World Cafe Playlist for 03/03/2026

Kim Gordon joins host Raina Douris

Kim Gordon has been beloved in rock circles for decades as a member of Sonic Youth, and for her own solo music, but at the beginning of 2024 she became a TikTok celebrity for a whole new generation with her song “Bye Bye” from her then new album, The Collective. Kim Gordon talks about how collaborating with the right person takes you in exciting artistic directions, about how her visual art melds with her music, and about what it’s like to become TikTok famous at the age of 70.

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Today’s Playlist

Robert Palmer “Looking for Clues” Clues

Kim Gordon “Dream Dollar” The Collective

Kim Gordon “The Candy House” The Collective

Kim Gordon “Psychedelic Orgasm” The Collective

Kim Gordon “Bye Bye” The Collective

The Breeders “Cannonball” Last Splash

Adele “Can I Get It” 30

Mt. Joy “Lucy” Hope We Have Fun

Courtney Barnett “Site Unseen (feat. Waxahatchee)” Creature of Habit

St. Vincent “Birth In Reverse” WC Recording

Bruce Hornsby “Indigo Park” Indigo Park

Warren Zevon “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” Warren Zevon

The Beatles “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” Help!

Hour Two

Oasis “Don’t Look Back in Anger” (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

U2 “Song of the Future” Days of Ash EP

Spoon “Guess I’m Fallin’ in Love” (Single)

Brittany Howard “Stay High” Jaime

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

Santigold “Creator” WC Recording

Clairo “Bags” Recorded Live for World Cafe

ROMY “Enjoy Your Life” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Brandi Carlile “Human” Returning to Myself

Mavis Staples “Wrote a Song for Everyone” You Are Not Alone

Tedeschi Trucks Band “I Got You” Future Soul

Grateful Dead “Ripple” American Beauty

Friko “Seven Degrees” Something Worth Waiting For

Jeff Buckley “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” Grace