Bartees Strange joins host Raina Douris

As a kid, Bartees Strange would watch scary movies in an attempt to conquer fear. On his new album, Horror, the Baltimore-based musician embraces the many facets of that emotion. Bartees Strange joins us on the World Cafe to talk about crafting Horror, from working with Jack Antonoff, to writing about stability and being a Black musician in the predominantly white indie-rock sphere.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Tedeschi Trucks Band “Midnight in Harlem” Revelator
Bartees Strange “Sober” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Bartees Strange “Too Much” Horror
Bartees Strange “Baltimore” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
The Flaming Lips “The Wizard Turns On” At War With The Mystics
Bartees Strange “Backseat Banton” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Bartees Strange “17” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Phoebe Bridgers “Smoke Signals” Stranger in the Alps
Dr. Dog “Talk is Cheap” Dr. Dog
Feist “1234” The Reminder
Kacey Musgraves “Deeper Well” Deeper Well
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats “Call Me (Whatever You Like)” South of Here

Hour Two
Tom Petty “Don’t Come Around Here No More” Southern Accents
Charley Crockett “Lonesome Drifter” Lonesome Drifter
Creedence Clearwater Revival “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” Cosmo’s Factory
The Allman Brothers “Jessica” Brothers and Sisters
Aimee Mann “Voices Carry” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Angelique Kidjo “Crosseyed and Painless” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Fontaines D.C. “It’s Amazing to Be Young” (single)
Blur “Coffee and T.V.” 13
Counting Crows “Spaceman in Tulsa” Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets!
Angelique Kidjo “Samba Pa Ti” WC Recording
Panda Bear “Ferry Lady” Sinister Grift
Father John Misty “I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All” Mahashmashana