World Cafe Playlist for 08/24/2026

The Edge & Sinead O’Connor join host Raina Douris & David Dye

Tomorrow, you’re headed to the Emerald Isle as we kick off our Sense of Place: Dublin series. To get you excited for the trip, we’re revisiting a conversation with a member of Dublin’s most famous band, U2. Guitarist The Edge talks about their 2023 album Songs of Surrender. Plus, Sinéad O’Connor – she was a beautiful, ethereal singer, but often press coverage focused on how outspoken she was. World Cafe digs back into the archives for an interview from 2000 around the time she released Faith and Courage. Hear the Irish star at one of her brightest moments talking about one of the many things she loved: her music.

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Today’s Playlist

The Police “Synchronicity II” Synchronicity

U2 “With or Without You” Songs of Surrender

U2 “Pride (In The Name of Love)” Songs of Surrender

U2 “The Fly” Songs of Surrender

U2 “Stories for Boys” Three EP

U2 “Bullet the Blue Sky” Rattle & Hum

Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” What’s Going On

U2 “Walk on Ukraine” Songs of Surrender

U2 “Drowning Man” War

The Cranberries “Linger” Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?

Van Morrison “Real Real Gone” Enlightenment

Hour Two

Lucinda Williams “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road” Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

Sinead O’Connor “The Healing Room” Faith and Courage

Sinead O’Connor “No Man’s Woman” Faith and Courage

Sinead O’Connor “The Lamb’s Book of Life” Faith and Courage

Sinead O’Connor “Jealous” Recorded Live for World Cafe

TV On The Radio “Could You” WC Recording

Dermot Kennedy “An Evening I Will Not Forget” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Luke Bloom “Sunny Sailor Boy” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Sam Fender “Rein Me In (feat. Olivia Dean)” People Watching

R.E.M. “Talk About the Passion” Murmur

Black Pumas “Touch The Sky” Black Pumas

This is Lorelei “Billy Came Back” The Singer in My Band

Uncle Tupelo “The Long Cut” Anodyne