The band's sound is hard to pin down: It's somewhere between folk and electronica, the words sometimes poetry, sometimes prose.

Original members Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, and drummer Clem Burke are back with a new studio album, Pollinator. Hear an ecstatic performance recorded live at World Cafe.

In a live session, the St. Louis roots performer shares a song he wrote in response to the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., just outside his hometown.

Listening to this band's music gives you that warm feeling of spending time with old friends. Hear a performance of songs from 2016's Cardinal, recorded live for World Cafe.

The Toronto duo's '80s-inspired summer jam gets the road-trip music video it deserves.

The Melbourne band consists of a pair of brothers and a pair of cousins, plus one. Hear its Cinderella story — from playing bedroom jams to signing with Sub Pop — in this session.

The songs on James' latest album, My Spirit Sister, are staggeringly honest snapshots of love and doubt. Hear an interview and performance from the Americana songwriter.

The duo's latest release is visceral dance music — an album you feel in your body before you process in your brain.

Josh Tillman's latest, Pure Comedy, is skeptical, surreal and sardonic, but also loving, generous and funny. He performs and discusses the Pentecostal upbringing that he defined himself against.

The breathtaking vocalist explains how she's brought her own interpretation of Inuit throat singing together with punk and electronica.

Fifty years ago, the Jimi Hendrix Experience made about as tremendous a first impression as it gets with Are You Experienced? — but here are several more debuts that stack up.

The college kid who stunned Pharrell Williams with her breakout single joins World Cafe for a live performance and interview.

The Philly singer's falsetto-laden debut album, Green End, is a meditation on heartbreak — but he performs it now with a heart repaired.

The eight-piece band playfully explores its Colombian roots in a live session.

Every song on this half-Filipino, half-Palestinian rocker's latest album feels like a snapshot of raw emotion. Hear an interview and live performance.

The band's latest album, Whiteout Conditions, is power-pop harmony heaven. AC Newman tells World Cafe he's always envisioned the group as a party band that also makes you think.

Leaving a trail of microphones covered in makeup and glitter behind them, the queer power-punk band makes music for everyone. Hear an interview and live performance.

For a danceable band of low-key, really nice dudes from Alaska, Portugal. The Man has stirred up some controversy. Hear a live performance and interview.

Crow's new album, Be Myself, is inspired by the spirit of her '90s hits. Hear her perform new music, plus an older favorite, in this session.

Damon Albarn says the meaning of Humanz has changed now that the "dark fantasy" he says inspired it has become a political reality. Hear an interview and live performance.