World Cafe Playlist

World Cafe Playlist

World Cafe Playlist for 11/18/2025

Daffo joins host Raina Douris No one can predict if, or when, a song will go viral, but when Daffo’s song “Poor Madeline” started…

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World Cafe Playlist for 11/17/2025

Foxwarren joins host Raina Douris For a lot of bands, the idea of making an album remotely might be a nightmare, but for Canadian…

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World Cafe Playlist for 11/14/2025

David Byrne joins host Raina Douris David Byrne is someone whose creativity seems unstoppable, but his newest album, Who is the Sky?, began with…

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World Cafe Playlist for 12/13/2025

Lukas Nelson joins host Stephen Kallao A lifetime of travelling around the country informed Lukas Nelson’s new album, his first without longtime band Promise…

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World Cafe Playlist for 11/12/2025

Yaya Bey joins host Raina Douris Yaya Bey knows that we live in a troubled world, but on her new album, Do It Afraid,…

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World Cafe Playlist

World Cafe Playlist for 11/11/2025

Michigander joins host Stephen Kallao Michigander has been one of our favorite musical discoveries of the 2020’s. The indie-rock band with its roots all…

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World Cafe Playlist for 11/10/2025

PUP joins host Raina Douris If there’s one word you could use to describe a punk show, it might be “loud”. On the World…

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World Cafe Playlist

World Cafe Playlist for 11/07/2025

Amanda Shires joins host Raina Douris Amanda Shires wasn’t sure at first that she wanted to document the feelings that surrounded her divorce from…

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World Cafe Playlist

World Cafe Playlist for 11/06/2025

Blake Mills and Pino Palladino join host Stephen Kallao Pino Palladino is a master of the bass guitar, playing on iconic albums from Eric…

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