The Decemberists joins host Stephen Kallao

When The Decemberists came by the World Cafe to play a live set of their new music, band leader Colin Meloy joked about having multiple songs about “agriculture and death.” On the World Cafe, Meloy talks about how he actually decides what to write about, why the band’s latest album is in some ways a reaction to their last one, and he reveals what song on the new record came to him in a dream.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Tracy Chapman “Fast Car” Tracy Chapman
The Decemberists “Oh No!” Recorded for World Cafe
The Decemberists “Burial Ground” Recorded for World Cafe
The Decemberists “Lake Song” WC Recording
The Decemberists “The Reapers” Recorded for World Cafe
The Decemberists “All I Want Is You” Recorded for World Cafe
The Naked and Famous “Punching in a Dream” Passive Me, Aggressive You
The Shins “New Slang” Oh, Inverted World
Modest Mouse “Float On” Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Sleater-Kinney “Say It Like You Mean It” World Cafe 2/9/24

Hour Two
U2 “With Or Without You” The Joshua Tree
Sweet Honey in the Rock “Ella’s Song” Recorded for World Cafe
Sweet Honey in the Rock “We Are” Recorded for World Cafe
Sweet Honey in the Rock “Prayer” Recorded for World Cafe
Sweet Honey in the Rock “I Remember, I Believe” Recorded for World Cafe
Billy Taylor Trio “I Wish I Knew” Right Here, Right Now!
Allison Russell “Nightflyer” Outside Child
Boygenius “Cool About It” The Record
Coldplay “Politik” A Rush of Blood to The Head
Kathleen Edwards “Back To Me” Back To Me
The War On Drugs “Holding On” A Deeper Understanding
Bob Dylan “Most Likely You Go On Your Way And I’ll Go Mine” Blonde on Blonde