World Cafe Playlist for 09/02/2020

Encore: Macy Gray joins host Talia Schlanger

Macy Gray’s 1999 hit song “I Try” made her into a massive star and Grammy award-winner. But those who have followed her career know that some of her best songs arrived in the twenty years since. She’s consistently grown, changed, and reinvented herself with new music, and her latest album, Ruby, is proof. Hear the amazing story of how her whole career almost never happened; she was a single mom of three when she got her big break. Plus, she performs songs with her band.

*Kate Bush “Running Up That Hill” Hounds of Love

Macy Gray “Buddha” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Macy Gray “Hey Young World, Pt. 2” the id

Aretha Franklin “Don’t Play The Song” Spirit In The Dark

Macy Gray “Shenanigans” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Macy Gray “White Man” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Macy Gray “I Try” On How Life Is

Macy Gray “Over You” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

The Record Company “Off The Ground” Give It Back To You

Michaela Anne “Run Away With Me” Desert Dove

Natalie Merchant “Just Can’t Last” Mother Land

Hour Two
*Taylor Swift “exile (featuring bon iver)” folklore

Arlo Parks “Black Dog” Black Dog (single)

The Lumineers “Gloria” III

Future Islands “For Sure” As Long As You Are

The Cure “Lovesong” Disintegration

Ray LaMontagne “Strong Enough” Monovision

Bonnie Raitt “Give It Up Or Let Me Go” Give It Up

The War and Treaty “Five More Minutes” Hearts Town

Nicole Atkins “Mind Eraser” Italian Ice

Low Cut Connie “Private Lives” Private Lives

Portugal The Man “Tomorrow” At Home With The Kids

The Go-Go’s “Club Zero” Club Zero (single)

The Smiths “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” The Queen Is Dead

Jane’s Addiction “Jane Says” Nothing’s Shocking

*Optional Song