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- “LIE DOWN..”
They are saying you may’t run away out of your issues, however typically, getting away may also help you get some perspective on these issues.
After going via a breakup, travel-loving songwriter Saya Grey determined to go on a highway journey in Japan. It was on that journey that she started writing the songs that turned her debut, full-length album, SAYA. (And one in every of NPR’s most-anticipated albums of 2025.)
On this session, the Japanese Canadian musician talks about why touring is so essential to her artistic course of. She additionally talks about her personal private journey rising up because the daughter of two very musical mother and father, her stint as a music director for Willow Smith, and her ever-evolving sonic ambitions.
You’ll hear a few of that evolution, too, as Grey performs songs from her new album reside within the World Cafe studio.
This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Miguel Perez. Our senior producer is Kimberly Junod and our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and reserving coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.
