World Cafe Playlist for 03/20/2026

Mitski joins host Raina Douris

Where do you go when you need to escape the pressure and expectations of the outside world? On her new album, Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, Mitski builds a safe space to explore anxiety, anger and the joy that comes from wallowing a bit.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

Lana Del Rey “Video Games” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Mitski “Where’s My Phone” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Mitski “In A Lake” Nothing’s About to Happen to Me

Mitski “In A Lake” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Mitski “First Love / Late Spring” WC Recording

Mitski “If I Leave” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Mitski “Dead Women” Nothing’s About to Happen to Me

Mitski “I’ll Change For You” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Radiohead “Lotus Flower” The King Of Limbs

Ed O’Brien “Blue Morpho” (single)

Hour Two

Blondie “Hanging On The Telephone” Parallel Lines

R.E.M. “Superman” Life’s Rich Pageant

Gorillaz “Orange County (feat. Bizzarap, Kara Jackson, Anoushka Shankar)” The Mountain

Guster “Overexcited” Look Alive

Adele “Right As Rain” 19

Brandi Carlile “Church & State” Returning To Myself

Grace Potter “Delirious” WC Recording

Bob Weir “When I Paint My Masterpiece” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Fiona Apple “Better Version Of Me” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever “Sunburned in London” (single)

Peter Gabriel “Red Rain” So

Bon Iver “Everything is Peace Love” SABLE, fABLE

Little Comets “Little Opus” WC Recording

Kevin Morby “Javelin” Little Wide Open

Sam Fender “People Watching” People Watching

The Breeders “Divine Hammer” Last Splash