World Cafe

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.

If you turned on your radio in the mid-1980s, chances are you were going to hear something loud and bombastic. World Cafe correspondent John Morrison says that's exactly why the smooth R&B sound of the U.K. band Sade stood out.

There are some people so endlessly inventive that it's almost impossible to imagine them getting writer's block. David Byrne is one of those people. The Scottish-American rock star teams up with New York's Ghost Train Orchestra.

On Nobody's Girl, the singer-songwriter offers her perspective on her high-profile split from Jason Isbell.

The British rock band talks about life on the road and making their third album in Norway.

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

The indie folk band enlisted Lin-Manuel Miranda to tell the story of a shipwrecked crew on Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan.

On their fourth album, the American rock band refined their innovative sound, which had long been inspired by Black music traditions.

Much of Mae Martin's work as a stand-up comedian, television writer and actor has been based on their own life. Today, Martin talks about their debut album, I'm A TV, and all the ways telling jokes and making music are connected.