World Cafe Playlist for 12/02/2025
John Prine | photo by John Kurc | courtesy of artist
John Prine joins host Talia Schlanger
No one turned a phrase, cracked a joke, or broke hearts like the late great John Prine. In an encore edition of World Cafe, we’re revisiting our last ever session with John from 2018, where he talked about his early career as a songwriter in Chicago, the impact of some of his most enduring songs like “Sam Stone”, and he reflects on what would be his final studio album, The Tree of Forgiveness.
Today’s Playlist
Bruce Springsteen “Because The Night” Wells Fargo March 16 2023
John Prine (ft Brandi Carlile) “I Have Met My Love Today” The Tree of Forgiveness
Dan Auerbach “Waiting on a Song” Waiting on a Song
John Prine “Egg & Daughter Nite, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
John Prine “Boundless Love” The Tree of Forgiveness
John Prine “Everything is Cool” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Jason Isbell “If We Were Vampires” The Nashville Sound
John Prine “Lonesome Friends of Science” The Tree of Forgiveness
John Prine “Sam Stone” John Prine
John Prine “When I Get to Heaven” The Tree of Forgiveness
Kurt Vile “Wheelhouse” WC Recording
John Prine “Hello in There” John Prine
John Prine “Paradise” John Prine
John Prine “Summer’s End” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Hour Two
Social Distortion “California (Hustle and Flow)” Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes
Kings of Leon “To Space” EP #2
The National “Mistaken For Strangers” Boxer
Turnstile “SEEIN’ STARS” Never Enough
Waxahatchee “Light of A Clear Blue Morning” Saint Cloud
Margo Price “Weekender” WC Recording
Margo Price “Casey Jones” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Josh Ritter “Girl In The War” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Wednesday “Pick Up That Knife” Bleeds
Pearl Jam “Yellow Ledbetter” Lost Dogs
Blondshell “23’s a Baby” If You Asked For A Picture
Marcus King Band “Side Door” WC Recording
Geese “Cobra” Getting Killed
The Strokes “Last Nite” Is This It
Jason Isbell “Ride To Robert’s” Foxes in the Snow