World Cafe Playlist for 09/01/2026
Conor Donovan, Aaron Rowe, Muireann Bradley, and Amble join host Raina Douris
On Tuesday nights, there’s usually a line stretching down the block outside of Doyle’s Pub, right across from Trinity College in Dublin. This crowd of eager music fans are hoping to squeeze into a 100-person capacity, candlelit room, where they’ll sit on tightly packed stools and watch… well… that part they don’t know. For 27 years – the artists booked to play The Ruby Sessions – has been a weekly secret. Sometimes you’ll catch someone totally unknown– sometimes, you’ll be treated to a set from a huge star – like Ed Sheeran or Hozier. Today for our Sense of Place: Dublin series, you get to go right to the front of that line for a very special Ruby Sessions recorded live for the World Cafe, and an interview with emcee and co-founder Conor Donovan.
Listen to the session here.
Today’s Playlist
U2 “With or Without You” The Joshua Tree
Ed Sheeran “The A Team (instrumental)” +
Hozier “Like Real People Do (instrumental)” Hozier
James Vincent McMorrow “This Old Dark Machine” Early in the Morning
James Blunt “You’re Beautiful” Back to Bedlam
Madonna “Like a Virgin” Like a Virgin
Cyndi Lauper “True Colors” True Colors
Cyndi Lauper “I Drove All Night” True Colors
Divinyls “I Touch Myself” Divinyls
The Bangles “Eternal Flame” Everything
Hozier “From Eden” WC Recording
Aaron Rowe “Johns Song” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Aaron Rowe “Hey Ma” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Muireann Bradley “Not Going Back” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Muireann Bradley “When the Levee Breaks” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Muireann Bradley “No Name Blues” Recorded Live for World Cafe
The Cranberries “Zombie” No Need To Argue
Amble “Of Land and Sea” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Amble “Lonely Island” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Amble “The Swell” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Amble “Poets Run The Land” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Amble “Moral Victory” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Hour Two
Nada Surf “Inside of Love” Let Go
The Womack Sisters “Chauffer” The Womack Sisters
Charles Bradley “Changes” Changes
Tame Impala “Dracula” Deadbeat
mary in the junkyard “Blood” Role Model Hermit
Grateful Dead “Brokedown Palace” American Beauty
Bob Weir “Jack Straw” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Darlingside “White Horses” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Role Model “High Hopes 3000” Chuck Timely & The Hourglass
Aimee Mann “Put Me On Top” Whatever
Lake Street Dive “Stop Your Crying” WC Recording
The Beatles “All My Loving” Meet The Beatles!
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)” Raising Sand
Jobi Riccio “Buzzkill” Face the Feeling
Fiona Apple “Under the Table” Fetch the Bolt Cutters