Tom Morello joins host Stephen Kallao

Tom Morello loves being in a band – as you can tell from Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave – but he also loves writing music as a solo artist. On the next World Cafe, he talks about how his two new Atlas Underground records are the best of both worlds, bringing together a variety of artists around his guitar work. Plus, he highlights an artist he sees as carrying forward the mission of Rage Against the Machine.  

*Tom Petty “Room At The Top” Echo
Tom Morello “Raising Hell (feat. Ben Harper)” The Atlas Underground Flood
Tom Morello “Human (feat. Barns Courtney)” The Atlas Underground Flood
Tom Morello “On The Shore Of Eternity (feat. Sama’ Abdulhadi)” The Atlas Underground Fire
Tom Morello “Highway To Hell (feat. Bruce Springsteen & Eddie Vedder)” The Atlas Underground Fire
Tom Morello “Hold The Line (feat. Grandson)” The Atlas Underground Fire
R.E.M. “Man On The Moon” Automatic For The People
Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen “Like I Used To” Like I Used To (single)
Bleachers “Stop Making This Hurt” Take The Sadness Out Of Saturday Night
Wet Leg “Chaise Longue” Wet Leg
Eddie & The Hot Rods “Do Anything You Wanna Do” Life On The Line
Aimee Mann “Fifty Years After The Fair” Whatever

Hour Two
*Rufus Wainwright “I Don’t Know What It Is” Want One
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Quattro (World Drifts In)” Raise The Roof
Calexico “Cumbia De Donde” Edge Of The Sun
Mitski “The Only Heartbreaker” Laurel Hell
The Black Keys “Lonely Boy” El Camino
Dope Lemon “Rose Pink Cadillac” Rose Pink Cadillac
Whitney “No Matter Where We Go” Light Upon The Lake
Lucinda Williams “Protection” Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
The Record Company “How High” Play Loud
Gary Clark Jr. “Bright Lights” Blak And Blu
Tears For Fears “My Girls” My Girls (single)
Brandi Carlile “You And Me On The Rock” In These Silent Days
Kacey Musgraves “Justified” Star-Crossed
Sarah Mclachlan “Sweet Surrender” Surfacing

*Optional Song