World Cafe Playlist for 05/02/2024
Sturgill Simpson joins host David Dye with Stephen Kallao
It’s been nearly a decade since Sturgill Simpson released his breakthrough album Metamodern Sounds in Country Music. On the next World Cafe, hear an interview and performance recorded in 2014 just before Simpson was named the Emerging Artist of the Year at the Americana Music Awards. He reveals that the record’s success came as a huge surprise – he originally thought it would be the last album he would ever make.
Today’s Playlist
Emmylou Harris “Goin’ Back To Harlan” Wrecking Ball
Sturgill Simpson “Turtles All The Way Down” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Sturgill Simpson “Long White Line” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Sturgill Simpson “Life of Sin” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Sturgill Simpson “Medicine Springs” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Sturgill Simpson “Long White Line” WC Recording
Leon Bridges “Coming Home” Coming Home
Childish Gambino “Redbone” Awaken, My Love
Gary Clark Jr. “What About The Children (feat. Stevie Wonder)” JPEG RAW
Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real “Set Me Down On A Cloud” WC Recording
Daniel Donato “Hi-Country” Reflector
Dire Straits “Sultans Of Swing” Dire Straits
World Cafe Guest: Big Audio Dynamite “EMC2” This Is Big Audio Dynamite
Hour Two
Peter Gabriel “Sledgehammer” So
Bonny Light Horseman “I Know You Know” Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free
Tori Amos “Cornflake Girl” Under The Pink
Pearl Jam “Wreckage” Dark Matter
Led Zeppelin “Over The Hills And Far Away” Houses Of The Holy
Adia Victoria “Different Kind Of Love” WC Recording
ROMY “Lights Out/Strong” World Cafe Session
Garbage “Only Happy When It Rains” WC Session
The Blue Nile “Tinseltown In The Rain” A Walk Across The Rooftop
LCD Soundsystem “Someone Great” Sound of Silver
Kacey Musgraves “Cardinal” Deeper Well
Ingrid Michaelson “Ghost” Human Again
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats “Heartless” South of Here
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros “Home” Up From Below