Encore: Jorge Dexler joins host Talia Schlanger

At the start of his career, Jorge Drexler was living two lives – He was a doctor by day and a musician by night. In 2004, he got his musical break and became the first artist from Uruguay to win an Academy Award for his song “Al Otro Lado Del Rio,” featured in the film The Motorcycle Diaries. On an encore edition of the World Cafe, Drexler performs a whimsical set of live songs and reflects on the many twists and turns his professional life has taken.

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*Todd Rundgren “Just One Victory” A Wizard A True Star
Jorge Dexler “Silencio” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Jorge Dexler “Movimiento” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Jorge Dexler “Bolivia” Bailar En La Cueva
Jorge Dexler “Telofonia” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Ray Lamontagne “You Are The Best Thing” Gossip In The Grain
Tame Impala “Patience” The Slow Rush
The Killers “boy” single
Tedeschi Trucks Band “Soul Sweet Song” I Am The Moon IV: Farewell
Stevie Wonder “Signed Sealed Delivered” Signed Sealed Delivered

Hour Two
*The Police “King of Pain” Synchronicity
Weather Alive “Fractals” Beth Orton
David Byrne “Everybody’s Coming To My House” American Utopia
Tyler Childers “Angel Band (Jubilee Version)” Can I Take My Hounds To Heaven
The Birth Of Soul, Vol 2 “Hallelujah I Love Her So” Ray Charles
Amy Ray “Joy Train” If It All Goes South
JJ Cale “After Midnight” Naturally
The Selecter “Because The Night” Subculture
Alex G “Runner” God Save The Animals
Radiohead “Let Down” OK Computer
Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” New Wave Hits Vol 2

*Optional Song