Bartees Strange joins host Raina Douris

As a kid, Bartees Strange would watch scary movies in an attempt to conquer fear. On his new album, Horror, the Baltimore-based musician embraces the many facets of that emotion. Bartees Strange joins us on the World Cafe to talk about crafting Horror, from working with Jack Antonoff, to writing about stability and being a Black musician in the predominantly white indie-rock sphere.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

Tedeschi Trucks Band “Midnight in Harlem” Revelator

Bartees Strange “Sober” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Bartees Strange “Too Much” Horror

Bartees Strange “Baltimore” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

The Flaming Lips “The Wizard Turns On” At War With The Mystics

Bartees Strange “Backseat Banton” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Bartees Strange “17” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Phoebe Bridgers “Smoke Signals” Stranger in the Alps

Dr. Dog “Talk is Cheap” Dr. Dog

Feist “1234” The Reminder

Kacey Musgraves “Deeper Well” Deeper Well

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats “Call Me (Whatever You Like)” South of Here

Hour Two
Tom Petty “Don’t Come Around Here No More” Southern Accents

Charley Crockett “Lonesome Drifter” Lonesome Drifter

Creedence Clearwater Revival “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” Cosmo’s Factory

The Allman Brothers “Jessica” Brothers and Sisters

Aimee Mann “Voices Carry” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Angelique Kidjo “Crosseyed and Painless” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Fontaines D.C. “It’s Amazing to Be Young” (single)

Blur “Coffee and T.V.” 13

Counting Crows “Spaceman in Tulsa” Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets!

Angelique Kidjo “Samba Pa Ti” WC Recording

Panda Bear “Ferry Lady” Sinister Grift

Father John Misty “I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All” Mahashmashana