Sense Of Place: Davina Robinson joins host Raina Douris

Davina Robinson was born and raised in the U.S. near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and then launched a career as a blues musician after moving to Osaka, Japan. On the World Cafe, she looks back on why she came to Japan and what it was like for her to relocate there, and gives a live performance from UrBANGUILD in Kyoto that includes her song that won “Best Blues Song” in the 2020 UK Songwriting Contest.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
John Prine “Ain’t Hurtin’ Nobody” Lost Dogs And Mixed Blessings
Davina Robinson “Like A Woman” WC Recording
Davina Robinson “Osaka Boys” WC Recording
Davina Robinson “Freak In Me” WC Recording
Gary Clark Jr. “Bright Lights” Blak and Blu
G. Love & Special Sauce “Cold Beverage” G. Love & Special Sauce
Bonnie Raitt “Give It Up Or Let Me Go” Give It Up
The Dip “Doing The Thing” Love Direction
Brigitte Calls Me Baby “We Were Never Alive” The Future Is Our Way Out
Big Country “In A Big Country” The Crossing

Hour Two
Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians “What I Am” Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars
Orville Peck “Death Valley High (feat. Beck)” Stampede
The Clash “Spanish Bombs” London Calling
Margaret Glaspy “Act Natural” Echo the Diamond
Dehd “Dog Days” Poetry
The New Pornographers “Sing Me Spanish Techno ” WC Recording
Franz Ferdinand “Right Action” WC Recording
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings “Empty Trainload of Sky” Woodland
The Allman Brothers “Midnight Rider” Idlewild South
Kacey Musgraves “Superbloom (feat. Leon Bridges)” Deeper Well: Deeper Into The Well
Loudon Wainwright III “Summer’s Almost Over” T-Shirt
Counting Crows “Mr. Jones” August And Everything After
Thee Sacred Souls “Live For You” Got A Story To Tell
Marvin Gaye “I Want You” I Want You
Adele “Chasing Pavements” 19