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World Cafe Looks Back: Robert Plant

Tracing the rock legend's many styles, from Led Zeppelin to feats of blues, folk and country.
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Damon Albarn Captures The Sounds Of Congo

Kinshasa One Two is the latest project from the Blur frontman and Gorillaz mastermind. Albarn and several other producers spent a week in Congo, recording and reinterpreting the work of local musicians.
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World Cafe Looks Back: '90s Alternative

Get nostalgic with World Cafe's roundup of archival interviews, featuring '90s modern-rock stars Liz Phair, Belly, Matthew Sweet and more.
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World Cafe Looks Back: Blues And Gospel

Hear conversations with guitar masters Buddy Guy and R.L. Burnside, gospel storyteller Mavis Staples and blues royalty Koko Taylor.
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Death Metal, Vernacular And Tradition: The Music Scene In Taiwan

Taiwanese musicians are importing American styles and fusing them with traditional forms.
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Breathing New Life Into Hank Williams' Lyrics

The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams features a number of major country and rock musicians, who craft songs around lyrics that Hank Williams left behind in four notebooks when he died in 1953. Bob Dylan, Alan Jackson, Jack White and Norah Jones are among the artists on the album.

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