Saya Gray joins host Raina Douris

SAYA may be Saya Gray’s debut album, but the Japanese-Canadian songwriter and producer has been releasing sonically ambitious, album-length projects since 2022. Before then, the multi-instrumentalist cut her teeth as a music director for other musical acts. On the World Cafe, Gray joins us to talk about why it was finally time to create a proper debut album, why traveling is so important to her creative process, plus Saya Gray and her band perform live in the studio.

Hour Two
Saya Gray, “Shell (Of A Man)”, Recorded Live for World Cafe
Saya Gray, “This is Why (I Don’t Spring 4 Love)”, Recorded Live for World Cafe
Saya Gray, “If There’s No Seat In The Sky (Will You Forgive Me)”, Recorded Live for World Cafe
Saya Gray, “Lie Down”, Recorded Live for World Cafe
Fiona Apple, “Shadowboxer”, Tidal
Father John Misty, “Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings”, Fear Fun
Ray Lamontagne & The Pariah Dogs, “Beg Steal or Borrow”, God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise

Hour Two
Sting, “All This Time”, The Soul Cages
Tunde Adebimpe, “Magnetic”, Thee Black Boltz
Bloc Party, “Helicopter”, Silent Alarm
Wilco, “Impossible Germany”, Sky Blue Sky
Julien Baker & Torres, “Sugar in the Tank”, Send a Prayer My Way
Jewel, “Who Will Save Your Soul”, Recorded Live for World Cafe
Corinne Bailey Rae, “Put Your Records On”, Recorded Live for World Cafe
Bebe Stockwell, “Minor Inconveniences”, single
Adele, “Set Fire to the Rain”, 21
My Morning Jacket, “Time Waited”, is
Horsegirl, “Switch Over”, Phonetics On and On
Parquet Courts, “Wide Awake”, Wide Awake!
Leif Vollebekk, “Peace Of Mind (Evening)”, Revelation
The Decemberists, “The Engine Driver”, Picaresque
Kings of Leon, “Molly’s Chambers”, Youth And Young Manhood