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Guitarist, actor, writer (and former Monitor Mix blogger) Carrie Brownstein joins us, along with NPR Music's Stephen Thompson, to do something we don't normally do: Talk about the songs we really, really don't like.

Hear All Songs Considered Saturday evenings at 6:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Jonathan Blair/Corbis via Getty Images/via NPR)

This week on the eTown airwaves, we welcome neo-soul and modern R&B artist Allen Stone. Also, with us for her second visit to eTown is Nashville-based American country and rock singer/songwriter Nikki Lane. Nick also has a conversation with a man who discusses how a regenerative agricultural revolution could be a solution to reversing climate change. Join us this week… in eTown!

eTown airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play.

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(Photo: Allen Stone – Courtesy of the artist)

This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for an exclusive Folk Alley Session with Allison Moorer, recorded at this year's 30A Songwriters Festival in Florida; new music from John Doyle, Eliza Gilkyson, and The Mammals; plus songs for St. Patrick's Day from JigJam, Solas, We Banjo 3, and much more.

In hour two, new music from Danny Barnes, The Mastersons, Sierra Hull, and a set from Brandy Clark's latest release 'Your Life is a Record'. All this, plus favorites from Heidi Talbot, Karan Casey, Andrew Bird, and more. 

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(Photo: Allison Moorer - Kim Ruehl (@kimruehl), Folk Alley)

Meredith Erickson takes us on an Alpine journey to discover the food and pleasures of the little-known huts and lodges above 3,000 feet. Plus, we chat with Josh Scherer of Good Mythical Morning about the internet’s fascination with taste-test videos; we learn the secrets to the perfect Neapolitan meatball; and Adam Gopnik tells us why sugar sales are declining. (Originally aired January 9, 2020.

Milk Street Radio can be heard Sunday nights at 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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Meredith Erickson takes us on an Alpine journey to discover the food and pleasures of the little-known huts and lodges above 3,000 feet. Plus, we chat with Josh Scherer of Good Mythical Morning about the internet’s fascination with taste-test videos; we learn the secrets to the perfect Neapolitan meatball; and Adam Gopnik tells us why sugar sales are declining.

Milk Street Radio can be heard Sunday nights at 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

Performances by Amanda Shires, The War and Treaty, Israel Nash, Teitur, and Byron Isaacs.

Mountain Stage with Larry Groce can be heard every Monday night at 10:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download our free KRCB Mobile App for your iOS or Android device from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: Amanda Shires – Courtesy of Mountain Stage)

People put in positions they’re completely unqualified to handle, but who try to make it work anyway. Including one story of a tough group of soldiers who attempt to save lives through the power of show tunes.

This American Life is heard every Friday night at 7:00 pm; repeating every Saturday morning at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / Streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org /  On-demand with the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes App Store & Google Play!

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 (Photo: Screen shot from the Soldier Safety Show. Directed by Lee Yopp at Fort Bragg, 1991).

Amazon has lost a massive defense contract to Microsoft. Called JEDI, it's the project to move the U.S. military to the cloud. Now Amazon is expected to go to bat with the Pentagon over this decision. That story on All Things Considered from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: In managing the contract, Microsoft will be responsible for storing massive amounts of sensitive military data and giving the U.S. military access to technologies like artificial intelligence - Stephen Brashear/Getty Images/via NPR)

The daily news cycle continues to expose how America contends with racism. Tonight at 5 PM, public radio listeners from across the country will gather for "America Are We Ready: A National Call-In About Racism, Violence, and Our Future Together." Join hosts Kai Wright and Brian Lehrer, with Tanzina Vega from WNYC in New York, Angela Davis from Minnesota Public Radio and other special guests for an important conversation in an urgent moment.

America Are We Ready? A two-hour pop-up live national call-in show from NPR. 

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On the next Fresh Air, my guest will be our 44th president, Barack Obama. Volume one of his memoir has just been published. He writes: there have been times, as he’s reflected on his presidency, and all that’s happened since, when he’s had to ask himself whether he was too tempered in speaking the truth as he saw it. Too cautious in either word or deed. Join us.

