World Cafe Playlist for 06/01/2026

Joshua Ray Walker joins host Raina Douris

Joshua Ray Walker wrote the title track to his new album, Ain’t Dead Yet, after getting a devastating update: his cancer had been restaged to Stage 4 and had spread to his lungs. On the World Cafe, Joshua shares how songwriting was one way of dealing with his seemingly imminent mortality. And he talks about how things ended up turning around in a very positive way.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

Pearl Jam “Even Flow” Ten

Joshua Ray Walker “Ain’t Dead Yet” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Joshua Ray Walker “Blue Genes” Ain’t Dead Yet

Joshua Ray Walker “Chasing Sunsets” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Joshua Ray Walker “Shears” Stuff

Joshua Ray Walker “Outlaw” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real “Set Me Down On A Cloud” WC Recording

Rosanne Cash “The Wheel” The Wheel

Crosby Stills & Nash “Pre-Road Downs” Crosby Stills and Nash

Friko “Seven Degrees” Something Worth Waiting For

Modest Mouse “Float On” Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars “I’ve Got No More Tears Left to Cry” Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars

Al Green “I’m Still in Love with You” I’m Still in Love with You

Hour Two

Florry “Hey Baby” Sounds Like… Florry!

The Blasters “American Music” The Blasters

Noah Kahan “We Go Way Back” The Great Divide

Bon Iver “Michicant” Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Gigi Perez “Sailor Song” At the Beach, in Every Life

Broken Social Scene “Not Around Anymore” Remember the Humans

Leif Vollebekk “Elegy” WC Recording

The Lumineers “Ho Hey” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Wilco “What Light” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Brennan Wedl and Waxahatchee “Six O’Clock News” Six O’Clock News (Single)

Ray Lamontagne “How Come” Trouble

Palmyra “Arizona” Restless

The Wooden Birds “Hailey” Magnolia

Brigitte Calls Me Baby “Slumber Party” Irreversible

XTC “Generals and Majors” Black Sea

10,000 Maniacs “(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville” “Candy Everybody Wants”

MT Jones “I Don’t Understand” Joy