World Cafe Playlist for 02/10/2022

Big Freedia joins New Orleans correspondent Gwen Thompkins

We’ll hear a high-energy live performance from Big Freedia with backing band, Tank and the Bangas. As New Orleans correspondent Gwen Thompkins puts it: Freedia is to Bounce music what Serena Williams is to tennis – Not the earliest pioneer in their chosen field, but the one who makes the biggest impression. Over the past 20 years, Freedia’s brand of Bounce music has caught the attention of artists like Drake, the Scissor Sisters, and Beyonce – We’ll hear about Freedia’s collaboration with the “Queen B” and about Freedia’s latest EP, B-D-E, which stands for Big Diva Energy.

*Preservation Hall Jazz Band “Keep Your Head Up (feat. Eme Alfonso)” A Tuba To Cuba

Big Freedia “BDE” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Big Freedia “Not Today” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Big Freedia “Betty Bussit/Big” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Big Freedia “Platinum” Big Diva Energy EP

Tank And The Bangas “No ID” Red Balloon

Lee Dorsey “Night People” Lee Dorsey Selected Hits

Dr. John “Wang Dang Doodle” Right Place, Right Time: Live at Tipitina’s – Mardi Gras ’89

Hurray for the Riff Raff “Pierced Arrows” Life on Earth

Leyla McCalla “Settle Down” The Capitalist Blues

Hour Two
*The Police “So Lonely” Outlandos D’amour

Samm Henshaw “Grow (feat. Tiana Major9)” Grow (single)

Samm Henshaw “All Good” All Good (single)

Yola “Ride Out In The Country” Walk Through Fire

Elton John “Country Comfort” Tumbleweed Connection

Lucy Dacus “Kissing Lessons” Kissing Lessons (single)

Siouxsie & The Banshees “Kiss Them For Me” Superstition

Indigo De Souza “Hold U” Any Shape You Take

Sade “Soldier Of Love” Solider Of Love

Khruangbin & Leon Bridges “B-Side” Texas Moon EP

X “Breathless” More Fun In the New World

Elvis Costello & The Imposters “Magnificent Hurt” The Boy Named If

JD McPherson “Let The Good Times Roll” Let The Good Times Roll

The Rolling Stones “It’s Only Rock’n Roll (But I Like It)” It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll

*Optional Song