20 May 2022Del McCoury was there at the beginning of the bluegrass movementJessie ScottFor this new album, Almost Proud, quarantine gave Del McCoury the time and space to dig through a box of collected music to find some gems to record.29 min
10 May 2022Beach House's latest album embraces maximalism in both size and soundRaina DourisOnce Twice Melody was released in four chapters over the course of several months and embraces maximalism in both size and sound.17 min
06 May 2022Get swept away in Spiritualized's latest album, 'Everything Was Beautiful'Raina DourisIn this session, Jason Pierce of Spiritualized talks about their latest album, Everything Was Beautiful, how it grew and changed in unexpected ways as he worked on it, and how he let himself get lost in the process.48 min
29 April 2022Judy Collins shares live stories on 'Spellbound' Raina DourisIn our conversation, Judy shares some of those stories, talks about her songwriting process and the advice she's gotten from some of her very well-known songwriter friends. 21 min
28 April 2022Hear Magdalena Bay perform a dreamy mini-concert for World CafeStephen KallaoThe duo makes dreamy electro-pop that nods in the direction of Charli XCX.22 min
26 April 2022Why Beastie Boys' 'Check Your Head' album still matters 30 years laterRaina DourisA lack of interest and supervision from its label allowed Beastie Boys to experiment, resulting in their critically acclaimed third album, Check Your Head.14 min
25 April 2022'Local Valley' was José González's opportunity to explore — to take more chancesStephen KallaoGonzález's classical guitar sound and dreamscape vocals are still there, but there's more layers, more percussion, more synthy sounds and more forward momentum.29 min
22 April 2022Old Crow Medicine Show on how Nashville has changed since the mid-'90sJessie ScottAhead of their time in igniting interest in the String Band tradition, Old Crow Medicine Show was also ahead of the curve, landing in Nashville in the mid-'90s, well before it was declared the It City.28 min
18 April 2022No one does a cover song quite like Cat PowerRaina DourisDon't go into Chan Marshall's latest album, Covers, expecting a karaoke party — Chan transforms, inhabits and recreates them, makes them entirely new and entirely hers.36 min
14 April 2022Hear a performance from Hayes Carll at AMERICANAFESTXPNHayes Carll is a Texas singer-songwriter with an easygoing, everyman style of storytelling that's earned him comparisons to John Prine and Townes Van Zandt.18 min