World Cafe Playlist for 01/01/2021

New Year’s Day special with host Raina Douris

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! The champagne has been popped, the shrimp rings have been eaten, the resolutions have been made and…you know 2021’s GOTTA be better than 2020. Ring in the New Year with a whole playlist of songs about new beginnings. It’s your New Year’s Day soundtrack.



*Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” Bridge Over Troubled Water
Tracy Chapman “New Beginning” New Beginning
John Gorka “Looking Forward” Temporary Road
Nina Simone “Feelin’ Good” Six Feet Under Soundtrack
Johnny Nash “I Can See Clearly Now” Soul Hits Of The 70s
Tori Amos “Pretty Good Year” Under The Pink
Sheryl Crow “A Change” Sheryl Crow
Keane “Everybody’s Changing” Hopes And Fears
Bob Marley & The Wailers “Positive Vibration” Rastaman Vibration
Chris Stapleton “Starting Over” Starting Over
John Lennon “(Just Like) Starting Over” Double Fantasy
Death Cab For Cutie “The New Year” Transatlanticism
Timbuk 3 “The Future’s So Bright” Greetings From Timbuk 3
The Blue Nile “Happiness” Peace At Last

Hour Two
*Lido Pimiento “Nada” Miss Colombia
Arlo Parks “Hurt” Collapsed In Sunbeams
Sierra Ferrell “Why’d Ya Do It” Why’d Ya Do It
Blue Detiger “Figure It Out” Figure It Out
Beabadoobee “Care” Fake It Flowers
Silvana Estrada “Para Siempre” Para Siempre
Sofia Valdes “Handful Of Water” Handful Of Water
Nana Adjoa “She’s Stronger” Big Dreaming Ants
Joy Oladokun “Sunday” In Defense Of My Own Happiness
Stephanie Lambring “Fine” Autonomy
Fana Hues “Icarus” Icarus
Kendall Morgan “Rescue Me” Rescue Me
The Weather Station “Robber” Ignorance
The Staves “Good Woman” Good Woman
Jade Bird “Headstart” Headstart
Deep Sea Diver “Impossible Weight” Impossible Weight

*Optional Song