The Softies joins host Raina Douris

Sometimes you just need a hug. And that’s exactly what the music of The Softies feels like. The Softies are a duo of Rose Melberg and Jen Sbragia, and on the World Cafe, they talk about how they met and started making music in the mid-90s, and why they felt like the world was ready for a new album from The Softies 24 years after making their last one. They also perform songs from their new album The Bed I Made, live.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

beabadoobee “Talk” Beatopia

Pavement “Gold Soundz” Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

The Softies “I Said What I Said” The Bed I Made

The Softies “Dial Tone” The Bed I Made

The Softies “Loveseat” Loveseat

Kacey Musgraves “Butterflies” Golden Hour

The Softies “Sleep Away Your Troubles” The Bed I Made

The Softies “California Highway 99″ The Bed I Made

Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White “Look at What the Light Did Now” WC Recording)

Annie Lennox “Walking On Broken Glass” Diva

Black Pumas “Ice Cream (Pay Phone)” Chronicles of A Diamond

Liz Phair “Good Side” Soberish

Hour Two
Steely Dan “Hey Nineteen” Guaco

Leif Vollebekk “Rock and Roll” Revelation

Ben Folds Five “Alice Childress” Ben Folds Five

Bob Marley and The Wailers “Lively Up Yourself

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats “S.O.B.” WC Recording

The War and The Treaty “Healing Tide” Live at The World Cafe

Gin Blossoms “Allison Road” Recorded live For World Cafe

Fontaines D.C. “Here’s The Thing” Romance

The Who “I Can See for Miles” The Who Sell Out

The National “Mistaken for Strangers” Boxer

The National “Bloodbuzz Ohio” WC Recording

The Heavy Heavy “Feel” One Of A Kind

Brittany Howard “What Now” What now

The Decemberists “The Perfect Crime #2” The Crane Wife

Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Burning” Cool It Down