latest album, If I never know you like this again, draws inspiration from indie bands like Broken Social Scene and Pavement.

Here at World Cafe, we're celebrating music that's been around for a quarter-century, including a landmark release from Radiohead, a seminal song from The Verve and a comeback from Bob Dylan.