World Cafe Playlist for 09/24/2026

Bedouine joins host Raina Douris

In 2019, Bedouine went to see her parents in Saudi Arabia, the place where she spent a large part of her childhood, and somewhere she’d gone back to often. But this trip felt different. On the World Cafe, Bedouine talks about her new album, Neon Summer Skin, and how it was influenced by nostalgia, growing up, and by how your definition of “home” can change throughout your life.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

Daniel Donato “Hi-Country” Reflector
Paul Simon “My Little Town” Still Crazy After All These Years
Karla Bonoff “Home” Karla Bonoff
Bedouine “Bird Gone Wild” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Bedouine “On My Own” Neon Summer Skin
Bedouine “Canopies (Intro)” Neon Summer Skin
Bedouine “Canopies” Neon Summer Skin
Bedouine “Daghma Cheega” Neon Summer Skin
Bedouine “Neon Summer Skin” Neon Summer Skin
Kevin Morby “City Music” City Music
Kevin Morby “100,000” Little Wide Open
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Please Read The Letter” Raising Sand

Hour Two
Kate Bush “Eat the Music” The Red Shoes
The War on Drugs “Who’s That” (single)
The Cars “Good Times Roll” The Cars
Talking Heads “I Zimbra” Fear Of Music
Orville Peck “Too Little, Too Late” Mule
Gary Clark Jr “Numb” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Ray Lamontagne “Three More Days” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Black Pumas “Ice Cream” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Fontaines D.C. “Marianne” Dopamine Chamber
Beck “The New Pollution” Odelay
The Rolling Stones “Waiting On A Friend” Tattoo You
Julia Jacklin “Don’t Know How To Keep Loving You” Recorded Live for World Cafe
This Is Lorelei “The Kid with the Crown” The Singer in My Band
The Smiths “The Boy With The Thorn In His Side” The Queen Is Dead
Josh Ritter “Mind’s Eye” The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
Adele “Set Fire to the Rain” 21