World Cafe Playlist for 12/30/2019

Encore: Pete Townshend (HR 1), Raphael Saadiq (HR 2)

World Cafe returns to some of the year’s best interviews as 2019 comes to a close. Today, it’s Pete Townshend, who has a new album with The Who and has published his first ever novel, The Age of Anxiety. Pete talks about how the book relates to The Who’s classic rock opera, Tommy, and what he’d now say to his younger self – the one who wrote the line, “I hope I die before I get old.” Then in the second hour, Raphael Saadiq discusses his latest album, Jimmy Lee, named for his late brother, and reflects on working with Stevie Wonder, Kendrick Lamar, and Solange.

*The Who “5:15” Quadrophenia

Pete Townshend “Face The Face” White City

The Who “Overture” Tommy

The Who “Amazing Journey” Tommy

The Who “Sensation” Tommy

The Who “See Me, Feel Me” Then And Now

The Who “Baba O’ Riley” Who’s Next

The Who “All This Music Must Fade” Who

The Who “My Generation” Then And Now

The Who “Ball And Chain” Who

Pete Townshend “The Sea Refuses No River” All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes

Hour Two
*Joan Osborne “Running Out Of Time” Righteous Love

Raphael Saadiq “Something Keeps Calling” Jimmy Lee

Raphael Saadiq “Glory to the Veins” Jimmy Lee

Raphael Saadiq “So Ready” Jimmy Lee

Stevie Wonder “Golden Lady” Innervisions

Raphael Saadiq “Rearview” Jimmy Lee

Solange “Cranes In The Sky” Seat At The Table

Raphael Saadiq “I’m Feeling Love” Jimmy Lee

Citizen Cope “Son’s Gonna Rise” The Clarence Greenwood Recordings

Bob Marley & The Wailers “Jamming” Exodus

Grace Potter “Love Is Love” Daylight

Al Green “Tired Of Being Alone” Al Green Gets Next To You

Michael Kiwanuka “You Ain’t The Problem” Kiwanuka

Ray Lamontagne & The Pariah Dogs “Repo Man” God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise

*Optional Song