Robert Randolph at Americana Music Festival with host Raina Douris

Robert Randolph and The Family Band combine the raucous spirit of Saturday night with the Holy Spirit of Sunday morning! The literal family band’s latest album, Brighter Days, sizzles with their signature blend of rock and R&B with the gospel tradition of sacred steel. World Cafe brought back highlight performances from this year’s Americana Music Festival in Nashville, and we’ll hear them all this week – Kicking it off today with Robert Randolph and The Family Band’s joyous, high energy set.

*Beach House “Gila” Devotion

Robert Randolph and the Family Band “Cut Em Loose” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Robert Randolph and the Family Band “Second Hand Man” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Robert Randolph and the Family Band “I Thank You” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Robert Randolph and the Family Band “Baptise Me” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe “Up Above My Head” The Gospel of the Blues

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram “Outside of this Town” Kingfish

The Rolling Stones “Let’s Spend the Night Together” Forty Licks

Caamp “Peach Fuzz” By & By

Calexico “Alone Again Or” Convict Pool EP

Love “7 and 7 Is” De Capo

The Black Keys “Shine A Little Light” Let’s Rock

Sheryl Crow “Love Is A Good Thing” Sheryl Crow

Hour Two
*Chris Isaak “Wicked Game” Heart Shaped World

Leif Vollebekk “Hot Tears” New Ways

Vampire Weekend “Harmony Hall” Father of the Bride

Illiterate Light “Better Than I Used To” Illiterate Light

Florence and the Machine “Shake It Out” Ceremonials

Norah Jones “Come Away With Me” Come Away With Me

David Wax Museum “Uncover The Gold” Line of Light

The Decemberists “O Valencia” The Crane Wife

The Highwomen “Crowded Table” The Highwomen

Beck “Uneventful Days” Hyperspace

Emmylou Harris “I Don’t Wanna Talk About It Now” Red Dirt Girl

Michaela Anne “By Our Design” Desert Dove

Bob Marley & The Wailers “Waiting In Vain” Exodus

The Smiths “Bigmouth Strikes Again” The Queen Is Dead

*Optional Song