World Cafe Playlist for 03/16/2026

José González joins host Stephen Kallao

The Swedish singer-songwriter José González is set to release a new album at the end of the month called Against the Dying of the Light. We’ll revisit our 2022 conversation where he talks about singing in Spanish, English, and Swedish on his most recent album, Local Valley, and the unique ways José tests his new material out, from taking it on a run to asking his mom for feedback.

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Today’s Playlist

Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory “Trouble” Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory

José González “El Invento” Recorded Live for World Cafe

José González “Head On” Recorded Live for World Cafe

José González “Lila G” Local Valley

José González “Swing” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Alejandro Escovedo “Man Of The World” WC Recording

Bruce Hornsby “Indigo Park” Indigo Park

Mondo Cozmo “Shine” Plastic Soul

Vampire Weekend “Classical” Only God Was Above Us

Preservation Hall Jazz Band “Santiago” WC Recording

Kashus Culpepper “Believe” Act I

Santigold “Disparate Youth” Master of My Make-Believe

Hour Two

Chris Isaak “Wicked Game” Heart Shaped World

Zach Bryan “Plastic Cigarette” With Heaven on Top

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Move On)” Raising Sand

Death Cab for Cutie “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” Plans

Paris Paloma “labour” Cacophony

Paul Simon “The Boy in the Bubble” Graceland

Jewel “Who Will Save Your Soul” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Fontaines D.C. “A Hero’s Death” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Arctic Monkeys “Do I Wanna Know” AM

Neko Case “Wreck” Neon Grey Midnight Green

Tedeschi Trucks Band “I Got You” Future Soul

Billy Preston “You’ll Never Walk Alone” The Complete Veejay Recordings

The Black Keys “You Got to Lose” Peaches!

Yes “Owner of a Lonely Heart” 90125

Harry Styles “Aperture” Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally

Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Gold Lion” Show Your Bones