World Cafe Playlist for 02/12/2026

Flock of Dimes joins host Stephen Kallao

Last week, we wrapped up our Sense of Place: Baltimore series…or did we? On the World Cafe, we’re returning to Charm City for a mini concert with Flock of Dimes. Fronted by Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak, Flock of Dimes’ new album, The Life You Save, chronicles Wasner’s struggles within the cycles of addiction and co-dependency.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

Steely Dan “FM (No Static At All) FM (soundtrack)

Flock of Dimes “Long After Midnight” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Flock of Dimes “Keep Me In The Dark” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Flock of Dimes “Defeat” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Flock of Dimes “The Enemy” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Ruston Kelly “Mockingbird” WC Recording

R.E.M. “Everybody Hurts” Automatic For The People

The Chordettes “Mr. Sandman” Mr. Sandman

Outkast “Hey Ya” Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Sharp Pins “I Don’t Have The Heart” Balloon Balloon Balloon

The Who “I Can’t Explain” Then & Now

Shuggie Otis “Miss Pretty” Inspiration Information

Tyler Ballgame “I Believe In Love” For The First Time, Again

The Darkness ” I Believe In A Thing Called Love” Permission To Land

Couch “Slow Burn” Big Talk

John Mayer “Bigger Than My Body” Heavier Things

St. Paul & the Broken Bones “Sushi and Coca-Cola” St. Paul & the Broken Bones

Hour Two

Ondara “Lockdown On Date Night Tuesday” folk n’ Roll Vol. 1 Tale of Isolation

Bruce Hornsby “Indigo Park” Indigo Park

Pink Floyd “One of These Days” Meddle

S.G. Goodman “I Can See The Devil” Planting By The Signs

Bob Mould “See A Little Light” Workbook

Bob Mould “Western Sunset” Sunshine Rock

Glen Campbell “Grow Old With Me” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Wet Leg “Chaise Longue” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Arlo Parks “2Sided” Ambiguous Desire

PM Dawn “Set Adrift On Memory Bliss” Of The Heart, Of The Soul

The Heavy “How You Like Me Now?” The House That Dirt Built

Shovels and Rope “Hail Hail” WC Recording

Lucinda Williams “The World’s Gone Wrong” World’s Gone Wrong

Spoon “Chateau Blues” (single)

Metric “Gimme Sympathy” Fantasies