World Cafe Playlist for 12/30/2025

Hannah Cohen joins host Stephen Kallao

To celebrate the year that was, we’re listening back to some of our favorite sessions of 2025. Though it sounds like Laurel Canyon, Hannah Cohen’s latest album took root in her adopted home of the Catskill Mountains. On the World Cafe, Cohen talks about her record, Earthstar Mountain, named after a local mushroom. Plus, she performs live.

Today’s Playlist

Coldplay “God Put A Smile Upon Your Face” A Rush of Blood to the Head

Hannah Cohen “Earthstar” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Hannah Cohen “Draggin’” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Sam Evian “Dark Love” Premium

Hannah Cohen “Mountain” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Chico Barque & Ennio Moriconne “Funerale di un Contadino” Per un pugno di samba

Hannah Cohen “Summer Sweat” Earthstar Mountain

Hannah Cohen “Rag” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Big Thief “Simulation Swarm” Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You

The National “Mistaken For Strangers” Boxer

Hozier “Eat Your Young” Unreal Unearth

The Cure “Alone” Songs of A Lost World

Hour Two

Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy” Blue Lines

Herb Alpert “Sh-Boom” 50

Herb Alpert “Dancing Down 50th Street” WC Recording

The Carpenters “(They Long To Be) Close To You” Close To You

Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass “A Taste of Honey” Whipped Cream & Other Delights

Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass “Ladyfingers” Whipped Cream & Other Delights

Herb Alpert “Rise” Rise

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass “Ladyfingers” Whipped Cream & Other Delights

The Police “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic” Ghost In The Machine

Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun” Superunknown

Captain & Tennille “Love Will Keep Us Together” Love Will Keep Us Together

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass “Spanish Flea” Going Places

Supertramp “Breakfast In America” Breakfast In America

The Go-Go’s “Vacation” Vacation