Josh Kantor joins host Raina Douris

The Boston Red Sox may be the main attraction at Fenway Park, the oldest MLB stadium in the country, but there’s another performance going on during game day. In another dispatch from World Cafe’s Sense of Place Boston series, you’ll meet Josh Kantor, the organist at Fenway Park since 2003. Kantor explains how he got the job, how he fields song requests, and why it helps to know the ins and outs of baseball. PLUS, what songs come to mind when you think about Boston? WUMB’s Albert O, host of Afternoons with Albert O., shares the essentials.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Tracy Chapman “Change” Where You Live
John Fogerty “Centerfield” Centerfield
The White Stripes “Blue Orchid” Get Behind Me Satan
John Fogerty “Centerfield” Centerfield
Chris Robinson Brotherhood “Forever Is The Moon” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Peter Wolf “Five O’Clock Angel” Sleepless
Morphine “Cure for Pain” Cure for Pain
Pixies “Monkey Gone to Heaven” Doolittle
Dropkick Murphy’s “Two 6’s Upside Down” This Machine Still Kills Fascists
The Modern Lovers “Roadrunner (Once)” The Modern Lovers
The XX “Heart Skipped a Beat” Recorded Live for World Cafe
The Lemonheads “It’s About Time” Come On Feel the Lemonheads
Boston “Foreplay / Long Time” Boston
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones “The Impression That I Get” Let’s Face It
The Del Fuegos “Don’t Run Wild” Boston, Mass.

Hour Two
Gillian Welch “Elvis Presley Blues” Time (The Revelator)
Orla Gartland “Little Chaos” Everybody Needs a Hero
Alabama Shakes “Hold On” Boys & Girls
Sheryl Crow “Soak Up The Sun” C’mon, C’mon
Leon Bridges “Laredo” Leon
Marcus King Band “Goodbye Carolina” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Judy Collins “Who Knows Where The Time Goes” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Charlotte Martin “Every Time It Rains” Recorded Live for World Cafe
The Dare “All Night” What’s Wrong With New York
Jeff Buckley “Grace” Grace
Lauren Mayberry “Something In The Air” Vicious Creature
Phoebe Bridgers “Funeral” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Leif Vollebekk “Rock and Roll” Revelation
Kacey Musgraves “Cardinal” Deeper Well
Grateful Dead “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo” Wake of The Flood