World Cafe Playlist for 09/28/2021

Latin Roots correspondent Byron Gonzalez joins host Stephen Kallao

Byron Gonzalez is World Cafe’s Latin Roots Correspondent, and this time, he stops by for a special celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month. He’ll bring highlights from the Cafe’s Best New LatinX Spotify playlist, including a song from a Costa Rican duo made up of a DJ and a rapper – After they paired up, they discovered it wasn’t their first time working together. Tune in for the songs and stories with Byron Gonzalez.



*The Avett Brothers “High Steppin’” Closer Than Together
Death Cab For Cutie “No Sunlight” Narrow Stairs
Empress of “In Dreams” Trust Me Baby / In Dreams
Nakury, Barzo “Para Mi Gente” O
Mondo Cozmo “Shine” Plastic Soul
The Wallflowers “Roots and Wings” Exit Wounds
Aoife O’Donovan “Phoenix” Age Of Apathy
Ray Lamontagne “Forever My Friend” Trouble
Father John Misty “Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)” I Love You, Honeybear
Bleachers “Stop Making This Hurt” Take The Sadness Out of Saturday
Haim “The Steps” Women in Music Pt. III
The War On Drugs “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” I Don’t Live Here Anymore
Dire Straits “Lady Writer” Communique

Hour Two
*John Prine “Ain’t Hurtin’ Nobody” Lost Dogs And Mixed Blessings
Cimafunk & George Clinton “Funk Aspirin” Funk Aspirin (single)
Sharon Jones And The Dap-King “I Learned The Hard Way” I Learned the Hard Way
Kacey Musgraves “Justified” star-crossed
Al Green “Tired Of Being Alone” Al Green Gets Next To You
Sofia Valdes “Handful of Water” Ventura EP
Amos Lee “Worry No More” Worry No More (single
The Marias “Hush” Cinema
Iron And Wine “Grace for Saints and Ramblers” Ghost On Ghost
Brandi Carlile “Right On Time” In These Silent Days
Nothing “La La Means I Love You” The Great Dismal B-Sides
Leon Bridges “Steam” Gold-Diggers Sound
Lake Street Dive “Hypotheticals” Obviously
Indigo De Souza “Hold U” Any Shape You Take
Zero 7 “Destiny” Simple Things

*Optional Song