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As the pandemic continues, more and more people are relying on food banks -- including one in Texas serving more than a thousand people a day -- that story on All Things Considered from NPR News.

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We’re taking a trip to Tinseltown to explore the music that brings movies to life. We’ll hear from trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, who worked on soundtracks for almost all of Spike Lee’s films, including 2018’s Oscar-nominated BlacKkKlansman. Then, we delve into the life and music of pianist Don Shirley in Green Book, and revisit a jaunty conversation with the Coen Brothers about the songs featured in their offbeat films, such as The Big Lebowski, True Grit, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? Plus, music from Pulp Fiction, Cadillac Records, The Big Easy, and Baby Driver. So please, silence your cell phones, and set your radio for “picture” on American Routes.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: The Coen Brothers – Courtesy of the artist/via American Routes)

This week, we celebrate the cultural minglings in New Orleans with a visit to the 2019 French Quarter Festival: a free, homegrown, four-day annual event featuring a vast array of local music presented on stages throughout the city’s oldest neighborhood. We’ll hear from Soul Queen Irma Thomas, the late piano patriarch Ellis Marsalis, and the Preservation Hall Brass Band. We’ll also catch the French-Creole jazz of Don Vappie and Evan Christopher, Cajun dance music from Bruce Daigrepont, vaudeville and gospel from Topsy Chapman and Solid Harmony, Klezmer-funk fusion from the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars and traditional jazz from Dejan’s Olympia Brass Band. The Festival plans it’s return for April 2021.

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(Photo: Zack Smith Photography, Courtesy of French Quarter Festivals, Inc.)

It’s American Routes Live in concert and conversation with musicians from rural Cajun and New Orleans Creole life. Singer-Songwriter Zachary Richard has been called the most American of  French songwriters and the most French of American songwriters. We’ll visit with him and his band live at Dockside Studios for a walk through his nearly 50-year catalog of songs. Then Creole jazz banjo man Don Vappie updates musical history while keeping the New Orleans traditional sound alive, live from Marigny Studios near the French Quarter.

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We go live in concert and conversation with two New Orleans artists each of whom brings their family heritage forward into contemporary music. Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla has called New Orleans home for many years, but her family ties are to Haiti. She draws on French Creole roots for inspiration, as well as from the poetry of Langston Hughes. Then jazz saxophonist Big Chief Donald Harrison, whose musical journey includes time in New York with drummer Art Blakey’s band, talks about “Afro-New Orleans” culture and demonstrates how to bring soul, funk, and Black carnival traditions into modern jazz.

American Routes airs Saturdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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We go live in concert and conversation with two New Orleans artists each of whom bring their family heritage forward into contemporary music. Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla has called New Orleans home for many years, but her family ties are to Haiti. She draws on French Creole roots for inspiration, as well as from the poetry of Langston Hughes. Then jazz saxophonist Big Chief Donald Harrison, whose musical journey includes time in New York with drummer Art Blakey’s band, talks about “Afro-New Orleans culture” and demonstrates how to bring soul, funk, and Black carnival traditions into modern jazz.

American Routes airs Saturdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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We revel in the live sounds of New Orleans and South Louisiana. First, turn it up for the “New Sound of New Orleans” with the Soul Rebels brass band, live in conversation and performance, joined by “stretch music” trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah and preacher’s kid turned soul powerhouse Tonya Boyd-Cannon. Then, a listen back to favorite performances by the late swamp blues icon Lazy Lester, French blues supergroup Cowboy Stew, R&B hawkers James Hunter Six from England and young rising Kansas City guitarist and singer Samantha Fish—all at the 2018 Baton Rouge Blues Festival. Finally, it’s Cajun modernists the Lost Bayou Ramblers live at Preservation Hall in New Orleans’ French Quarter featuring songs from their Grammy-winning CD “Kalenda.”

