World Cafe Playlist for 07/24/2026

Hrishikesh Hirway joins host Raina Douris

Hrishikesh Hirway is best known as the host of the award-winning podcast and Netflix show Song Exploder, where he has artists walk through the creation of one of their songs. But he’s also a musician himself, and on the next World Cafe, he talks about experiencing writer’s block at the same time his podcast was becoming a hit. He also talks about how he got through it and started releasing music again, most recently his new album In the Last Hour of Light.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

The Jayhawks “Take Me With You” Hollywood Town Hall

Hrishikesh Hirway “Stray Dogs” Recorded Live For the World Cafe

Hrishikesh Hirway “Big Sky” Recorded Live For the World Cafe

Girls “Summertime” Girls

Hrishikesh Hirway “Home Movies” Recorded Live For the World Cafe

Hrishikesh Hirway “Charlie, Short for Charlotte” Recorded Live For the World Cafe

Hrishikesh Hirway “Rollercoaster” Recorded Live For the World Cafe

Ratatat “Mirando” LP3

Brandi Carlile “You and Me on the rock (feat. Lucius)” In These Silent Days

Andrew Sa “Lavendar Cowboy” American Rough

Hour Two

Fleet Foxes “Helplessness Blues” Helplessness Blues

Devon Gilfillian ” Black Dog Rabbit Hole” Time Will Tell

Tedeschi Trucks Band “Hard Case” Signs

Fiona Apple “Under the Table” Fetch the Bolt Cutters

This is Lorelei “Billy Came Back” The Singer in My Band

Thievery Corporation “The Numbers Game” Radio Retaliation

Paula Cole “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” Live for The World Cafe

The Secret Sisters “I’ve Got A Feeling” Recorded Live For the World Cafe

The Rolling Stones “The Rolling Stones” Foreign Tongues

Roxy Music “The Space Between” Avalon

Hermanos Gutiérrez “Canto Andino” Los Ojos Del Condor

The Revivalists “Upright” WC Recording

Ducks Ltd. “Easy Come Easy Go (feat. Martin Courtney)” Easy Come Easy Go

The Go-Betweens “Bachelor Kisses” Spring Hill Fair

Tame Impala “Lost in Yesterday” The Slow Rush

Arlo Parks “Blades” Recorded Live For the World Cafe

Fine Young Cannibals “Good Thing” The Raw And The Cooked