World Cafe Playlist for 12/01/2021

World Cafe 30th Anniversary show with host Raina Douris

Join host Raina Douris for another “archive dive” celebrating three decades of musical discovery on the World Cafe. This week, we go back to a session with LCD Soundsystem from 2007, when they had just released Sound of Silver – The widely acclaimed album blends rock and dance music, and frontman James Murphy shared about his own background as a dance DJ. Plus, we’ll hear a memorable interview with the one and only, Barbra Streisand, who talks about the first time she performed “Happy Days Are Here Again,” and why she gets more nervous on stage now than she ever did when starting out.



*Counting Crows “A Long December” Recovering The Satellites
LCD Soundsystem “All My Friends” Recorded Live For World Cafe
LCD Soundsystem “North American Scum” Recorded Live For World Cafe
Barbra Streisand “Be Aware” Release Me 2
Joy Oladokun “Blink Twice” Recorded Live For World Cafe
Joy Oladokun “Breathe Again” breathe again (single)
Ani DiFranco “Little Plastic Castle” Little Plastic Castle
Jeff Buckley “Everybody Here Wants You” Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk
Neutral Milk Hotel “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea” In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Semisonic “Closing Time” Recorded Live For World Cafe
R. E. M. “Daysleeper” Up

Hour Two
*Lucinda Williams “Car Wheels On A Gravel Road” Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Fatboy Slim “Praise You” You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby
Beck “Tropicalia” Mutations
Patty Griffin “Christina” Flaming Red
Air “La Femme D’Argent” Moon Safari
Lauryn Hill “Doo Wop (that Thing)” The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
Beastie Boys “Body Movin’” Hello Nasty
Billy Bragg & Wilco “California Stars” Mermaid Avenue
Elliott Smith “Baby Britain” XO
Olu Dara “Harlem Country Girl” In The World
Sheryl Crow “Anything But Down” The Globe Sessions
Massive Attack “Teardrop” Mezzanine

*Optional Song