On this week’s episode of Acoustic Cafe, our in-studio guest is Jade Bird, playing songs from her new EP, Burn The Hard Drive, which is all about her broken engagement and creating new sounds. Jade also throws in an old tune and a cool cover.

Plus, hear previous Acoustic Cafe performances from Detroit’s Thornetta Davis in 1997, Toronto songwriter AHI in 2018, and the late John Mayall with a Bluesbreakers classic in 2001.

See the playlist below and listen to the episodes on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Acoustic Cafe Playlist for Aug. 18, 2024

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani Difranco
• “Country Kid” – The Avett Brothers
• “Purple Haze” – Joy Oladokun
• “Fill My Cup”- The Dip
• “Promise”- Maya Hawke
• “Another Man”- John Mayall (2001 in-studio performance)
• “I Forgive It All” – Jamey Johnson
• “C’est La vie” – Jade Bird (in-studio performance)
• “Burn The Hard Drive”- Jade Bird (in-studio performance)
• “I Would Like To Heal”- Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
• “Lucid Girl”- Thee Sacred Souls
• “Into The Blue”- Aaron Frazer
• “Circumstances”- Shemekia Copeland (in-studio performance)
• “She Sang Sweet Baby James”- Johnny Cash
• “Sweet Baby James”- James Taylor
• “While U Can”- Omar Apollo
• “No More Love Songs”- Bette Smith
• “Leonard Cohen”- Bobby Bazini (in-studio performance)
• “Action Line”- The HipHarp Collective
• “Burns Out At Midnight”- Waxahatchee
• “Living Well”- Donovan Woods
• “On My Side” – AHI (in-studio performance)
• “Sunday Morning” – Thornetta Davis (in-studio performance)
• “Thirteen” – Jade Bird (in-studio performance)
• “I Get No Joy” – Jade Bird (in-studio performance)

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Cafe, we continue our celebration of our 30th year with a collection of in-studio performances of cover songs.

There have been hundreds performed in our studios, so this is just part one!

This episode features songs of Rihanna covered by LOW, The Beatles covered by The Holmes Bros., Stevie Wonder covered by Jalen Ngonda, Townes Van Zandt covered by Rodney Crowell, Marvin Gaye covered by
Devon Gilfillian, and many more.

See the playlist below and listen to. the episodes on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Acoustic Cafe Playlist for July 21, 2024

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani Difranco
• “What’s Going On” – Devon Gilfillian
• “Olympia, WA” – Molly Tuttle
• “I Fall In Love Too Easily” – Susan Werner
• “To Love Somebody” – Graffiti 6
• “When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again/Love Stinks” Peter Wolf
• “Purple Rain Drops” – Jalen Ngonda
• “Wish You Were Here” – Jake Shimabukuro
• “Wave Of Mutilation” – Grant Lee Phillips
• “Dont Know Why” – Norah Jones
• “Beechwood Park” – Beck
• “River Man” – Robyn Hitchcock
• “Angel” – Alison Brown & Beth Nielsen Chapman
• “8:05” – Dave Alvin & Cindy Cashdollar
• “Stay” – Low
• “Supernatural” – Cowboy Junkies
• “No Place to Fall” – Rodney Crowell
• “Sea of Heartbreak” – Rosanne Cash
• “Soul Meets Body” – Catie Curtis
• “The Weight” – Deanna Carter
• “Heart of Gold” – Ilsey
• “Stop” – Lizz Wright
• “Tower of Song” – Tom Jones
• “I’ll Be Back” – The Holmes Brothers
• “I Want A New Drug” – Glen Phillips
• “You Got Lucky” – Lukas Nelson
• “I Never Cared For You” – Allison Krauss
• “Sofa No. 1” – Michael Hedges