World Cafe Playlist for 01/21/2026
SML joins host Stephen Kallao
Jazz quintet SML makes albums differently than most. On their new album, How You Been, performances are recorded live from the stage and then taken into the studio to be deconstructed, manipulated, and ultimately transformed into something otherworldly. Coming up, SML join us for a mini concert, showcasing why they’re one of the most exciting names in jazz, on the World Cafe.
Today’s Playlist
The Police “Walking on the Moon” Regatta de Blanc
SML “SML Mini-Concert” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Preservation Hall Jazz Band “Santiago” WC Recording
Alabama Shakes “Another Life” (Single)
Bon Iver “Everything is Peaceful Love” SABLE, fABLE
Medium Build “Last Time” (Single)
Kacey Musgraves “Butterflies” Golden Hour
Couch “Slow Burn” Big Talk
St. Paul & The Broken Bones “Sushi and Coca-Cola” St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Horsegirl “Switch Over” Phonetics On and On
Ride “Twisterella” Going Blank Again
Hour Two
Arctic Monkeys “Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured” Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
They Might Be Giants “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” Flood
Father John Misty “The Old Law” (Single)
Talking Heads “(Nothing But) Flowers” Naked
Tunde Adebimpe “Magnetic” Thee Black Boltz
Kings of Leon “To Space” EP #2
Marcus King Band “Side Door” WC Recording
Train “Calling All Angels” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Finn Brothers “It’s Only Natural” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Sharp Pins “I Don’t Have the Heart” Balloon Balloon Balloon
Spoon “Guess I’m Fallin’ in Love” (Single)
XTC “Generals & Majors” Black Sea
Grizzly Bear “Two Weeks” Veckatimest
Langhorne Slim “Rock N Roll” The Dreamin’ Kind
Dawes “Time Spent in Los Angeles” Nothing is Wrong
Mitski “Your Best American Girl” Puberty 2
Fontaines D.C. “Jackie Down the Line” Skinty Fia