World Cafe Playlist for 02/27/2026

Cate Le Bon joins host Raina Douris
Even though she had just gone through a painful break up, Cate Le Bon was wary of making a heartbreak album. Cate joins us to talk about why she ended up making one anyway, called Michaelangelo Dying, and how it helped her find a kind of mental calm.
Today’s Playlist
World Party “When The Rainbow Comes” Goodbye Jumbo
Cate Le Bon “Jerome” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Cate Le Bon “Is It Worth Is (Happy Birthday)?” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Illiterate Light “Better Than I Used To” WC Recording
Cate Le Bon “About Time” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Cate Le Bon “Ride” Michelangelo Dying
Cate Le Bon “Heaven Is No Feeling” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Laura Veirs “Sun Song” Warp And Weft
Brian Eno & John Cale “Spinning Away” Wrong Way Up
Peter Gabriel “Don’t Give Up (feat. Kate Bush)” So
The Wallflowers “Three Marlenas” Bringing Down The Horse
Hour Two
Sufjan Stevens “Free Man In Paris” A Tribute To Joni Mitchell
Harry Styles “Aperture” Kiss All The Time
Tame Impala “New Person, Same Old Mistakes” Currents
Guster “Fa Fa” Lost And Gone Forever
Courtney Barnett “Site Unseen” Creature of Habit
Sharon Van Etten “Seventeen” WC Recording
Juliana Hatfield “Because We Love You” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Jason Isbell “Middle of the Morning” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Kashus Culpepper “Believe” Act I
Eurythmics “Here Comes The Rain Again” Touch
Jason Isbell “Super 8” WC Recording
Blessing Jolie “20teens” 20nothing
Hozier “Almost (Sweet Music)” Wasteland, Baby!
The Jayhawks “Take Me With You (When You Go)” Hollywood Town Hall