Adrian Quesada joins host Stephen Kallao

Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas has released his first official solo album. It all started when he discovered a Peruvian pop band on the radio named Los Pasteles Verdes. Their 1960s experimentation with traditional bolero music sent Adrian down a rabbit hole leading to the new record, called Boleros Psicodélicos. He shares that story on the next World Cafe, as well as his first introduction to hip hop, and what it was like growing up on the Texas-Mexico border.

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*Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy” Blue Lines
Adrian Quesada “Mentiras Con Cariño” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Los Pasteles Verdes “Esclavo Y Amo” Esclavo Y Amo
Jose Jose “Buscando Una Sonrisa” Buscando Una Sonrisa
Adrian Quesada “Idolo” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Adrian Quesada “El Payaso” Boleros Psicodélicos
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock “It Takes Two” It Takes Two
Adrian Quesada “El Muchacho” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Beth Orton “Fractals” Weather Alive
Wilco “Jesus Etc.” Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Bartees Strange “Heavy Heart” Farm To Table
Willie Nelson & Lucinda Williams “Live Forever” Live Forever: A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver
Dr. John “Locked Down” Locked Down

Hour Two
The Smiths “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore” Meat Is Murder
Ramsey Lewis Trio “The ‘In’ Crowd” Number Ones
Neutral Milk Hotel “In The Airplane Over The Sea” In The Airplane Over the Sea
Sharon Van Etten “Mistakes” We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
Dehd “Bad Love” Blue Skies
Five To One “The Doors” Waiting For The Sun
Sylvan Esso “Echo Party” No Rules Sandy
Beck “Bottle Of Blues” Mutations
Aztec Camera “Jump” Aztec Camera
Death Cab For Cutie “Here To Forever” Asphalt Meadow
Arlo Parks “Softly” Softly (single)
Mongo Santamaria “Cloud Nine” Mongo’s Greatest Hits

*Optional Song