Major Handy joins host Stephen Kallao

Take a trip to Louisiana’s Cajun Country with a new installment of World Cafe’s monthly series: Acadiana Music Showcase. For over 5 decades, Major Handy has been a fixture of the Louisiana blues and Zydeco scene, including playing with Otis Redding and being an original member of Buckwheat Zydeco. Major Handy joins us for the Acadiana Music Showcase.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
U2 “Stay (Faraway, So Close!)” Zooropa
Major Handy “Come on Home” WC Recording
Major Handy “Trail Ride” WC Recording
Major Handy “Girl, What Is That You’re Doing” WC Recording
The Neville Brothers “Yellow Moon” Yellow Moon
Ben Harper “With My Own Two Hands” Diamonds On The Inside
Mavis Staples “Wrote A Song For Everyone” You Are Not Alone
Japanese Breakfast “Mega Circuit” For Melancholy Brunettes
Strand Of Oaks “Somewhere in Chicago” In Heaven
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings “Empty Trainload of Sky” Woodland
Billy Taylor Trio “I Wish I Knew” Right Here, Right Now!
Dan Auerbach “King Of A One Horse Town” Waiting On A Song
Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory “Trouble” Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory
Depeche Mode “Walking In My Shoes” Songs of Truth and Devotion
The English Beat “Can’t Get Used to Losing You” I Just Can’t Stop It
Fontaines D.C. “Starburster” Romance
Blondshell “Two Times” If You Asked for a Picture

Hour Two
Fishbone “Everyday Sunshine” The Reality of My Surroundings
Chaparelle “Inside The Lines” Western Pleasure
Lake Street Drive “Call Off Your Dogs” Side Pony
Brittany Howard “What Now” What Now
Jamie xx “Loud Places” In Colour
The XX “Heart Skipped a Beat” XX
Lianne La Havas “Green and Gold” Live at the World Cafe
Bruce Hornsby “Talk Of The Town” –
Nickel Creek “When In Rome” Live at the World Cafe
Galactic and Irma Thomas “Where I Belong” Audience With the Queen
Massive Attack “Safe From Harm” Blue Lines
The Black Crowes “Remedy” The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion
My Morning Jacket “Compound Fracture” WC Recording
jasmine.4.t “Guy Fawkes Tesco Dissociation” You Are The Morning
Modest Mouse “Fire It Up” We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
The Cure “Boys Don’t Cry” Boys Don’t Cry
The Cranberries “Free To Decide” To The Faithful Departed