Stephen Kallao

The Minneapolis duo, Ant and Slug, join us to talk about their latest studio album, Jestures. It's a sprawling concept album with 26 tracks — one for every letter of the alphabet, in order.

The Country Music Hall of Famer is in the midst of releasing a new EP every month for a year for his 50 Years From Home project.

The singer-songwriter joins World Cafe for a new installment of Backtracking, where musicians revisit songs from their back catalog that have shaped their careers.

Seasons greetings! Today on World Cafe, we're trading in your typical winter wonderland for Christmas on the beach with ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro.

There's an old adage: The hardest part of being in a band is keeping it together. In that regard, Saint Etienne have aced the test.

Jeff Tweedy's longest and most ambitious solo album to date might also be his most personal. In this session, Tweedy is joined by his sons, Sammy and Spencer. He talks about the tight-knit relationships that created Twilight Override, and about his relentless need to create.

As a founding member of Stars and a longtime collaborator with Broken Social Scene, Amy Millan has helped shape Canada’s indie sound. Now she returns with I Went to Find You, her first solo album in over 15 years, made with composer and actor Jay McCarrol — and performs it in an intimate mini-concert recorded by WXPN’s Indie Rock Hit Parade.

The English percussionist is best known for his work with The Smile and Sons of Kemet, but Skinner refines his own voice on his latest solo album.

Today, we've got a mini-concert with Courtney Barnett. The Australian musician broke out in 2015 with Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. She performs a set recorded at the 2025 XPoNential Music Festival.

The four piece treats you to group harmonies and a fuller sound on their new album, Lovesick.