World Cafe

For Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield, songwriting is an art form, but it can also be like solving a math problem. On the next World Cafe, Crutchfield talks about finding the perfect lines of poetry to craft her new album, Tiger’s Blood, and why she doesn’t believe in the “tortured artist” trope. Plus, Waxahatchee performs live in our studio. Join us.

Some albums see themselves as short stories. Others as movies. Nashville singer-songwriter Lizzie No sees her new record, Halfsies, as a video game, following the adventures of Miss Freedomland, a character who goes on an epic quest to find freedom, and themselves. Lizzie No joins us to talk about the album, as well as how Beyonce’s Lemonade inspired her to ignore genres and follow her own path. We’ll also hear a live performance featuring songs from Halfsies. It’s Lizzie No on the next World Cafe.

St. Vincent says that the early 70’s in New York City, after the hippies and before disco, inspired the sound of her album, Daddy’s Home. The lyrics on the record make references to Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Candy Darling, and St. Vincent’s visits to see her father when he was in prison. St. Vincent is our guest on the next World Cafe. Join us.

Maggie Rogers’ new album, Don’t Forget Me, is a perfect summer road trip album, and the feeling of fun and freedom came from her putting the pedal to the metal in the studio. Rogers and producer Ian Fitchuk wrote two songs a day and recorded the new album over the span of five days. It’s Maggie Rogers on the next World Cafe.

To find inspiration, Lo Moon frontman Matt Lowell returned to the place in Connecticut he first performed as a musician, Clark Memorial Chapel. It was the spark that set the band’s new album, I Wish You Way More Than Luck, into motion. Lo Moon joins us to perform a set of songs from the album recorded live in London, on the next World Cafe.

There have been a lot of big changes in Laura Jane Grace’s life over the last few years – but just because she’s in constant motion doesn’t mean she’s trying to outrun her past. On the next World Cafe, Laura Jane Grace talks about her new album, Hole in my Head, and how past pain makes you who you are.