World Cafe Playlist for 12/29/2023
Mitski with host Raina Douris; Natalie Merchant with host Stephen Kallao
As part of our Best Interviews of 2023, join World Cafe for a conversation with Mitski. Mitski discusses her latest record, The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We, and talks about the last few years – which included an Oscar nomination for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Then, Natalie Merchant shares the story of losing her voice after surgery, and the long road back to recording her latest album, Keep Your Courage.
Today’s Playlist
The La’s “There She Goes” The La’s
The Clash “Brand New Cadillac” London Calling
Mitski “Bug Like an Angel” The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We
Mitski “Heaven” The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We
Son Lux, Mitski, David Byrne “This is a Life” Everything Everywhere All At Once
Mitski “Buffalo Replaced” The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We
Mitski “I Don’t Like My Mind” The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We
Mitski “My Love Mine All Mine” The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We
Blur “There’s No Other Way” Leisure
Janelle Monae “Tightrope” The ArchAndroid
Genesis Owusu “Tied Up!” STRUGGLER
Wall of Voodoo “Mexican Radio” Call of The West
Hour Two
Bruce Hornsby & The Range “The Way It Is” The Way It Is
Natalie Merchant “Come On (Aphrodite)” Recorded Live for The World Cafe
Natalie Merchant “Narcissus” Recorded Live for The World Cafe
{Laura Marling “Ghosts” Alas I Cannot Swim}
Natalie Merchant “Big Girls” Recorded Live for The World Cafe
Natalie Merchant “Tower of Babel” Recorded Live for The World Cafe
{Tedeschi Trucks Band “Part of Me” Recorded Live for the World Cafe}
Ghost on Ghost “Grace for Saints and Ramblers” Iron and Wine
Everything But The Girl “Missing” Amplified Heart
Michael Kiwanuka “One More Night” Love and Hate