The Harlem Gospel Travelers join host Raina Douris

Gospel music has always offered hope in hard times, a light in the dark…And when the world was getting him down, singer Ifedayo Thomas Gatling of The Harlem Gospel Travelers started writing music for their new album, called Look Up! He shared songwriting duties with Eli “Paperboy” Reed, who also performs with the Travelers and started out as their music teacher. We’ll hear that story on the World Cafe and find out how the tumult of the last few years inspired the hopeful songs on the new record

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*Peter Gabriel “Sledgehammer” So
Harlem Gospel Travelers “Look Up!” Recorded Live For World Cafe
Harlem Gospel Travelers “Nothing But His Love” Recorded Live For World Cafe
Harlem Gospel Travelers “Fight On!” Recorded Live For World Cafe
Harlem Gospel Travelers “Hold Your Head Up” Recorded Live For World Cafe
Blind Boys Of Alabama “Higher Ground” Higher Ground
Stevie Wonder “Sir Duke” Songs In The Key Of Life
Margo Price “Change of Heart” Strays
The War On Drugs “Pain” A Deeper Understanding

Hour Two
*Bruce Springsteen “Nightshift” Only The Strong Survive
The 1975 “I’m In Love with You” Being Funny In A Foreign Language
The Go-Betweens “Streets Of Your Town” 16 Lovers Lane
Spoon “On The Radio” Lucifer On The Sofa
Steely Dan “Time Out Of Mind” Gaucho
Scott McMicken & the Ever Expanding “Another One” Another One (single)
Jimmy Cliff “You Can Get It If You Really Want” The Harder They Come
Weyes Blood “It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody” And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
Air “Playground Love” The Virgins Suicides Soundtrack
Camper Van Beethoven “Pictures Of Matchstick Men” Key Lime Pie
Natalie Merchant “Carnival” Tigerlily
Shelby Lynne “Your Lies” I Am Shelby Lynne
Josh Ritter “Snow Is Gone” Hello Starling

*Optional Song