MRCY Mini Concert

It’s hard not to have your soul shaken by the electric performance of South London band MRCY. Singer Kojo Degraft-Johnson and producer Barney Lister first connected during the COVID lockdowns over their shared love of Northern Soul and Motown, and that passion is on full display on their debut project, Volume 1. On the next World Cafe, you’ll hear a mini concert from MRCY recorded live in Philadelphia.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
The Avett Brothers “I And Love And You” Live at SXSW 2009
MRCY “R.L.M.” Recorded for World Cafe
MRCY “Lorelei” Recorded for World Cafe
MRCY “Days Like These” Recorded for World Cafe
Neneh Cherry “Move With Me” Homebrew
Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy” Blue Lines
Kacey Musgraves “Cardinal” Deeper Well
Crowded House “Something So Strong” Crowded House
The Heavy Heavy “Happiness” One Of A Kind
Johnny Blue Skies “If The Sun Never Rises Again” Passage Du Desir
Dire Straits “So Far Away” Brothers In Arms
Neko Case “People Got A Lotta Nerve” Middle Cyclone
The Suffers “Make Some Room” Make Some Room

Hour Two
The War and Treaty “Stealing A Kiss” single
The Dip “Doing The Thing” Love Direction
Brittany Howard “What Now” What Now
The Cure “The Head On The Door” Close To Me
Hippo Campus “Paranoid” Flood
The Blue Nile “Heatwave” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Gorillaz “Stylo” World Cafe Session 4/23/10
Mt. Joy “Rearrange Us (Live at The Salt Shed)” Live At The Salt Shed
Merce Lemon “Backyard Lover” Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild
Richard Thompson “When The Spell Is Broken” Across A Crowded Room
10,000 Maniacs “Trouble Me” Blind Man’s Zoo