Coffee Break: T Bone Burnett
by Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala
January 14, 2026

T Bone Burnett is a musical powerhouse. In addition to being a musician, he is also a songwriter and producer who worked on music for the films O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Walk the Line, Crazy Heart, and Inside Llewyn Davis, and others.
Burnett has also worked extensively with Elvis Costello (they have even teamed up under the moniker ‘The Coward Brothers!’), and has produced albums for Brandi Carlile, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Elton John and Leon Russel, and more. Let’s explore the musical world of T Bone Burnett.
So for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that T Bone Burnett has worked on would you like to hear?
Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.
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Songs Played
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss- Killing The Blues
Los Lobos- Don't Worry Baby
Brandi Carlile- The Story
Ryan Bingham- The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)
The Wallflowers- One Headlight
Adia Victoria- Magnolia Blues
