World Cafe Playlist for 08/19/2020

Encore: Run the Jewels joins host Raina Douris

Killer Mike is a rapper from Atlanta. El-P is a rapper / producer from New York. Together they are Run the Jewels and their latest album RTJ4 tells stories of racism and police brutality. Run the Jewels join us on the next World Cafe. They’ll tell the stories behind some of their new songs which feature guest vocals from folks including Mavis Staples and Pharrell Williams.

*The Staple Singers “Respect Yourself” Wattstax: Highlights From the Soundtrack

Run The Jewels “JU$T” RTJ4

Run The Jewels “walking in the snow” RTJ4

Run The Jewels “a few words for the firing squad (radiation)” RTJ4

Run The Jewels “yankee and the brave (ep. 4)” RTJ4

Run The Jewels “Pulling the pin” RTJ4

Killer Mike “Butane (Champion’s Anthem) [El-P]” R.A.P. Music

Run The Jewels “Early” RTJ2

Run The Jewels “ooh la la” RTJ4

Hour Two
*Ondara “Lockdown on a Date Night Tuesday” Folk n’ Roll Vol. 1: Tales of Isolation

Lianne La Havas “Weird Fishes” Lianne La Havas

Radiohead “High and Dry” The Bends

Squeeze “Tempted” East Side Story

Whitney “Giving Up” Forever Turned Around

Joy Olakodun “Who Do I Turn To?” in defense of my own happiness

Maggie Rogers “Light On” Heard It In a Past Life

Warren Zevon “Accidentally Like a Martyr” Excitable Boy

Josh Ritter “Joy to You Baby” The Beast In Its Tracks

Bob Marley & The Wailers “Is This Love” Kaya

Peter Gabriel “The Book of Love” Scratch My Back

Nicole Atkins “Mind Eraser” Italian Ice

Florence and the Machine “Shake It Out” Ceremonials

*Optional Song