17 years after retiring, Canadian icon Anne Murray returns with new music
1/20/2026 | 30 mins.
The country star breathes new life into long-forgotten recordings on Here You Are.
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'It's a very Irish thing': CMAT on why making country pop felt inevitable
1/16/2026 | 50 mins.
On Euro-Country, the Dublin-born artist draws on country music’s knack for storytelling to revisit her memories of Ireland’s economic crash in the 2000s.
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On his latest album, William Prince writes his way back to Peguis First Nation
1/14/2026 | 29 mins.
The Canadian songwriter reflects on home and ambition as his sound grows bolder on Further from the Country.
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The unsung classic that helped define hip-hop's golden age
1/13/2026 | 12 mins.
World Cafe correspondent John Morrison joins us to talk about why the East Coast rap group Main Source deserves a spot as one of the best hip-hop groups of the '90s.
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Jazz obsession fuels Hether’s genre-bending album, 'Holy Water'
1/12/2026 | 21 mins.
Guitarist and producer Paul Castelluzzo channels jazz foundations and years of pop studio work into Holy Water.
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