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Del McCoury was there at the beginning of the bluegrass movement

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Del McCoury was there at the beginning of the bluegrass movement

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For 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.

Del McCoury on World Cafe

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Old Crow Medicine Show on how Nashville has changed since the mid-'90s

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Old Crow Medicine Show on how Nashville has changed since the mid-'90s

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Ahead 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.

Old Crow Medicine Show on World Cafe

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Hear a performance from Hayes Carll at AMERICANAFEST

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Hear a performance from Hayes Carll at AMERICANAFEST

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Hayes 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.

Hayes Carll on World Cafe

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For Tré Burt, 2020's music industry shutdown was rich with inspiration

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For Tré Burt, 2020's music industry shutdown was rich with inspiration

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Burt's latest album, You, Yeah, You, builds on his previous work as he grows ever more sophisticated, empathetic and razor-sharp as a storyteller and musical philosopher.

Tre Burt on World Cafe

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Erin Rae's voice on her new 'Lighten Up' album is both arresting and intimate

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Erin Rae's voice on her new 'Lighten Up' album is both arresting and intimate

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Erin tells Nashville correspondent Jessie Scott that the idea of "lightening up" wasn't about the outside world, but her own inner world.

Erin Rae on World Cafe

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Hear a performance from Sierra Ferrell at AMERICANAFEST

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Hear a performance from Sierra Ferrell at AMERICANAFEST

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Hear Sierra performing live in her adopted home city, starting off with a song from her debut album, "The Bells of Every Chapel."

Sierra Ferrell on World Cafe

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Hear a performance from Sue Foley at AMERICANAFEST

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Hear a performance from Sue Foley at AMERICANAFEST

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Her love of the blues drew her to Austin, Texas, when she was 21 years old, and she's never looked back.

Sue Foley on World Cafe

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Hear a performance from Brandy Clark at AMERICANAFEST

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Hear a performance from Brandy Clark at AMERICANAFEST

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Not only did she co-write the hit song with Kacey Musgraves and Shane McAnally, she's also written for Reba McEntire, LeAnn Rimes, Sheryl Crow, and Keith Urban.

Brandy Clark on World Cafe

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Hear Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram's AMERICANAFEST performance

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Hear Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram's AMERICANAFEST performance

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The blues musician is known for his transcendent live shows. We'll hear one in this session of World Cafe.

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram on World Cafe

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How a post-show writing session became Jackson + Sellers debut, 'Breaking Point'

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How a post-show writing session became Jackson + Sellers debut, 'Breaking Point'

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World Cafe talks to the pair of Americana songwriters about the trajectory of their rocking new record and how effortless that collaboration was.

Jackson + Sellers on World Cafe

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Watch The 2021 Americana Honors & Awards Live Stream

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Watch The 2021 Americana Honors & Awards Live Stream

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The Americana Honors & Awards have celebrated pioneering veteran artists and trailblazing newcomers. The ceremony is the hallmark event of the annual AMERICANAFEST, which returns on Sept. 22.

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