PJ Harvey joins host Raina Douris

PJ Harvey has a wonderous new album called I Inside the Old Year Dying. Part of the magic comes from the language she uses – the lyrics were written in the Dorset dialect, which PJ grew up around – and part of the magic comes from the touches of found sound – bits that PJ collected with a tape recorder around her childhood home. On the World Cafe, PJ Harvey talks about making it and plays some of the songs live with her band.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Siouxsie & The Banshees “The Passengaer” Through The Looking Glass
PJ Harvey “I Inside the Old Year Dying” Recorded for World Cafe
PJ Harvey “A Child’s Question, August” Recorded for World Cafe
The Breeders “Cannonball” Last Splash
PJ Harvey “Seem an I” I Inside the Old Year Dying
PJ Harvey “I Inside the Old Year Dying” I Inside the Old Year Dying
PJ Harvey “I Inside the Old Year Dying” Recorded for World Cafe
PJ Harvey “A Noiseless Noise” Recorded for World Cafe
White Denim “At Night In Dreams” WC Recording
Death Cab For Cutie “No Sunlight” Narrow Stairs
Phoenix “1901” Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Hour Two
Sinèad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
Lizzie No “Lagunita” Halfsies
Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Wolf” Cool it Down
The National “Crumble (feat. Rosanne Cash)” Laugh Track
Coldplay “A Sky Full of Stars” Ghost Stories
Toto La Momposina “Yo Me Llamo Cumbia” La Bodega
Tegan and Sara “Back In Your Head” Live at the World Cafe
The New Pornographers “High Ticket Attractions” Live at the World Cafe
Brittany Howard “What Now” What Now
Rufus & Chaka Khan “Ain’t Nobody” Stompin’ At The Savoy
Milk Carton Kids “The Ash and Clay” WC Recording
Angie McMahon “Exploding” Light, Dark, Light Again
Spoon “I Turn My Camera On” Gimme Fiction
Laufey “From The Start” Bewitched
Aimee Mann “Put Me On Top” Whatever
Amos Lee “Listen” Last Days at the Lodge