World Cafe Playlist for 12/15/2025
John Morrison joins host Raina Douris
Fifty years ago, the world got funkier when Parliament landed with their fourth album, Mothership Connection. Correspondent John Morrison talks about that record, and how George Clinton’s bands were pioneers, not just in music, but in creative world building.
Today’s Playlist
The Strokes “Is This It” Is This It
The Primitives “Crash” Lovely
Parliament “Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off This Sucker)” Mothership Connection
Parliament “Mothership Connection (Starchild)” Mothership Connection
Parliament “Unfunky UFO” Mothership Connection
De La Soul “Me Myself and I” 3 Feet High and Rising
Mavis Staples “Can You Get to That” One True Vine
Brittany Howard “You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks” Spotify Singles
Red Hot Chili Peppers “Hollywood (Africa)” Freaky Styley
Tedeschi Trucks Band “Part of Me” WC Recording
Tyler Ballgame “I Believe In Love” For The First Time, Again
Nicole Atkins “The Way It Is” Neptune City
Counting Crows “Spaceman In Tulsa” Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets
Daryl Hall & John Oates “She’s Gone” Abandoned Luncheonette
Thee Sacred Souls “Easier Said Than Done” Thee Sacred Souls
Hour Two
Elton John “Rocket Man” Live Aid (Live, July 13 1985 at the Wembley)
Winterpills “Lean In The Wind” This Is How We Dance
R.E.M. “Shiny Happy People” Out Of Time
The B-52’s “Roam” Cosmic Thing
Say She She “Disco Life” Cut & Rewind
Ray Lamontagne “The Changing Man” WC Recording
The Head and the Heart “Shake” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Alt-J “Tessellate” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Courtney Barnett “Stay in Your Lane” single
Alanis Morissette “All I Really Want” Jagged Little Pill
Michigander “Giving Up” Michigander
The Roots “The Seed 2.0” Phrenology
Lucinda Williams “The World’s Gone Wrong” World’s Gone Wrong
Bob Dylan “Tryin’ To Get To Heaven” Time Out of Mind
The Black Keys “Little Black Submarines” El Camino