Bruce Warren

Who would doubt that Michael McDonald could still sound groovy and relevant while ushering the musical feel of 1978 into 2017? Only a fool.

Watch an animated journey around the galaxy in the Nashville duo's first video from its new record, ism.

We at World Cafe know there's a lot of new music flying around — so we've selected five current favorite tracks to add to your playlist.

Watch the video for the emerging Nashville R&B musician's Al Green-inspired groove tune about "slowing life down and living in the moment."

There are as many ways to celebrate summer as there are songs about the season. Hear a mix of tunes for the warmer months, from "Heat Wave" to "Summertime Sadness."

From barber shops and crowded streets in Mali, to dancers getting lost in music and the nightlife, "Bamako" captures a joyous spirit.

World Cafe celebrates 50 years of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band with a playlist of some the most enduring and endearing music from the year it was released.

She covers the Carl Perkins song "Sure To Fall (In Love With You)" for the new compilation Red Hot: A Memphis Celebration of Sun Records, co-produced by Luther Dickinson.

From "Johnny B. Goode" to "Voodoo Child" to "Stairway To Heaven," hear a playlist of some of World Cafe's favorite guitar solos and sounds.

Keep up with the latest and greatest new music with World Cafe's Spotify playlist, updated weekly.

Olsen re-imagines Connie Francis' 1958 hit as part of Resistance Radio: The Man In The High Castle Album.

The Beatles-esque track is the first peek at the Philadelphia band's third album, which is due out later this year.

Not long after Paloma Gil and Lou Hayat returned home to Paris, the Bataclan theater was attacked. In the video, a dancer improvises to the shimmering "Seven Days" in an empty warehouse.

Recent World Cafe guests The Pretenders' debut album came out that year, along with more than a few other classic, influential records.

Nominations for the 59th Grammy Awards were announced Tuesday. Hear interviews and performances from a handful of this year's nominees.

Compare the songs on the Stones' new covers album, Blue & Lonesome, to the original recordings.

"Radio was my freedom as a kid," Strand of Oaks' Tim Showalter says. "No internet, no scene, no way to find music except radio."

Take a tour around New Orleans with the music legend himself.

To wrap up our Sense of Place week in Sydney, World Cafe presents a playlist of songs by Australian artists new and old.

This election's youngest voters were born in 1998. So were these records, which all turn 18 this year. (Feeling old yet?)