World Cafe Playlist for 05/09/2025

The Head and the Heart joins host Stephen Kallao

The Head and the Heart needed to make a change. 15 years as a band and they’d fallen into a routine. Frontman Jon Russell had been taking on most of the songwriting duties, while other members felt less connected to the music than ever before. So, they shook things up. Sharing songwriting ideas for the first time in years, they made their most collaborative album to date, Aperture. The Head and the Heart play songs from Aperture on the World Cafe.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

The National “New Order T-Shirt” First Two Pages of Frankenstein

The Head and the Heart “Time With My Sins” Recorded Live at the World Cafe

The Head and the Heart “Arrow” Recorded Live at the World Cafe

Gregory Alan Isakov “Dark, Dark, Dark” WC Recording

The Head and the Heart “After The Setting Sun” Recorded Live at the World Cafe

The Head and the Heart “Beg Steal Borrow” Recorded Live at the World Cafe

The Head and the Heart “Rivers and Roads” Recorded Live at the World Cafe

The Head and the Heart “Down in the Valley” WC Recording

Shelby Lynne “Gotta Get Back” I Am Shelby Lynne

Nine Inch Nails “Discipline” The Slip

Hour Two
The Pogues “If I Should Fall From Grace with God” If I Should Fall From Grace with God

Pavement “Gold Soundz” Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Bon Iver “Everything is Peaceful Love” SABLE, fABLE

Bruce Hornsby “Walk In The Sun” Hot House

Corinne Bailey Rae “Put Your Records On” Corinne Bailey Rae

Hannah Cohen “Dusty” Earthstar Mountain

Julia Jacklin “Body” WC Recording

K.T. Tunstall “Black Horse And The Cherry Tree” Recorded Live at the World Cafe

Cold War Kids “Every Valley Is Not A Lake ” Recorded Live at the World Cafe

Jade Bird “Dreams” Who Wants To Talk About Love

R.E.M. “At My Most Beautiful” Up

Waxahatchee “Bored” Tigers Blood

The Head and The Heart “Heaven Go Easy On Me” The Head and the Heart

Mt. Joy “Coyote” Hope We Have Fun

Fontaines D.C “Here’s the Thing” Romance

Richard Thompson “Easy There, Steady Now” Mirror Blue

Maggie Rogers “Don’t Forget Me” Don’t Forget Me