World Cafe Playlist for 03/25/2026

Arlo Parks joins host Stephen Kallao

Arlo Parks won Britain’s most prestigious musical award, The Mercury Prize, for her gorgeous and heartfelt debut, Collapsed in Sunbeams. Her new album, Ambiguous Desire, comes out next week, and to celebrate, we’re listening back to our 2023 conversation with Parks, where she talked about challenging herself on her then new album, My Soft Machine. Plus, live performances from Arlo Parks,

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Today’s Playlist

Echo & The Bunnymen “Lips Like Sugar” Echo And The Bunnymen

Arlo Parks “Weightless” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Arlo Parks “Devotion” My Soft Machine

Arlo Parks “Devotion” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Arlo Parks “Puppy” My Soft Machine

Arlo Parks “Pegasus (feat Phoebe Bridgers)” My Soft Machine

Wenzel “Meridian (Ft. Nodfather)” Black Out

Arlo Parks “Blades” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Arlo Parks “Purple Phase” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Harris Cole “Rain, Part 2” Pause

U2 “Song Of The Future” Days Of Ash EP

Childish Gambino “Redbone” Awaken, My Love!

Beth Orton “Central Reservation” Central Reservation

Hour Two

Radiohead “I Might Be Wrong” Amnesiac

Noah Kahan “The Great Divide” The Great Divide

Of Monsters and Men “Little Talks” My Head Is An Animal

Weather Station “Robber” Ignorance

Momma “I Want You (Fever)” Welcome To My Blue Sky

Dr. Dog “Lonesome” Be The Void

Soul Asylum “Runaway Train” Recorded Live for World Cafe

MJ Lenderman “Wristwatch” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Rolling Blackouts Coastal “Sunburned In London” (single)

Florence + The Machine “Ship To Wreck” How Big How Blue How Beautiful

Amos Lee “Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song” WC Recording

Devon Gilfillian “Hold On (Hourglass)” Time Will Tell

Cage The Elephant “Mess Around” Tell Me I’m Pretty

Stephen Sanchez “Sweet Love” Love, Love, Love

General Public “Tenderness” All The Rage