World Cafe Playlist for 07/28/2025

Mereba joins host Stephen Kallao

Mereba’s musical career has taken her from Greensboro, North Carolina – learning guitar and playing folk music – to becoming a part of Atlanta’s underground music scene and being mentored by Stevie Wonder. Mereba joins World Cafe to talk about making her new album, The Breeze Grew a Fire, being forced to find inspiration quickly when she became a new mother, and about the one time her dad made her connect with her ancestry, by sending her to Ethiopia.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

Hour Two
Mereba “Counterfeit” The Breeze Grew A Fire

Mereba “Starlight (my baby)” The Breeze Grew A Fire

Mereba “Wild Sky” The Breeze Grew A Fire

Mereba “Hawk” The Breeze Grew A Fire

ÌFÉ “Higher Love” IIII+IIII

Talking Heads “Crosseyed and Painless” Remain In Light

Brittany Howard “History Repeats” Jaime

Royel Otis “Moody” (single)

Alabama Shakes “Gimme All Your Love” Sound & Color

Wednesday “Elderberry Wine” Bleeds

Citizen Cope “Sideways” The Clarence Green Recordings

Hour Two
Tori Amos “Crucify” Little Earthquakes

Jeff Tweedy “Enough” Twilight Override

Father John Misty “She Cleans Up” Mahashmashana

Spoon “Hot Thoughts” Hot Thoughts

Lord Huron “Nothing I Need” The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1

Wilco “Impossible Germany” Sky Blue Sky

Waxahatchee “Lilacs” Recorded Live For World Cafe

Trigger Hippy “Rise Up Singing” Recorded Live For World Cafe

Molly Tuttle “That’s Gonna Leave a Mark” So Long Little Miss Sunshine

Bob Dylan “Someday Baby” American Romance

The Bird And The Bee “Panama” WC Recording

Lukas Nelson “Born Runnin Outta Time” American Romance

Feist “I Feel It All” The Reminder

Black Pumas “Mrs. Postman” Chronicles Of A Diamond

The Marcus King Band “Homesick” Carolina Confessions