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Wet Leg are back with a slick new record
MusicThe English band's sophomore album, <em>moisturizer, </em>is out today. Co-founder Rhian Teasdale joins <em>World Cafe </em>to talk about it.

Clipse: Tiny Desk Concert
MusicThe hip-hop duo delivers its best live performance ever recorded and one of the hardest Tiny Desks of all time.

Take a peek at Stephen Sondheim's papers, now at the Library of Congress
MusicThe Library of Congress' new collection includes more than 5,000 items from the Broadway legend, including ideas for <em>Sweeney Todd</em> lyrics and notes for Glynis Johns as she sang "Send in the Clowns."

Remembering Sly Stone with Music Historian Rickey Vincent
MusicWe're joined by music historian and professor Rickey Vincent to talk about the legacy of Sly Stone. He talks to us about what made the funk icon so special and why there'll never be another like Sly again.

The best new albums out July 11
MusicNPR Music's Stephen Thompson is back with Celia Gregory of Nashville public radio station WNXP to talk through this week's best new music.

Tune in to a mini-concert with Southern Avenue
MusicThe Memphis band performs songs from their new album, <em>Family</em>.

Kim Deal performs an exclusive set for World Cafe
MusicThe alt-rock icon performs music from her debut solo album, <em>Nobody Loves You More.</em>

The soundtrack to 'KPop Demon Hunters' surges on the charts
MusicAmid a cluster of top 10 album debuts this week, there's a left-field hit with staying power: the soundtrack to the Netflix original movie <em>KPop Demon Hunters</em>, which surges into the top five.

60 years in, folk legend Jim Kweskin is still a faithful student of his craft
MusicA central figure in the folk revival of the '60s, Kweskin has a brand new album out called <em>Doing Things Right.</em>

Composer and pianist Jason Moran is latest departure from Kennedy Center
MusicAnother departure from the Kennedy Center: Composer, pianist, educator and bandleader Jason Moran announced on social media that he is no longer the artistic director for jazz. Moran joined the Kennedy Center in 2011.

10 songs that were hyperpop before the subgenre was born
MusicTo commemorate 10 years of SOPHIE's debut, <em>World Cafe </em>put together a mix of "proto-hyperpop" tracks.

Sean Combs' sentencing date is set
MusicLast week, a federal jury in Manhattan found Combs guilty of two counts of transportation for prostitution while acquitting him on more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
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