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Grant-Lee Phillips On World Cafe

The lifelong Californian's move to Nashville inspired a new album, The Narrows. Hear the conversation and performance.
Grant-Lee Phillips has been a Californian practically his whole life. But in 2013, 20 years after World Cafe first met him and his band Grant Lee Buffalo, Phillips moved his family to Nashville. His new album, The Narrows, reflects the move. With songs like "Cry Cry," Phillips tells the story of his Native American ancestors, who were from that region of the country.

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