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The World Cafe team heads to Charm City for our latest Sense of Place series, including stories on Baltimore club music and a conversation with electronic musician Dan Deacon. We'll also be opening the vault to share conversations with some of our favorite Baltimore bands.

For William Prince, leaving home was never the hard part. It's been finding his way back.The Canadian songwriter reflects on home and ambition as his sound grows bolder on Further from the Country.

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.

Frontman Chino Moreno says the alternative rock band has defied expectations at every turn. Their Grammy-nominated 10th studio album is no different.

Christmas is a time for getting together with family, eating too much delicious food and for celebrating another year together. That's exactly what Old Crow Medicine Show is doing on their new holiday album, OCMS Xmas.

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.

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.