Hear London's Treetop Flyers offer a taste of California with its throwback folk-rock sound.
Hear three songs from Pickwick's debut album — and the story behind the Seattle band's reinvention.
The duo mixes raw emotion and the beautifully blended vocals of Jordan Meredith and Louis Johnson.
The harmony-rich folk duo plays songs from its new album, The Ash & Clay, and discusses its career.
Mark Oliver Everett's moody, confessional rock group plays songs and discusses its new album.
The country legends discuss how Nashville has changed over the years and play songs from their new collaborative album, Old Yellow Moon.
The Nashville band develops a distinct indie-prog-jazz-folk style on its new album, Cabaret.
Jack White's Third Man Records has become a cultural force in Nashville. Listen to co-founder Ben Swank play his five favorite recordings from the label's live concert series.
The singer is a young darling of Nashville's music scene. Here, she plays songs from The Stand-In.
For World Cafe's Sense of Place: Nashville edition, we immediately knew we wanted to talk with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, who have lived in the city since 1993 and own the historic Woodland Studios. Listen to an extended conversation with the duo about their adopted hometown and how its changed over the past 20 years.
As part of World Cafe's Sense of Place spotlight on Nashville, Tenn., we visit the city's best record store, Grimey's.
Nashville veterans John Radford, Joe McMahan, Adam Bednarik and Melissa Mathes come together to craft a raw and powerful fusion of gospel and roots music.
The rock band kicks off World Cafe's week-long visit to Nashville by playing songs from its debut.
The Londoner sings songs from her soulful debut, Devotion, and talks about taking center stage.
Josh Norek from the radio show The Latin Alternative discusses the different facets of a broad musical genre.