The Softies joins host Raina Douris

Sometimes you just need a hug. And that’s exactly what the music of The Softies feels like. The Softies are a duo of Rose Melberg and Jen Sbragia, and on the World Cafe, they talk about how they met and started making music in the mid-90s, and why they felt like the world was ready for a new album from The Softies 24 years after making their last one. They also perform songs from their new album The Bed I Made, live.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
beabadoobee “Talk” Beatopia
Pavement “Gold Soundz” Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
The Softies “I Said What I Said” The Bed I Made
The Softies “Dial Tone” The Bed I Made
The Softies “Loveseat” Loveseat
Kacey Musgraves “Butterflies” Golden Hour
The Softies “Sleep Away Your Troubles” The Bed I Made
The Softies “California Highway 99″ The Bed I Made
Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White “Look at What the Light Did Now” WC Recording)
Annie Lennox “Walking On Broken Glass” Diva
Black Pumas “Ice Cream (Pay Phone)” Chronicles of A Diamond
Liz Phair “Good Side” Soberish

Hour Two
Steely Dan “Hey Nineteen” Guaco
Leif Vollebekk “Rock and Roll” Revelation
Ben Folds Five “Alice Childress” Ben Folds Five
Bob Marley and The Wailers “Lively Up Yourself
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats “S.O.B.” WC Recording
The War and The Treaty “Healing Tide” Live at The World Cafe
Gin Blossoms “Allison Road” Recorded live For World Cafe
Fontaines D.C. “Here’s The Thing” Romance
The Who “I Can See for Miles” The Who Sell Out
The National “Mistaken for Strangers” Boxer
The National “Bloodbuzz Ohio” WC Recording
The Heavy Heavy “Feel” One Of A Kind
Brittany Howard “What Now” What now
The Decemberists “The Perfect Crime #2” The Crane Wife
Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Burning” Cool It Down