World Cafe Playlist for 05/20/2021

Michael Mwenso on “Message Music” with host Stephen Kallao

Artist and educator, Michael Mwenso stops by for a new feature called Message Music. He’ll guide us through an exploration of the deeper meaning of music that matters. We’ll kick things off with songs from three different women, including one by a very young Aretha Franklin.

*Shawn Colvin “Shotgun Down The Avalanche” Steady On

Mwenso & The Shakes “No Regrets” Emergence

Aretha Franklin “Yield Not To Temptation” Songs Of Faith: Aretha Gospel

Sister Rosetta Tharpe “This Train” The Authorized Sister Rosetta Tharpe Collection

Ethel Waters “Supper Time” Am I Blue

Natalie Bergman “Paint The Rain” Mercy

Arlo Parks “Hurt” Collapsed In Sunbeams

The Jesus And Mary Chain “Sometimes Always” Stoned & Dethroned

U2 “Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” All That You Can’t Leave Behind

The Marias “Hush” Cinema

Love And Rockets “So Alive” Love And Rockets

Deep Sea Diver “Impossible Weight” Impossible Weight

The Decemberists “When The War Came” The Crane Wife

Hour Two
*Mondo Cozmo “Plastic Soul” Plastic Soul

Julien Baker “Heatwave” Little Oblivions

Bon Iver “Calgary” Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Michigander “Better” Everything Will Be Ok Eventually

XTC “Generals & Majors” Black Sea

The Weather Station “Parking Lot” Ignorance

George Harrison “My Sweet Lord” All Things Must Pass

Margo Price “Hurtin’ (On The Bottle)” Midwest Farmer’s Daughter

Hayes Carll “Bad Liver And A Broken Heart” Trouble In Mind

Cake “Strangers In The Night” Stubbs The Zombie Soundtrack

Gorillaz “Clint Eastwood” Gorillaz

Bob Marley & The Wailers “Lively Up Yourself” Natty Dread

Y La Bamba “Cuatro Crazy” Mujeres

*Optional Song