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Soul Rebels – Courtesy of the artist/via American Routes)

This week on Folk Alley, a celebration of the Americana Music Association's 2019 award winners and nominees. Hear music from this year's best Emerging Americana Artists including Jade Bird, Yola, J.S. Ondara, Erin Rae, and The War and Treaty; Artist of the Year, Brandi Carlile; Album and Song of the Year winner, John Prine; Lifetime Achievement Honorees, Elvis Costello, Maria Muldaur, and Delbert McClinton; and much more! 

Folk Alley can be heard Saturdays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Jade Bird performs the Haldern Pop Festival in 2018 - Martin Schumann / Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 4.0])

With many people staying at home due to the pandemic, Americans are buying a LOT of stuff. Cargo ports on the West Coast are overloaded. And this shipping bottleneck could have ripple effects across the country. That story on All Things Considered from NPR News.

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(Photo: Port of Long Beach, CA - Charles Csavossy, Wikimedia Commons)

Many Americans have dreamy and romantic ideas about Paris, notions which probably trace back to the 1920s vision of Paris created by the expatriate Americans there. But what's it actually like in Paris if you're an American, without rose-colored glasses?

This American Life is heard every Friday night at 7:00 pm; repeating every Saturday morning at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / Streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org /  On-demand with the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes App Store & Google Play!

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Amid the claims -- and false claims -- about the presidential election, the counting continues. Whatever the news, NPR will be relentless in saying what we know, what we don't, what's true and what's not. The U-S Senate is also at stake -- and we will have the latest on the election on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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This week, Amy Ray Band, Crash Test Dummies, Parker Millsap, Anais Mitchell, and William Matheny on Mountain Stage.

Mountain Stage with Larry Groce can be heard every Monday night at 10:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download our free KRCB Mobile App for your iOS or Android device from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: Amy Ray - via Mountain Stage)

This week, Snap Judgment spotlights the amazing podcast “Ear Hustle.” Two men leave San Quentin State Prison and find out who – or what – is waiting for them on the outside. Others enter the prison system for the first time and discover what’s really behind the walls.

Snap Judgment - storytelling with a beat, airs every Saturday morning at 10 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - Download the FREE KRCB mobile App from iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo credit: Antwan Williams)

Birmingham-based musician Early James had to stop touring last month just as he was about to put out his debut. That album, called Singing for My Supper, was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. On the next World Cafe, hear some special live versions of the songs. Plus, James shares the story of how he ended up working with Dan Auerbach.      

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(Photo: Early James – Courtesy of the artist/via WXPN)

Over the years, we’ve had the opportunity to interview some pretty amazing artists. Here we dust off a show from the archive to re-broadcast as a part of our “Legend” series. On this episode, we feature Donald Fagen of Steely Dan.

Art of the Song can be heard Thursday nights at 11:00 pm on KRCB FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

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Billy Bragg, The Flatlanders, Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche, Joe Pug, and Amy Speace in this encore show from 2013.

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Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson of The Roots, and bandleader for The Tonight Show, is also an author five times over. His latest book, Mixtape Potluck, is a collection of recipes from some of Quest’s friends, paired with songs he’s hand-picked for them. And it’s all garnished with tips for the perfect party playlist. Joining host Stephen Kallao today, Questlove takes us through some of his musical selections for friends like Martha Stewart, Q-Tip, and Maya Rudolph, who all contributed recipes. Plus, a giant surprise when one of his foodie friends drops in! That’s coming up, on this encore edition of the World Cafe.

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(Photo: Questlove - Michael Baca/Courtesy of the artist)

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls are not only accomplished and beloved songwriters, they’re also long-time activists for causes ranging from gun control to indigenous rights, and more recently, the removal of confederate monuments – Something that Amy, who was raised in the South, says she didn’t always understand. We’ll hear about their activism, as well as the stories behind the songs on their first album in five years, Look Long. Plus, Indigo Girls perform new music and an old favorite, live. On this encore edition of the World Café, with host Raina Douris.

