Craig Finn joins host Stephen Kallao

Craig Finn, frontman of The Hold Steady, has released the third album in a series of solo records that’s become a proper trilogy. It’s called I Need A New War. He joins host Stephen Kallao today to discuss why he enjoys working solo, but he’ll also tell a few stories about life on the road with The Hold Steady, including one about their visit to the most unfriendly bar in Montana, according to Craig. He’s a fantastic storyteller in his music, as well, which we’ll get to hear in a live performance from the stage of World Cafe Live.

*Prince “Little Red Corvette” 1999
Craig Finn “Blankets” Recorded Live For The World Cafe
Craig Finn “Magic Marker” Recorded Live For The World Cafe
Craig Finn “Something To Hope For” Recorded Live For The World Cafe
The Replacements “I Will Dare” Let It Be
The Jayhawks “I’d Run Away” Tomorrow The Green Grass
Semisonic “Secret Smile” Feeling Strangely Fine
Dessa “Fire Drills” Chime
Illiterate Light “Better Than I Used To” Single
Band Of Horses “Laredo” Infinite Arms
Tyler Childers “All Your’n” Country Squire

Hour Two
*David Bowie “Space Oddity” Space Oddity
Clairo “Bags” Immunity
Psychedelic Furs “Love My Way” Forever Now
Grace Potter “Love Is Love” Daylight
Ray Lamontagne “Trouble” Trouble
Angie McMahon “Keeping Time” Salt
The Afghan Whigs “Come See About Me” Uptown Avondale
Wilco “Love Is Everywhere (Beware)” Ode To Joy
Cracker “Satisfy You” Cracker
Joan Shelley “Coming Down For You” Like The River Loves The Sea
Damien Rice “Volcano” O
Harmony Woods “Ghosts” Make Yourself At Home
Metric “Gimme Sympathy” Fantasies
Arcade Fire “Everything Now” Everything Now

*Optional Song