World Cafe Playlist for 10/12/2026
Encore: David Gray Backtracking
World Cafe is celebrating 35 years on the air. All month long, we’re looking back at memorable moments and milestones, just like we ask songwriters to do in our Backtracking sessions, where artists pick out tracks from their entire discography, and tell us the stories behind them. David Gray digs into his catalog next time, on an Encore World Cafe.
Today’s Playlist
Emmylou Harris “Wrecking Ball” Wrecking Ball
Beastie Boys “Body Movin'” Hello Nasty
Beck “Tropicalia” Mutations
Lauryn Hill “Everything is Everything” The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
Dessa “Velodrome” Recorded Live for The World Cafe
David Gray “After The Harvest” Dear Life
David Gray “That Day Must Surely Come” Dear Life
JD McPherson “Firebug” Recorded Live for The World Cafe
David Gray “Plus & Minus” Dear Life
David Gray “Babylon” White Ladder
Hour Two
Neil Young “See The Sky About To Rain” On The Beach
Father John Misty “The X-panded Universe” The X-panded Universe (single)
Aimee Mann “Save Me” Magnolia (soundtrack)
Japanese Breakfast “Be Sweet” Jubilee
Parquet Courts “Berlin Got Blurry” Recorded Live for The World Cafe
Rosanne Cash “Seven Year Ache” Recorded Live for The World Cafe
The B-52s “Rock Lobster” Recorded Live for The World Cafe
Phoebe Bridgers “Lost Boys” Lost Weekend
Courtney Barnett “Site Unseen (feat. Waxahatchee)” Creature of Habit
UB40 “Red Red Wine” Labour Of Love
Jeff Buckley “Last Goodbye” Grace
Chvrches “Roses” single
Primal Scream “Movin’ On Up” Screamadelica
Kathleen Edwards “Say Goodbye, Tell No One” Billionaire
Band Of Horses “No One’s Gonna Love You” Cease To Begin