World Cafe Playlist for 05/01/2020

Steve Earle joins host Raina Douris

Steve Earle is a songwriter and musician – but he’s also a storyteller. Many of the songs on his upcoming album, Ghosts of West Virginia, were written for the play Coal Country, which tells the true story of a 2010 mining disaster in West Virginia. He not only scored the play, he was also performing in it on stage before the COVID-19 crisis caused New York City theaters to close. Steve joins host Raina Douris to talk about the future of Coal Country today, and he performs songs from Ghosts of West Virginia live.

*Adele “Someone Like You” 21
Steve Earle “Devil Put The Coal in the Ground” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Gordon Lightfoot “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” Summertime Dream
Steve Earle “It’s About Blood” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Steve Earle “John Henry Was A Steel Drivin’ Man” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Neko Case “Train From Kansas City” The Tigers Have Spoken
Illiterate Light “Sometimes Love Takes So Long” Illiterate Light
Vampire Weekend “Unbelievers” Modern Vampires of the City
Chicano Batman “Color My Life” Invisible People
Shuggie Otis “Inspiration Information” Inspiration Information
Fitz & The Tantrums “Don’t Gotta Work It Out” Pickin’ Up The Pieces

Hour Two
*The Church “Under The Milky Way” Starfish
Dacey “I’ll Be There” Single
Kacey Musgraves “High Horse” Golden Hour
Tre Burt “Real You” Caught It From The Rye
Feist “1234” The Reminder
Local Natives “When Am I Gonna Lose You” Violet Street
Ten Kills The Pack “Talk My Ear Off” Talk My Ear Off
Simon & Garfunkel “The Boxer” Bridge Over Troubled Water
The Lone Bellow “Then Came The Morning” Then Came The Morning
Brittany Howard “You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks” Spotify Singles
Mavis Staples “Can You Get To That” One True Vine
Ken Boothe “Ain’t No Sunshine” Black Gold & Green
Andrew Bird “Capital Crimes” Capital Crimes (Single)
Bob Marley & The Wailers “Is This Love” Kaya
Dirty Projectors “Overlord” Overlord (single)

*Optional Song