World Cafe Playlist for 03/23/2026

Malentina joins host Raina Douris

Take a trip to Louisiana with a new installment of our monthly series the Acadiana Music Showcase, produced by our friends at Lafayette, Louisiana affiliate station KRVS. On the World Cafe, you’ll hear singer-songwriter Malentina. Malentina is emblematic of the diversity that blossoms in Louisiana’s music scene, mixing music from her birthplace of Puerto Rico with the culture of Cajun Country.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

Talking Heads “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)” Speaking in Tongues

Malentina “Karma” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Malentina “Llorando en la Disco” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Malentina “La Mala” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Franz Ferdinand “Right Action” WC Recording

Los Lobos “Kiko and the Lavender Moon” Kiko

The War on Drugs “Eyes to the Wind” Lost in the Dream

Tori Amos “Past the Mission” Under the Pink

S.G. Goodman “I Can See the Devil” Planting by the Signs

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

Courtney Barnett “Avant Gardener” WC Recording

Muna “Dancing on the Wall” Dancing on the Wall

Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

David Bowie “Modern Love” Let’s Dance

The Black Crowes “It’s Like That” A Pound of Feathers

Hour Two

Bob Marley & the Wailers “Sun is Shining” Kaya

youbet “Ground Kiss” youbet

Horsegirl “Switch Over” Phonetics On and On

The Postal Service “Such Great Heights” Give Up

Geese “100 Horses” Getting Killed

Moby “South Side” Play

Mt. Joy “Silver Lining” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Broken Social Scene “Major Label Debut” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Tears for Fears “Shout” Songs from the Big Chair

Tyler Ballgame “I Believe in Love” For the First Time, Again

Cotton Jones “Gotta Cheer Up” Paranoid Cocoon

Fontaines D.C. “Black Boys on Mopeds” HELP(2)

Sinéad O’Connor “The Emperor’s New Clothes” I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got

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

Blur “There’s No Other Way” Leisure