Omar Apollo joins host Stephen Kallao

In just six years, Omar Apollo has gone from working at Guitar Center to being Grammy nominated for Best New Artist. In between, his song “Evergreen” went viral on TikTok and became his first hit. He’ll perform that song live on the World Cafe, along with others from his debut album, Ivory. And Omar discusses his journey and the long road to releasing the record, which Omar scrapped entirely and rewrote on the verge of its release.

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*Lucinda Williams “Car Wheels On A Gravel Road” Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Omar Apollo “Archetype” Recorded Live for The World Cafe

Omar Apollo “Bad Life” Ivory

Omar Apollo “Evergreen (You Didn’t Deserve Me At All) ” Recorded Live for The World Cafe

Omar Apollo “Invincible” Recorded Live for The World Cafe

Peter Yorn “Life On A Chain” Musicforthemorningafter

Talking Heads “Houses In Motion” Remain In Light

Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Wolf” Cool it Down

The 1975 “I’m In Love With You” Being Funny In A Foreign Language

Devon Gilfillian “All I Really Wanna Do” All I Really Wanna Do (single)

Raphael Saadiq “100 Yard Dash “The Way I See It

Hour Two
*The Blue Nile “Stay” A Walk Across The Rooftops

Gorillaz “Oil (feat. Stevie Nicks)” Cracker Island

Tame Impala “Patience” Patience (single)

Bailen “Call It Like It Is” Tired Hearts

Moby “Run On” Play

The National “Tropic Morning News” First Two Pages of Frankenstein

My Morning Jacket “Gideon” Okonokos

Patty Griffin “Love Throws A Line” Impossible Dream

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Fortune Teller” Raising Sand

Geese “Cowboy Nudes” (single)

The Lemonheads “It’s About Time” Come On Feel The Lemonheads

Margo Price “Change of Heart” Strays

*Optional Song