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(Photo: Amy Ray (left) and Emily Saliers are the veteran folk-rock duo Indigo Girls - Jeremy Cowart/Courtesy of the artist)

What’s it like to have a song go viral on TikTok and rack up a half-billion plays on Spotify? We’ll find out when up-and-coming New Zealand artist Benee joins host Stephen Kallao. Her debut album Hey U X features appearances from Lily Allen and Grimes and musically pulls from influences like Groove Armada and Radiohead. That’s coming up on the next World Cafe.

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The band Alabama Shakes took home the 2016 Grammy for Best Rock Performance thanks, in large part, to the powerful vocals and guitar work of the ‘Shakes Brittany Howard. Brittany has now released her debut solo album. It’s called Jamie and it is fantastic. For real. You do not want to miss Brittany Howard and her amazing band on the next World Cafe.

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(Photo: Brittany Howard - Brantley Guttierez/Courtesy of the artist, via NPR)

The Los Angeles band Chicano Batman wanted to evolve with their latest collection of songs, called Invisible People. The sound of the record is big, filled with hooks, and showcases multiple influences. And to get that sound, they enlisted the help of engineer Sean Everett – and maybe got a little inspiration from hanging out with him and Brittany Howard while she was finishing her solo album. We’ll hear about that connection today, plus live recordings of some of the new tracks. Coming up, on this encore edition of the World Cafe with host Stephen Kallao.

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(Photo: Chicano Batman - George Mays/Courtesy of the artist)

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Over the last few years, Christine and the Queens has emerged as a wildly unique performer – The French singer-songwriter is able to express complex emotions through her avant-garde music, as well as through dance. Her latest project is the EP and short film, La Vita Nuova, which was born out of a very difficult year that included the loss of her mother. In a conversation with host Raina Douris today, we’ll hear about Chris’ creative driver – building worlds and then tearing them apart – plus a live performance recorded in Paris. That’s coming up, on this encore edition of the World Cafe. 

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(Photo: Gilles Laurent - Courtesy of the artist)

Clairo was a senior in high school when she shot a music video for her song “Pretty Girl” in her bedroom and uploaded it to YouTube, where it’s racked up over 40 million views. Now, Clairo has released a full-length album, called Immunity, and she’s touring with artists like Tame Impala. We’ll hear a live studio performance today. Plus, she shares about her burgeoning career and some of the stories behind her songs. Coming up, on an encore edition of the World Cafe with host Raina Douris.   

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(Photo: Clairo – Galea McGregor)

Late last year Devon Gilfillian shared his take on Marvin Gaye’s 1971 album What’s Going On. On the next World Cafe, we revisit that session. Gilfillian talks about the emotional moment that led to the project and discusses how the themes of Gaye’s record are still current, half a century after it was released.

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As a staff songwriter for Hi Records, Don Bryant wrote some of the label's biggest hits in the ‘60s and ‘70s – including "I Can't Stand the Rain" by his wife, Ann Peebles. Lately, Bryant has shifted focus to his own recording career, recently releasing his third solo album, You Make Me Feel. Today, Don shares about his time at Hi Records, singing with The Hamiltones, and we’ll hear a live performance from his latest project. Coming up, on this encore edition of World Cafe with host Raina Douris.

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(Photo: Don Bryant - Matt White/Courtesy of the artist)

Grammy-winning Uruguayan singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler brings music he grew up with for this Guest DJ segment.

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(Photo: Jorge Drexler - Courtesy of the artist)

Guitarist Samantha Fish makes bold and expressive blues music. So, it may come as a surprise that she needed a nudge to perform live at first, when the then 17-year-old was handed a guitar at a house party. Now, Samantha has been touring steadily for over a decade, just released her sixth album, Kill or Be Kind…and she never stops experimenting. She joins host Raina Douris today to talk about playing with new sounds, and how she carved out her own identity as a woman in the traditionally male-dominated blues scene. That’s next, on an encore edition of the World Cafe.

