Robert Randolph at Americana Music Festival with host Raina Douris

Robert Randolph and The Family Band combine the raucous spirit of Saturday night with the Holy Spirit of Sunday morning! The literal family band’s latest album, Brighter Days, sizzles with their signature blend of rock and R&B with the gospel tradition of sacred steel. World Cafe brought back highlight performances from this year’s Americana Music Festival in Nashville, and we’ll hear them all this week – Kicking it off today with Robert Randolph and The Family Band’s joyous, high energy set.

*Beach House “Gila” Devotion
Robert Randolph and the Family Band “Cut Em Loose” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Robert Randolph and the Family Band “Second Hand Man” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Robert Randolph and the Family Band “I Thank You” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Robert Randolph and the Family Band “Baptise Me” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe “Up Above My Head” The Gospel of the Blues
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram “Outside of this Town” Kingfish
The Rolling Stones “Let’s Spend the Night Together” Forty Licks
Caamp “Peach Fuzz” By & By
Calexico “Alone Again Or” Convict Pool EP
Love “7 and 7 Is” De Capo
The Black Keys “Shine A Little Light” Let’s Rock
Sheryl Crow “Love Is A Good Thing” Sheryl Crow

Hour Two
*Chris Isaak “Wicked Game” Heart Shaped World
Leif Vollebekk “Hot Tears” New Ways
Vampire Weekend “Harmony Hall” Father of the Bride
Illiterate Light “Better Than I Used To” Illiterate Light
Florence and the Machine “Shake It Out” Ceremonials
Norah Jones “Come Away With Me” Come Away With Me
David Wax Museum “Uncover The Gold” Line of Light
The Decemberists “O Valencia” The Crane Wife
The Highwomen “Crowded Table” The Highwomen
Beck “Uneventful Days” Hyperspace
Emmylou Harris “I Don’t Wanna Talk About It Now” Red Dirt Girl
Michaela Anne “By Our Design” Desert Dove
Bob Marley & The Wailers “Waiting In Vain” Exodus
The Smiths “Bigmouth Strikes Again” The Queen Is Dead

*Optional Song