World Cafe Playlist for 12/21/2021

John Morrison’s Culture Corner with host Raina Douris

The end of the year is coming fast, and the “Best Of” lists are starting to pile up. Culture Corner commentator John Morrison explores his top picks of the year – some you may know and a few you may not. Plus, he explains just how he narrows it down to his five favorites.

*Japanese Breakfast “Savage Good Boy” Jubilee

Mitski “Working For The Knife” Laurel Hill

Figmore “Rosie” Jumbo Street

Emma-Jean Thackray “Venus” Yellow

Little Simz “Woman (feat. Cleo Soul)” Sometimes I Might Be Introvert

Lushlife “Depaysement (feat. Dälek, Irreversible Entanglements)” Redamancy

Common “When We Move (Feat. Black Thought, Seun Kuti)” A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2

The War On Drugs “Harmonia’s Dream” I Don’t Live Here Anymore

Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen “Like I Used To” Like I Used To (single)

Wet Leg “Chaise Longue” Wet Leg

Lucy Dacus “Brando” Home Video

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Searching For My Love” Raise The Roof

Hour Two
*Waxahatchee “Arkadelphia” Saint Cloud

The Weather Station “Robber” Ignorance

Allison Russell “Nightflyer” Outside Child

Strand Of Oaks “Jimi & Stan” In Heaven

Jackson + Sellers “Waste Your Time” Breaking Point

Arlo Parks “Black Dog” Collapsed In Sunbeams

Adele “Easy On Me” 30

Band Of Horses “Crutch” Things Are Great

Parquet Courts “Walking At A Downtown Pace” Sympathy For Life

The Felice Brothers “Jazz On The Autobahn” From Dreams To Dust

Lord Huron “Not Dead Yet” Long Lost

Geese “Low Era” Projector

Adia Victoria “Magnolia Blues” A Southern Gothic

Brandi Carlile “You And Me On The Rock” In These Silent Days

*Optional Song

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