Philip Selway joins host Raina Douris

Sitting behind the drum kit for Radiohead, Philip Selway took a few decades to feel ready to release his own songs. On the World Cafe, he talks about the very first concert he played solo, the change that had to happen for him to front his own project, and how on his latest solo album he decided to fire himself as the drummer.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Radiohead “There There” Hail to the Thief
Philip Selway “Check For Signs Of Life” Live at the World Cafe
Philip Selway “Picking Up Pieces” Strange Dance
Philip Selway “Picking Up Pieces” Live at the World Cafe
Radiohead “Reckoner” In Rainbows
Radiohead “Creep” Pablo Honey
Philip Selway “The Other Side” Live at the World Cafe
Radiohead “Lotus Flower” The King Of Limbs
Philip Selway “Strange Dance” Live at the World Cafe

Hour Two
Margaret Glaspy “You & I” Emotions and Math
The Black Keys “Go” ‘Let’s Rock’
Say She She “Questions” Silver
The Temptations “Psychedelic Shack” The Temptations Anthology
Genesis Owusu “Leaving the Light” STRUGGLER
Brittany Howard “What Now” What Now
Macy Gray “Why Didn’t You Call Me” On How Life Is
Nicole Atkins “Cool Enough” WC Recording
Rilo Kiley “Dreamworld” Live at the World Cafe
Monsters of Folk “Dear God” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Tracy Chapman “Give Me One Reason” New Beginning
Bob Marley & The Wailers “Waiting In Vain” Exodus
Kurt Vile “Wheelhouse” WC Recording
Kurt Vile “Another Good Year for the Roses” Back to Moon Beach EP
Grateful Dead “Box Of Rain” American Beauty
Josh Ritter “Mind’s Eye” The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter