World Cafe Playlist for 01/24/2020

Stephen Thompson joins hosts Raina Douris and Stephen Kallao for a Grammy Awards roundtable

The 62nd annual Grammy Awards are happening this Sunday, and World Cafe hosts Raina Douris and Stephen Kallao review a bunch of their favorite nominees today. They’ll cover a range of award categories and genres, with music from Brittany Howard, Tyler Childers, J.S. Ondara, Rhiannon Giddens, and more. Plus, NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson, co-host of the podcast “Pop Culture Happy Hour”, stops by to weigh in on nominees for Record of the Year, Best New Artist, and Album of the Year. That’s coming up, on the next World Cafe.



*Living Colour “Cult Of Personality” Vivid
Billie Eilish “Bad Guy” When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Black Pumas “Black Moon Rising” Black Pumas
Billie Eilish “Bad Guy” When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Lizzo “Truth Hurts” Cuz I Love You
Tank and the Bangas “Nice Things” Green Balloon
Lil Nas X “Old Town Road (Remix)” 7
Brittany Howard “History Repeats” Jaime
Gary Clark Jr. “This Land” This Land
Bon Iver “Hey, Ma” i, i
Lil Nas X “Old Town Road (Remix)” 7
Lizzo “Truth Hurts” Cuz I Love You
Lil Nas X “Old Town Road (Remix)” 7
Ariana Grande “Thank U, Next” Thank U, Next
Lizzo “Juice” Cuz I Love You
Cage The Elephant “Night Running” Social Cues
Tyler Childers “All Your’n” Country Squire
H.E.R. “Hard Place” I Used To Know Her
Lana Del Rey “Mariners Apartment Complex” Norman Fing Rockwell
The Highwomen “Redesigning Women” The Highwomen
Bon Iver “iMi” i, i
Sharon Van Etten “Seventeen” Remind Me Tomorrow
Brittany Howard “Stay High” Jaime
Vampire Weekend “Harmony Hall” Father of the Bride
Pistol Annies “Interstate Gospel” Interstate Gospel
Rhiannon Giddens “I’m On My Way” There Is No Other
J.S. Ondara “American Dream” Tales Of America

Hour Two
*Emmylou Harris “I Don’t Want To Talk About It Now” Red Dirt Girl
Dolly Parton “Jolene” Jolene
Carly Simon “That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be” Carly Simon
Grace Jones “Pull Up To The Bumper” Nightclubbing
Bjork “Human Behavior” Debut
Indigo Girls “Galileo” Rites Of Passage
Annie Lennox “Walking On Broken Glass” Diva
Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker” Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Carla Thomas “B-A-B-Y” Carla
The Runaways “Cherry Bomb” The Runaways
PJ Harvey “Sheela-Na-Gig” Dry
Sandy Denny “It’ll Take A Long Time” Sandy
Roberta Flack “Killing Me Softly With His Song” Killing Me Softly
The Carpenters “Yesterday Once More” Now & Then

*Optional Song