World Cafe Playlist for 09/10/2019

Lee Fields joins host Talia Schlanger

After releasing his first single 50 years ago, today’s guest shares songs from his 2019 album, It Rains Love. It’s Lee Fields. He’s holding down the fort in an ever-shrinking circle of classic era soul singers, with one of the heaviest bands around – The Expressions. We’ll hear a live performance from them today. And Lee tells stories about growing up in North Carolina, where his parents ran a speakeasy on the weekends, and we’ll hear about the advice legendary preacher and singer, Solomon Burke, had for him.

*Suzanne Vega “Solitude Standing” Solitude Standing

Lee Fields “It Rains Love” Recorded Live for The World Cafe

Lee Fields “You’re What’s Needed in My Life” Recorded Live for The World Cafe

James Brown “Out Of Sight” Out Of Sight

Lee Fields “Blessed with the Best” Recorded Live for The World Cafe

Norah Jones “Don’t Know Why” Come Away With Me

k. d. lang “Helpess” Hymns Of The 49th Parallel

Michael Kiwanuka “You Ain’t The Problem” Kiwanuka

Brittany Howard “Stay High” Jaime

Preservation Hall Jazz Band “Keep Your Head Up (feat. Eme Alfonso)” A Tuba To Cuba

Angelique Kidjo “Batonga” Logozo

David Bryne “Neighborhood” Look Into The Eyeball

Hour Two
*U2 “With Or Without You” The Joshua Tree

Elizabeth King and the Gospel Souls “Stretch Out” The D-Vine Spiritual Recordings

Bo Diddley “Hey Bo Diddley” Bo Diddley

The Sensational Barnes Brothers “I Am Trying To Go Home” Nobody’s Fault But My Own

Robert Randolph & The Family Band “Baptise Me” Brighter Days

The National “Fake Empire” Boxer

Sharon Van Etten “Comeback Kid” Remind Me Tomorrow

Jay Som “Tenderness” Anak Ko

Guster “Careful” Keep It Together

The Cure “Just Like Heaven” Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

Tame Impala “Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind?” Innerspeaker

Leif Vollebekk “Hot Tears” New Ways

Fiona Apple “Better Version Of Me” Extraordinary Machine

Allison Moorer “The Rock And The Hill” Blood

Iron and Wine “Boy With A Coin” The Shepard’s Dog

Warren Zevon “Backs Turned Looking Down The Path” Warren Zevon

*Optional Song