Trupa Trupa joins host Stephen Kallao

On their latest record Mourners, Polish rock band Trupa Trupa wasn’t afraid to confront their country’s past. On the World Cafe, frontman Gregory Kwiatkowski talks about how that history has shaped his own life, and why he sees music not only as a way to reflect on the past, but also as a way to resist hatred in today’s world.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Death Cab For Cutie “No Sunlight” Narrow Stairs
Ingrid Michaelson “The Way I Am” Girls And Boys
Trupa Trupa “Sister Ray” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Trupa Trupa “Looking For” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Trupa Trupa “No More” Mourners
Sharon Van Etten “Taking Chances” Are We There
Trupa Trupa “Backwards Water” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Trupa Trupa “Mourners” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Tame Impala “Lost In Yesterday” The Slow Rush
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros “Home” Up From Below
Waxahatchee “Much Ado About Nothing” Much Ado About Nothing (single)
The Avett Brothers “Head Full of Doubt, Road Full of Promise” I And Love And You

Hour Two
The Police “King Of Pain” Synchronicity
Lorde “What Was That” (single)
Kate Bush “Runnin Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” Hounds Of Love
The Beatles “The Ballad Of John And Yoko” Past Masters Vol. 2
Father John Misty “I’m Writing a Novel” Fear Fun
The Rolling Stones “Sympathy For The Devil” Beggars Banquet
Momma “I Want You (Fever)” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Donavon Frankenreiter “Move By Yourself” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Haim “Relationships” Relationships (single)
Hot Chip “Ready For The Floor” Made In The Dark
The Heavy Heavy “Happiness” One of a Kind
Baio “Needs” WC Recording
Pulp “Spike Island” More
PJ Harvey “Dress” Dry
Beth Orton “Concrete Sky” Daybreaker
Wednesday “Quarry” Rat Saw God