World Cafe Playlist for 07/21/2026

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings join host Raina Douris

In 2020, Nashville experienced a tornado. Then… the pandemic. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings named their 2024 album Woodland after their East Nashville studio that was destroyed in that tornado. Ahead of their headlining Newport Folk set this weekend, we’re revisiting their session with songs from that album.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

The Church “Under The Milky Way” Starfish

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings “Empty Trainload of Sky” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings “Hashtag” Recorded Live for World Cafe

David Rawlings “Come On Over My House” WC Recording

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings “Lawman” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Gillian Welch “Look At Miss Ohio” Soul Journey

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings “Howdy Howdy” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings “What We Had” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Hour Two

k.d. lang “Outside Myself” Ingenue

Role Model “Role Model” Chuck Timely & The Hourglass

Todd Rundgren “It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference” Something/Anything?

Paul Simon “Loves Me Like A Rock” There Goes Rhymin’ Simon

Slap Dragon “Already Won” Mission Statement

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard “Antarctica” Flight b741

Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe “Because of Her Beauty” Recorded Live for World Cafe

St. Vincent “Los Ageless” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Wild Pink “Box Store” Still Coming Down

Aimee Mann “Could’ve Been Anyone” Whatever

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats “What A Drag” WC Recording

Billy Strings “Burn The Other End” So Much For Goodbyes

Bob Dylan “Tangled Up in Blue” Blood on the Tracks

Dawes “Little Bit of Everything” Nothing Is Wrong