World Cafe Playlist for 01/16/2026
CMAT
CMAT joins host Raina Douris
Irish artist CMAT was nominated for the Mercury Prize last year, and her star is rising here in the States with her latest album, Euro Country. On the World Cafe, CMAT talks about how she first connected with country music as a child growing up just outside of Dublin, about how she embraced her Irish identity to make this album, and she performs live.
Today’s Playlist
Lucinda Williams “I Just Wanted To See You So Bad” Lucinda Williams
Nick Lowe “So It Goes” Pure Pop For Now People
CMAT “When A Good Man Cries” Recorded Live for World Cafe
CMAT “Janis Joplining” Euro-Country
June Carter Cash “Time’s A Wastin'” The Essential Carl Smith
CMAT “I Wanna Be A Cowboy, Baby” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Hozier “From Eden” Recorded Live for World Cafe
CMAT “Euro-Country” Euro-Country
CMAT “Iceberg” Euro-Country
CMAT “Take A Sexy Picture Of Me” Recorded Live for World Cafe
U2 “Drowning Man” War
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges “B-Side” Texas Moon EP
Al Green “Here I Am (Come And Take Me)” Call Me
Hour Two
Tom Petty “Don’t Come Around Here No More” Southern Accents
Father John Misty “The Old Law” single
John Lennon “I’m Losing You” Double Fantasy
Brandi Carlile “Human” Returning To Myself
Jason Isbell “24 Frames” Something More Than Free
Jason Isbell “If We Were Vampires” The Nashville Sound
Death Cab For Cutie “Soul Meets Body” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Indigo Girls “Least Complicated” Recorded Live for World Cafe
William Prince “Further From The Country” Further From The Country
Ray Lamontagne “Forever My Friend” Trouble
Laufey “Silver Lining” A Matter Of Time
Joan Shelley “River Low” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong “Calm Before The Storm” Feed The Fire
Crosby Stills Nash & Young “Carry On” Deja Vu