Waxahatchee joins host Raina Douris

For Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield, songwriting is an art form, but it can also be like solving a math problem. On the World Cafe, Crutchfield talks about finding the perfect lines of poetry to craft her new album, Tiger’s Blood, and why she doesn’t believe in the “tortured artist” trope. Plus, Waxahatchee performs live in our studio.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Elton John “Amoreena” Tumbleweed Connection
Waxahatchee “Burns Out At Midnight” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Waxahatchee “Right Back To It” Tigers Blood
Waxahatchee “Right Back To It” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Waxahatchee “Crimes of the Heart” Tigers Blood
SZA “Prom” CTRL
Waxahatchee “Crowbar” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Waxahatchee “Bored” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Lucinda Williams “Right In Time” Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Feist “1234” The Reminder
Julien Baker “Faith Healer” Little Oblivions

Hour Two
Radiohead “Let Down” OK Computer
Phosphorescent “Revelator” Revelator
Annie Lennox “Waiting In Vain” Medusa
Erykah Badu “On & On” Baduizm
Maggie Rogers “Don’t Forget Me” Don’t Forget Me
Metric “Gimme Sympathy” Live at the World Cafe
Dave Matthews Band” “Ants Marching” Live at the World Cafe
Blondshell “Docket (feat. Bully)” single
Cake “Never There” Prolonging The Magic
The Dip “Love Direction” Love Direction
The Beatles “Good Day Sunshine” Revolver
Kacey Musgraves “Deeper Well” Deeper Well
Sierra Ferrell “American Dreaming” Trail of Flowers
The Breeders “Drivin’ on 9” Last Splash