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  • 1 week ago | wshu.org | Raina Douris

    It's hard to make a living as an artist, but Matt Farley has found a way. Farley has written and recorded more than 25,000 songs about pretty much everything. If you search for something on Spotify, chances are Matt Farley has a song about it. He's even penned a song about World Cafe's very own Raina Douris. All those streams have earned him some serious money. He knows it might look like it's scamming the system.

  • 2 weeks ago | npr.org | Raina Douris

  • 2 weeks ago | xpn.org | Raina Douris

    Matt Farley | photo courtesy of the artistWorld CafeThe musician has recorded over 25,000 songs about pretty much everything. SetlistDig In!Timothee Chalamet Is Adored By All People Because He's GreatIt's Ok to Break the Law if You Have Good IntentionsPeople Like Raina Douris (Because She's) Great!Matt Farley on World CafeIt’s hard to make a living as an artist, but Matt Farley has found a way. Farley has written and recorded more than 25,000 songs about pretty much everything.

  • 2 weeks ago | wshu.org | Raina Douris |Kimberly Junod

    In every musician's career, there are the songs that stand out among the rest. Perhaps it's a song that changed everything for them, the song they grew to love, or the song that was the hardest to write. Those are the songs we want to learn more about on a new World Cafe feature called Backtracking. The premise is simple: We'll give artists a long list of prompts they can choose from. Then, they'll look back through their catalog and pick the song that fits best.

  • 2 weeks ago | npr.org | Raina Douris |Kimberly Junod

    Keith Urban on World Cafe Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1242780126/1268761185" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> "Straight Line" "Somebody Like You" "Somewhere in My Car" "Break The Chain" In every musician's career, there are the songs that stand out among the rest.