World Cafe Playlist for 07/23/2021

Rhiannon Giddens joins host Raina Douris

Rhiannon Giddens’ latest album is called Calling Me Home – And it asks the question: What IS home?…Is it where you were born? Where you live now? Or something else entirely Rhiannon assembles a mix of traditional songs and originals, all united by the concept of home, for her new record with collaborator Francesco Turrisi. On the next World Cafe we’ll hear about inspiration for the record and what it was like to be in Ireland, away from the U.S., during the Black Lives Matter movement last summer. All of this, plus, Rhiannon performs some of the new music live.

*U2 “Stay (Faraway, So Close!)” Zooropa

Rhiannon Giddens “Black as Crow” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Rhiannon Giddens “Calling Me Home” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Bessie Jones “O Death” Get in Union

Rhiannon Giddens “O Death” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Amythyst Kiah “Black Myself” Wary & Strange

Black Pumas “Black Moon Rising” Black Pumas

Counting Crows “Elevator Boots” Butter Miracle, Suite One

Al Green “Let’s Stay Together” Let’s Stay Together

Silver Synthetic “Unchain Your Heart” Silver Synthetic

Dr. Dog “Lonesome” Be The Void

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram “662” 662

Hour Two
*The Fugees “Killing Me Softly” The Score

Allison Russell “Nightflyer” Outside Child

Lyle Lovett “Church” Joshua Judges Ruth

Lorde “Solar Power” Solar Power

Adele “Chasing Pavements” 19

Lucy Dacus “Brando” Home Video

Semisonic “Secret Smile” Feeling Strangely Fine

The Head and the Heart “All We Ever Knew” Signs of Light

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real “Perennial Bloom (Back To You)” A Few Stars Apart

Willie Nelson “Blue Skies” Stardust

Pom Pom Squad “Crimson and Clover” Death of a Cheerleader

Billy Brag “You Work Up My Neighborhood” Don’t Try This At Home

Tom Waits “New Coat Of Paint” The Heart Of Saturday Night

Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth “Remember We Were Lovers” Utopian Ashes

*Optional Song