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(Photo: Samantha Fish – Courtesy of the artist)

Jessy Wilson was looking for a more rock ‘n’ roll vibe after her former group, the Americana duo Muddy Magnolias, broke up. So, she reached out to Patrick Carney of The Black Keys – It took some convincing, but he ended up producing her new solo debut, Phase. She joins host Stephen Kallao today and reveals Carney’s initial reaction to her demos, and why she wouldn't want to make music anywhere but Nashville. All that, and a live studio performance. On this encore edition of the World Cafe.

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(Photo: Jessy Wilson – Courtesy of World Cafe)

John Craigie has been called the lovechild of songwriter John Prine and comedian Mitch Hedberg. That’s partly because, when he performs live, Craigie sprinkles witty self-deprecating stage banter in between his songs. John Craigie is our guest on the next World Cafe. You’ll hear him perform some new music and you might even laugh a little.

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Kathleen Edwards’ new album, Total Freedom, marks her return to music after eight years. Back in 2012, she had decided to quit the business altogether and opened a coffee shop, the aptly named Quitters Coffee. Since then, she’s been waking up at the crack of dawn to work in her Ontario cafe - And it took an unexpected phone call from Nashville to disrupt her new life and bring her back to music. We’ll hear that story today, and Kathleen performs songs from the new record, live. On this encore edition of the World Cafe with host Raina Douris.

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(Photo: Kathleen Edwards - Remi Theriault/Courtesy of the artist)

When Lido Pimienta was nineteen, she left her home country of Colombia and moved to Canada to pursue her art. As an immigrant, she faced challenges and complicated feelings about both the country where she was born and the country she emigrated to. On the next World Cafe, Pimienta talks about how those experiences inform her latest album Miss Colombia and shares some live performances.

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(Photo: Lido Pimienta – Daniella Murillo)

About a year ago, Marcus King left his home in South Carolina, moved to Nashville, and made his first solo record. It was produced by his buddy, Dan Auerbach. King also got himself a new ride, a 1980 Cadillac El Dorado. El Dorado is also the name of King’s new album, and we’ll hear the full story today in an interview with host Raina Douris. Plus, a special solo performance in front of a live audience. That’s coming up, on this encore edition of the World Cafe.

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(Photo: Marcus King – Courtesy of NPR)

Mavis Staples is one of America’s defining voices of peace and unity. She’s been performing since 1950, and at 79 years old, she released an album called Live in London and went on tour in 2019. Today, we’ll hear her tell stories about writing songs for Martin Luther King Jr.’s Civil Rights rallies, developing an artistic relationship with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, and her longtime friendship with Aretha Franklin. That’s coming up, on this encore edition of the World Cafe.

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If you've seen HBO's Big Little Lies, then you know Michael Kiwanuka's song "Cold Little Heart" from the opening credits. The song catapulted Michael to success in the U.S. and added to his well-established fame back home in the U.K. Now, he's back with a third album, called Kiwanuka. On today's encore edition of the World Cafe, we'll hear about Michael's journey to find his voice and what it was like growing up in England as the son of Ugandan parents. Plus, a live performance from the new record. Coming up, on the next World Cafe with Raina Douris.

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(Photo: Michael Kiwanuka - Phil Sharp/Courtesy of the artist)

Michael Kiwanuka’s latest album Kiwanuka is being heralded as among the best of the year. It follows up the success of 2016’s Love & Hate which featured “Cold Little Heart” – you may have heard that song used in the opening credits for HBO’s Big Little Lies. Michael Kiwaunka talks about how the show changed his life, his struggle with self-doubt and how he has finally come into his own.

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(Photo: Michael Kiwanuka- via World Cafe)

As a kid, Michael Mwenso befriended James Brown and even had the chance to sing and dance on stage with the soul legend. Now, Michael leads his own band, Mwenso and the Shakes, making his own style of funk music. He also recently took on a new role, as professor of a class called “Protest, Hope and Resilience Through Black Arts” at the University of Buffalo. Michael joins host Raina Douris to share some of his favorite protest songs, from Louis Armstrong, Yes, and more. That’s coming up, on an encore edition of the World Cafe.

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(Photo: Michael Mwenso - Josh Kohn/Courtesy of the artist)