The country singer tells stories of her wild ride with her husband of 30 years, Waylon Jennings. She was the only woman featured on his genre-defining 1976 album Wanted! The Outlaws.

Get a look inside the studio as the South London artist performs the first four songs off her latest record, Let Them Eat Chaos, uninterrupted.

The Canadian singer-songwriter's latest album chronicles the awkward moments and juicy encounters that can happen at a small-town house party. Hear the interview and a magical live performance.

Whether or not you partake, there's no denying Mary Jane shows up in a lot of music — and what better day to light up some of those songs than April 20?

Somewhere in your music-listening life, you've probably heard something the Grammy-winning guitarist and producer has touched. Now, he's singing his own songs for the first time.

The R&B singer's new record is intricate and organic. It's the sum of his many influences, including pop, cumbia and childhood days spent interrupting Philip Glass' practice sessions.

The NPR Music staff spent Friday morning listening to the rapper's new album. Here are eight reactions to what will likely go down as one of the best albums of 2017.

"Your true life exists in between the period of time where you stop being an ass and something kills you," Mayer says. "That's your life, and I just started my life."

The Los Angeles quartet's music is funky and flavorful, with shades of psychedelic pop, soulful Latin swagger and Brazilian tropicalia. Hear a conversation and live performance.

In this session, the Throwing Muses frontwoman and author shares a few of her many compelling stories, including the tale of rescuing her kids from a burning tour bus.

The Swedish singer-songwriter's new album feels like going to a tropical roller disco with your therapist. Hear an interview and live performance.

In this session, hear a different sound than you're used to from Tame Impala's touring bassist, whose debut solo record was championed by Jackson Browne.

The Nashville guitar-and-pedal-steel duo played a special session to help launch the World Cafe Nashville series late last year. Relive that performance.

The trauma of a near-death experience could have ended the rock veteran's career, but his latest album, Burn Something Beautiful, proves otherwise.

Wyatt discusses the firsthand experience with incarceration that informed her album Felony Blues. "People get stuck in the system," she says. "I feel like that's a great injustice to our society."

In the midst of his 57th & 9th tour, Sting sits down in the studio with World Cafe's new full-time host, Talia Schlanger. Hear the full conversation and watch excerpts via VuHaus.

Travel from eastern Canada to Nashville and other cities opened the floodgates of inspiration for Cousins' new songs. Hear her perform in the studio.

The eclectic Brooklyn singer's new album, Regina, takes inspiration from Queens of all kinds — historical, mythological and the one led by Freddie Mercury.

Over nearly two decades, the Irish band has mastered melodic indie pop that is bright, thoughtful and gracefully rough around the edges.

Steely Dan, Michael McDonald, Sade: Are these classic artists "Yacht" or "Nyacht"? JD Ryznar and David B. Lyons, co-creators of the Yacht Rock web series, weigh in.