Nilüfer Yanya joins host Raina Douris

When Nilüfer Yanya was growing up, she listened to a lot of Turkish and classical music, thanks to her parents. But it was the grunge and rock music she discovered on her own that really helped shape her sound. The London-based artist recently returned with her first full-length album since 2019, called Painless, and in a conversation with host Raina Douris, Yanya explains how she’s changed in those intervening three years. Plus, she performs a set of the new music before a live World Cafe audience

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*Kate Bush “Deeper Understanding” The Sensual world
Nilüfer Yanya “Stabilise” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Nilüfer Yanya “Talk” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Nilüfer Yanya “Midnight Sun” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Nilüfer Yanya “L/R” Painless
Nilüfer Yanya “L/R” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Pixies “Hey” Doolittle
The Cure “Close To Me” Head on the Door
Nilüfer Yanya “Rid of You” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Japanese Breakfast “Paprika” Jubilee
Siouxsie & the Banshees “Kiss Them For Me” Supersitition
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings “Stranger to My Happiness” Give the People What They Want
Sinead O’Connor “I Am Stretched On Your Grave” I Do Not Want What I Have

Hour Two
*Me’shell Ndegeocello “Who Is He And What Is He To You” Peace Beyond Passion
beabadoobee “The Perfect Pair” Beatopia
Haim “Forever” Days Are Gone
Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin “Tongo Barra” Ali
TV On The Radio “Crying” Dear Science
Phoenix “Tonight (Feat. Ezra Koenig)” Alpha Zulu
Leon Bridges “If It Feels Good, Then It Must Be” Good Thing
Catbite “Bad Influence” Nice One
The Rolling Stones “All Down The Line” Exile On Main St.
Beck “Old Man” Old Man (Single)
Crazy Horse “I Don’t Want To Talk About It” Crazy Horse
Indigo Girls “Least Complicated” Swamp Ophelia
Sierra Ferrell “Why’d Ya Do It” Long time Coming

*Optional Song