Encore: Adrian Quesada joins host Stephen Kallao

Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas has released his first official solo album. It all started when he discovered a Peruvian pop band on the radio named Los Pasteles Verdes. Their 1960s experimentation with traditional bolero music sent Adrian down a rabbit hole leading to the new record, called Boleros Psicodélicos. He shares that story on the next World Cafe, as well as his first introduction to hip hop, and what it was like growing up on the Texas-Mexico border.

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*Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy” Blue Lines
Adrian Quesada “Mentiras Con Cariño” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Los Pasteles Verdes “Esclavo Y Amo” Esclavo Y Amo
Jose Jose “Buscando Una Sonrisa” Buscando Una Sonrisa
Adrian Quesada “Idolo” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Adrian Quesada “El Payaso” Boleros Psicodélicos
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock “It Takes Two” It Takes Two
Adrian Quesada “El Muchacho” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Beth Orton “Fractals” Weather Alive
Wilco “Jesus Etc.” Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Bartees Strange “Heavy Heart” Farm To Table
Willie Nelson & Lucinda Williams “Live Forever” Live Forever: A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver
Dr. John “Locked Down” Locked Down

Hour Two
*The Avett Brothers “I And Love And You” I And Love And You
Calexico “Cumbia Peninsula” El Mirador
Spoon “Wild” Lucifer On The Sofa
Alex G “Mission” God Save The Animals
LCD Soundsystem “New Body Rhumba” White Noise OST
Goose “Dripfield” Dripfield
Grateful Dead “Eyes Of The World” Wake Of The Flood
Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Burning” Cool It Down
Love And Rockets “So Alive” Love And Rockets
Otis Redding “Respect” Otis Blue
Angie McMahon “Keeping Time” Salt
Langhorne Slim “Mighty Soul” Strawberry Mansion
Hozier “Take Me To Church” Hozier

*Optional Song