The Thistle & Shamrock: The Carrying Stream
Hear how songs like "Barbara Allen," performed here by Dolly Parton with Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Altan, flow freely between artists on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
Music & Culture
David Wax Museum On World Cafe
The band embraces a straightforward pop sound on its new album, Guesthouse. But its Mexican influences are still apparent.
KCRW Presents: Deerhunter
Watch Bradford Cox's captivating, unpredictable band play "Breaker" in a rare L.A. studio session.
Guatemalan Hip-Hop, Argentine MCs, Puerto Rican Soul And More
This week on Alt.Latino, hear a wide variety of sounds and styles from across the Latin music world.
You've Got A Home: June Millington's Lifelong Journey In Rock
The founding member of Fanny, a groundbreaking all-female rock group, June Millington has everything it takes to be mythologized as a rock hero. Now she's telling her own story.
Viking's Choice: InTechnicolour, 'We Are Losing Sleep'
The U.K. stoner-metal band starts with a desert groove, but breaks it down in thrilling fashion.
Songs We Love: Vince Gill, 'Take Me Down'
The living Nashville legend returns with a wise, thoroughly modern expression of desire, accompanied by the harmonies of Little Big Town.
Christian McBride On Ray Brown's Bass And James Brown's Appeal
Over the last year, the bassist and NPR's Audie Cornish have discussed and dissected everything about jazz. Their latest chat, held for a live audience, focuses on how his own career started.
John Grant On World Cafe
Grant tackles his midlife crisis on an adventurous new album, Grey Tickles, Black Pressure. Download his World Cafe performance of "Geraldine."
'Beatlebone' Is A Fictional Lennon's Magical Mystery Tour
Kevin Barry's hallucinatory new novel imagines John Lennon in 1978, at his lowest, wandering around Ireland (with a very mysterious tour guide) in search of a private island he bought but can't find.