Encore: Adrian Quesada joins host Stephen Kallao

Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas has released his first official solo album. It all started when he discovered a Peruvian pop band on the radio named Los Pasteles Verdes. Their 1960s experimentation with traditional bolero music sent Adrian down a rabbit hole leading to the new record, called Boleros Psicodélicos. He shares that story on the next World Cafe, as well as his first introduction to hip hop, and what it was like growing up on the Texas-Mexico border.

Stream the complete show here

*Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy” Blue Lines

Adrian Quesada “Mentiras Con Cariño” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Los Pasteles Verdes “Esclavo Y Amo” Esclavo Y Amo

Jose Jose “Buscando Una Sonrisa” Buscando Una Sonrisa

Adrian Quesada “Idolo” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Adrian Quesada “El Payaso” Boleros Psicodélicos

Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock “It Takes Two” It Takes Two

Adrian Quesada “El Muchacho” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Beth Orton “Fractals” Weather Alive

Wilco “Jesus Etc.” Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Bartees Strange “Heavy Heart” Farm To Table

Willie Nelson & Lucinda Williams “Live Forever” Live Forever: A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver

Dr. John “Locked Down” Locked Down

Hour Two
*The Avett Brothers “I And Love And You” I And Love And You

Calexico “Cumbia Peninsula” El Mirador

Spoon “Wild” Lucifer On The Sofa

Alex G “Mission” God Save The Animals

LCD Soundsystem “New Body Rhumba” White Noise OST

Goose “Dripfield” Dripfield

Grateful Dead “Eyes Of The World” Wake Of The Flood

Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Burning” Cool It Down

Love And Rockets “So Alive” Love And Rockets

Otis Redding “Respect” Otis Blue

Angie McMahon “Keeping Time” Salt

Langhorne Slim “Mighty Soul” Strawberry Mansion

Hozier “Take Me To Church” Hozier

*Optional Song