Sierra Hull joins host Raina Douris

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Sierra Hull wanted to be a musician, but she didn’t want to grow up. On the World Cafe, the Grammy winning mandolinist talks about her new album, A Tip Toe High Wire, and about her career that started when she was just 10 years old.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

Emmylou Harris “I Don’t Wanna Talk About It Now” Red Dirt Girl

Sierra Hull “Boom” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Nickel Creek “Ode to a Butterfly” Nickel Creek

Sierra Hull “Spitfire” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Sierra Hull “Lord, That’s A Long Way” A Tip Toe High Wire

Sierra Hull “Let’s Go” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell “Bluebird Wine” Old Yellow Moon

The Rolling Stones “Till The Next Goodbye” It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll

Wilco “Jesus, Etc.” Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Norah Jones “Cold Cold Heart” Come Away With Me

Molly Tuttle “Million Miles” When You’re Ready

Haim “Relationships” I Quit

Talking Heads “This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)” Speaking In Tongues

Hour Two
Radiohead “Let Down” OK Computer

Catbite “Tired of Talk (feat. Patrick Stump)” Doom Garden

The Specials “A Message To You Rudy” The Specials

The Clash “Wrong ‘Em Boyo” London Calling

Blondie “The Tide Is High” Autoamerican

Blondie “Rapture” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Guster “One Man Wrecking Machine” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Nada Surf “Always Love” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Lorde “What Was That” single

Björk “Venus As A Boy” Debut

Japanese Breakfast “Picture Window” For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)

Björk “Hyperballad” Post

Lucy Dacus “Bullseye (ft. Hozier)” Forever is a Feeling

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings “What We Had” Woodland

The Lumineers “Submarines” The Lumineers

Clairo “Sexy to Someone” Charm

Orla Gartland “Now What?” single