World Cafe Playlist for 01/29/2021

Fontaines D.C. joins host Raina Douris

Fontaines D.C.’s debut album, Dogrel, was an instant success. Overnight the Irish band became one of the most critically acclaimed acts from the UK, being nominated for a Mercury Prize and earning BBC’s album of the year award. So how would they follow up such success? We’ll find out, as Fontaines D.C. takes us through the journey of making their second record, 2020’s A Hero’s Death, and how they mixed influences like the Beach Boys into their post-punk sound.

*Coldplay “Fix You” X & Y

Fontaines D.C. “A Hero’s Death” Recorded Live For The World Cafe

Fontaines D.C. “I Don’t Belong” Recorded Live For The World Cafe

Fontaines D.C. “Sunny” Recorded Live For The World Cafe

U2 “Desire” Rattle And Hum

Maggie Rogers “Retrograde” Heard It In A Past Life

Tash Sultana “Sweet And Dandy” Terra Firma

The Verve “Bittersweet Symphony” Urban Hymns

Arlo Parks “Black Dog” Collapsed In Sunbeams

Peter Gabriel “Digging In The Dirt” Us

Hour Two
*Steely Dan “I Got The News” Aja

Valerie June “Call Me A Fool” The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers

Al Green “Call Me (Come Back Home)” Call Me

Sofia Valdes “Handful Of Water” Ventura EP

Jeff Buckley “Grace” Grace

Beach Bunny “Good Girls” Blame Game EP

The White Stripes “The Denial Twist” Get Behind Me Satan

Jade Bird “Headstart” Headstart (Single)

Amos Lee “Listen” Last Days At The Lodge

Low Cut Connie “Help Me” Private Lives

Aretha Franklin “The Weight” This Girl’s In Love With You

The Head And The Heart “Down In The Valley (Live)” Live From Pike Place Market

Bob Marley & The Wailers “Lively Up Yourself” Live!

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats “Look It Here” Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

*Optional Song