Today, host Stephen Kallao is joined by blues royalty – It’s Cedric Burnside. He grew up in Benton County in rural Mississippi, where he was raised by his grandfather, the late bluesman, R.L. Burnside. We’ll hear about his childhood, living with his granddad in a sharecroppers’ house with no running water, and how that environment shaped his latest album, Benton County Relic. Cedric Burnside brings his modern hill country blues to the World Cafe studio, live.

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The 86-year-old country icon has a new album, called Ride Me Back Home, and today we’ll hear him talk about the new music, as well as classics that appear on the record, including “Crazy”. Plus, Willie shares stories about hanging out in Amsterdam with Snoop Dogg, visiting the White House with President Carter, and being the chief tester for his cannabis company, Willie’s Reserve. That’s coming up, on this encore edition of the World Cafe.

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World Cafe says goodbye to London today with a showcase of some of the city’s best indie acts. We’ll hear live music from The Amazons – a rock ‘n’ roll band with incredible style and charisma – along with the moody sound of Another Sky and their lead singer Catrin’s unique voice. It’s all live from a club called Omeara, built by Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons. He'll explain how he turned an old railway arch into a gorgeous soundproof venue, and why it’s important to him to give back to London’s music community. A grand Sense of Place finale with host Talia Schlanger, on the next World Cafe.

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(Photo: The Amazons – Courtesy of the artist)

World Cafe’s Sense of Place series continues with the legendary Nile Rodgers, who you might know from Chic. He’s also the writer, producer and musician behind some of the biggest hits of the last four decades, including “We Are Family” and “I’m Coming Out”. Host Talia Schlanger joins him at Abbey Road studios in London where he’s currently the Chief Creative Advisor, in between tour dates with Chic and Cher. He tells the story of how he completely transformed David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” and he plays us the very first demo of the song. On the next World Cafe.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 /  streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org  / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Nile Rodgers - Adam Kissick for NPR)