World Cafe Playlist for 05/16/2025

Julien Baker & TORRES joins host Raina Douris

Julien Baker & Torres both grew up in the South, where country music was always around – but it took them teaming up with each other – to start writing their own. On the World Cafe, they talk about making their new country album Send a Prayer My Way and about how their appreciation of the genre has changed over the years.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Beck “Bottle Of Blues” Mutations
Julien Baker & TORRES “Sugar in the Tank” Send a Prayer My Way
Julien Baker & TORRES “Bottom of a Bottle” Send a Prayer My Way
Julien Baker & TORRES “Tuesday” Send a Prayer My Way
Suzanne Vega “Crack In The Wall” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Macy Gray “I Try” On How Life Is
Brittany Howard “What Now” What Now
Jade Jackson “Finish Line” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
The Beths “Metal” Metal (single)
The Go-Betweens “Streets Of Your Town” 16 Lovers Lane
Portugal. The Man “Feel It Still” Woodstock

Hour Two
World Party “When The Rainbow Comes” Goodbye Jumbo
Lorde “What Was That” (single)
Portishead “Sour Times” Dummy
LCD Soundsystem “Home” This Is Happening
tune-yards “Heartbreak” Better Dreaming
tune-yards “Stop That Man” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Lianne La Havas “Is Your Love Big Enough?” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Courtney Marie Andrews “Kindness of Strangers” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Bon Iver “Everything Is Peaceful Love” SABLE, fABLE
Stevie Wonder “Pastime Paradise” Songs In The Key of Life
Say She She “Forget Me Not” Silver
Neon Indian “Mind Drips” Psychic Chasms
Mon Rovia “Rust” Act 4: Atonement
Neil Young “Don’t Let It Bring You Down” After The Gold Rush
R.E.M. “Man On The Moon” Automatic For The People