World Cafe Playlist for 10/20/2025

Bruce Springsteen joins host Raina Douris

On the World Cafe, we sit down with The Boss, the legend, and probably the biggest rock star alive right now. Bruce Springsteen talks about his 2021 studio album, Only The Strong Survive. The album is a collection of covers Springsteen recorded of some of his favourite soul and R&B songs by artists like Jerry Butler, Commodores and The Four Tops. Bruce talks about why he wanted to honor these artists and what it was like singing with Sam Moore of Sam & Dave

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Today’s Playlist

Pearl Jam “Release” Ten

Bruce Springsteen “Only The Strong Survive” Only The Strong Survive

Jerry Butler “Hey Western Union Man!” The Ice Man Cometh

Bruce Springsteen “Hey Western Union Man!” Only The Strong Survive

The Four Tops “When She Was My Girl” Reach Out

The Four Tops “7 Rooms of Gloom” Reach Out

Bruce Springsteen “7 Rooms of Gloom” Only The Strong Survive

Sam & Dave “When Something is Wrong With My Baby” Double Dynamite

Bruce Springsteen “Kitty’s Back” The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle

Bruce Springsteen “Soul Days” Only The Strong Survive

Wilson Pickett “In The Midnight Hour” In The Midnight Hour

Wilson Pickett “634-5789” The Exciting Wilson Pickett

Sam Cooke “Just For You” The Man and his Music

Bruce Springsteen “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen “Nightshift” Only The Strong Survive

Bruce Springsteen “Nightshift” Only The Strong Survive

Bruce Springsteen “Rosalita” The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle

Geese “100 Horses” Getting Killed

Vampire Weekend “Giving Up The Gun” Contra

Courtney Barnett “Avant Gardener” The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas

Hour Two

Fleet Foxes “Helplessness Blues” Helplessness Blues

Jeff Tweedy “Enough” Twilight Override

Alabama Shakes “Don’t Wanna Fight” Sound & Color

Rodney Crowell “Til I Gain Control Again” Collection

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings “What We Had” Woodland

Michael Kiwanuka “I Need Your Company” Tell Me A Tale – EP

Dawes “Fire Away” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Joan Osborne “St. Teresa” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

The Bones of J.R. Jones “Shameless” Radio Waves

Fitz & The Tantrums “Don’t Gotta Work It Out” Pickin’ Up the Pieces

John Mayer “Born and Raised” Born and Raised

Fiona Apple “Heart of Gold” Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young Vol. 1

Neil Young “Cinnamon Girl” Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory “Afterlife” Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory

Tracy Bonham “Mother, Mother” The Burdens of Being Upright