World Cafe Playlist for 05/06/2026

Samm Henshaw joins host Raina Douris

Samm Henshaw went through a breakup while he was making his latest album. The breakup happened, and pretty much immediately, he was in the studio dealing with and writing about it. Samm talks about how working through heartbreak shaped the music on his new album, It Could Be Worse.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

The Jesus and Mary Chain “Sometimes Always” Stoned & Dethroned

M. Ward “Never Had Anybody Like You” Hold Time

Samm Henshaw “Float” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Samm Henshaw “Closer” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Lianne La Havas “Green and Gold” WC Recording

Samm Henshaw “Hair Down” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Samm Henshaw “Wait Forever” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Phosphorescent “New Birth In New England” WC Recording

Fine Young Cannibals “I’m Not the Man I Used to Be” The Raw and the Cooked

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings “100 Days 100 Nights” 100 Days 100 Nights

Arlo Parks “Get Go” Ambiguous Desire

Sam Fender “People Watching” People Watching

Hour Two

Jimmy Cliff “Sitting in Limbo” Another Cycle

Pigeon “Miami” Outtanational

Talking Heads “Take Me to the River” Stop Making Sense

Wednesday “Elderberry Wine” Bleeds

Gillian Welch “Wayside/Back in Time” Soul Journey

American Football “Never Meant” American Football

Billy Strings “Highway Hypnosis” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Freedy Johnston “Bad Reputation” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Beck “Ride Lonesome” (Single)

Lucinda Williams “Still I Long for Your Kiss” Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

Rhiannon Giddens “Black Is The Color” WC Recording

Man/Woman/Chainsaw “Nosedive” Cannonball

Human League “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” Fascination

The Dare “All Night” What’s Wrong with New York