World Cafe Playlist for 05/01/2020

Steve Earle joins host Raina Douris

Steve Earle is a songwriter and musician – but he’s also a storyteller. Many of the songs on his upcoming album, Ghosts of West Virginia, were written for the play Coal Country, which tells the true story of a 2010 mining disaster in West Virginia. He not only scored the play, he was also performing in it on stage before the COVID-19 crisis caused New York City theaters to close. Steve joins host Raina Douris to talk about the future of Coal Country today, and he performs songs from Ghosts of West Virginia live.

*Adele “Someone Like You” 21

Steve Earle “Devil Put The Coal in the Ground” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Gordon Lightfoot “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” Summertime Dream

Steve Earle “It’s About Blood” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Steve Earle “John Henry Was A Steel Drivin’ Man” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Neko Case “Train From Kansas City” The Tigers Have Spoken

Illiterate Light “Sometimes Love Takes So Long” Illiterate Light

Vampire Weekend “Unbelievers” Modern Vampires of the City

Chicano Batman “Color My Life” Invisible People

Shuggie Otis “Inspiration Information” Inspiration Information

Fitz & The Tantrums “Don’t Gotta Work It Out” Pickin’ Up The Pieces

Hour Two
*The Church “Under The Milky Way” Starfish

Dacey “I’ll Be There” Single

Kacey Musgraves “High Horse” Golden Hour

Tre Burt “Real You” Caught It From The Rye

Feist “1234” The Reminder

Local Natives “When Am I Gonna Lose You” Violet Street

Ten Kills The Pack “Talk My Ear Off” Talk My Ear Off

Simon & Garfunkel “The Boxer” Bridge Over Troubled Water

The Lone Bellow “Then Came The Morning” Then Came The Morning

Brittany Howard “You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks” Spotify Singles

Mavis Staples “Can You Get To That” One True Vine

Ken Boothe “Ain’t No Sunshine” Black Gold & Green

Andrew Bird “Capital Crimes” Capital Crimes (Single)

Bob Marley & The Wailers “Is This Love” Kaya

Dirty Projectors “Overlord” Overlord (single)

*Optional Song