World Cafe

Hear a performance from a fixture in the Louisiana blues and zydeco scene. Born in Lafayette in 1947, Major Handy started performing in 1962, including a stint in Otis Redding's band as a teenager.

For two decades, Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites have been writing songs, recording and touring together as The Lumineers. The Colorado band performs songs from their latest album, Automatic.

Ringo Starr has been a fan of country music since he was a kid. The former Beatles drummer talks about his new star-studded country record, Look Up.

We have a mini-concert from an up-and-coming indie rock band with a ton of buzz. Been Stellar has shared the stage with Interpol, Fontaines D.C. and The 1975, who signed them to their label, Dirty Hit.

Pete Yorn's latest album is 2024's The Hard Way. Enjoy a mini-concert with the New Jersey native, taken from the XPoNential Music Festival in Camden, N.J.

The British singer, songwriter and actress talks about asserting more creative control on her latest project, My Way.

Marc Broussard's "bayou soul" music has found him success at home and on the national stage, breaking out with his song "Home" back in the 2000s. He's also the son of Ted Broussard, a Louisiana Hall of Fame guitarist and former member of The Boogie Kings.

The Bright Eyes frontman talks about the making of the band's latest album, Five Dice, All Threes, and Bright Eyes performs live.

Sammy Rae, who grew up in Derby, Conn., was playing shows as a young teen, and after dropping out of college in New York City, she scored a residency at the Cotton Club in Harlem. The band has been a staple of New York City's live music scene for almost a decade.

Every week for Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is highlighting a different trailblazer and maverick of Black music history.