World Cafe Playlist for 08/19/2025
Self Esteem joins host Stephen Kallao
Since going solo in 2017, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, AKA Self Esteem, has become one of the most vital voices in pop music. She’s unapologetically honest, irreverent, and fun. Taylor’s experiences are unabashedly on display on her new album, A Complicated Woman, and coming up, Self Esteem joins World Cafe to talk about taking control of her career and what happens when achieving the success you’ve dreamt of finally happens.
Today’s Playlist
Toots & The Maytals “Funky Kingston” Funky Kingston
Self Esteem “Focus Is Power” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Self Esteem “Mother” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Aimee Mann “31 Today” Smilers
Self Esteem “If Not Now, It’s Soon” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Self Esteem “I Do And I Don’t Care” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Alanis Morisette “Right Through You” Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morisette “All I Really Want” Jagged Little Pill
Leon Bridges “Laredo” Leon
Gigi Perez “Sailor Song” At the Beach, In Every Life
Mt. Joy “In The Middle (feat. Gigi Pere)” Hope We Have Fun
Hour Two
Sade “Smooth Operator” Diamond Life
Richard Ashcroft “Lover” Lovin’ You
Oasis “Live Forever” Definitely Maybe
Phoenix “Lisztomania” Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Fitz & The Tantrums “6am” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Lucius “Old Tape” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Sarah McLachlan “Good Enough” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Kurt Vile & Luke Roberts “classic love” Classic Love EP
Waxahatchee “Lilacs” Saint Cloud
David Byrne “Everybody Laughs” Who Is The Sky
Natalia Clavier “Volar” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Of Monsters and Men “Ordinary Creature” single
Sam Fender “People Watching” People Watching
The Waterboys “The Whole Of The Moon” This Is The Sea