Some of the great early brother duets; The answer song to “Yesterday’s Girl”, and some very danceable Western Swing from the 40’s.

Dr. Srini Pillay, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a leader in the field of Applied Brain Science, joins us to talk about how music, creativity, and the pursuit and nurture of ‘flow’ can help improve our overall health and well-being.

The Beatles Solo Years

New Orleans Tunes and Talk with Wendell Burnious & Comedy and Critique from Susan Werner.

We go where the music leads us, first live at home with trumpeter Wendell Brunious and his New Orleans All Stars. Wendell is from a famed New Orleans Creole jazz family and is now the music director of Preservation Hall. Then we visit with the eccentric and witty songmaker and multi-instrumentalist Susan Werner with roots in rural Iowa. Susan’s stories in song are comedic and serious takes on religion, queerness, climate change and social responsibility. Plus words and music from Big Mama Thornton, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Cash and the Five Satins.

Morning Reflection at 6:25 AM: Brendan features a positive song to help get the day off on the good foot.

This Day in Music History at 7:30 AM: Guy Clark was born in 1941, Glenn Frey was born in 1948, and Doug Sahm was born in 1941.

Then and Now at 8:25 AM: The songs of Doug Sahm.

Kevin Drew went into the studio thinking he was going to make a kids’ music album – but instead, he made the opposite – a collection of songs for grown-ups who are getting older. The album is called Aging, and it deals with uncertainty, fear, and loss with the warmth characteristic of Kevin Drew and his work with Broken Social Scene. Hear him talk about making it and share live versions of the songs on the next World Cafe.

Morning Reflection at 6:25 AM: Brendan features a positive song to help get the day off on the good foot.

This Day in Music History at 7:30 AM: Joni Mitchell was born in 1943. We’ll play a three-song set highlighting her career.

Second Take at 8:25 AM: Brendan will play two versions of a Joni Mitchell song.

The Chemical Brothers have been making bodies move and blowing minds for over 30 years. Their new album, For That Beautiful Feeling, is filled with signature elements of dance, big beat, hip hop, and psychedelia. And as Tom Rowlands shares with us, it’s also full of joy. Rowlands joins us on the next World Café to talk about the duo’s new album, plus a new retrospective book called Paused in Cosmic Reflection. Join us.

Morning Reflection at 6:25 AM: Brendan features a positive song to help get the day off on the good foot.

This Day in Music History at 7:30 AM: Bonnie Raitt was born on this day in 1949. We’ll play a 3-song set celebrating her life and music.

Regional Roundup at 8:25 AM: Late 1960s Southern CA.

The songs on Lowland Hum’s latest album, From Self with Love, were written during a period of uncertainty for the husband and wife duo of Daniel and Lauren Goans. They’d just become first-time parents when they wrote the album, which touches on themes of pandemic isolation, early parenthood, death, grief, and new life. On the next World Cafe, the Charlottesville, Virginia band joins us for a mini concert, performing songs from the new album.

Morning Reflection at 6:25 AM: Brendan features a positive song to help get the day off on the good foot.

This Day in Music History at 7:30 AM: Susan Tedeschi was born in 1970. We’ll play a 3-song set highlighting her life and music.

Live Legend at 8:25 AM: Susan Tedeschi.

Singer-songwriter Julie Byrne learned fingerstyle guitar from her father, and for her, it’s more than just a technique. It’s profound. On the next World Cafe, Julie talks about the physical and spiritual connection she feels to her guitar, and you can hear it yourself as she performs song from her powerful new album The Greater Wings, live.

Morning Reflection at 6:25 AM: Brendan features a positive song to help get the day off on the good foot.

New Music feature at 7:25 AM: Brendan will share two new songs not yet heard on WUMB.

This Day in Music History at 7:50 AM: Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road LP hit #1 in the US in 1973, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band released the Live 1975-1985 collection in 1986, and Kate Smith performed an iconic song on a radio broadcast for the first time in 1938..

Local Spotlight at 8:25 AM: The Clements Brothers.

Gustavo Santaolalla has won a lot of awards for his magnificent scores for films like Brokeback Mountain, The Motorcycle Diaries and Babel. This year, the Argentine composer and producer is nominated for an Emmy for his score for the TV adaption of The Last of Us video game. On the next World Cafe, Gustavo walks us through the story of his life—from receiving his first guitar at five years old to the moment he accepted his Academy Award.

Neil Young celebrates a Birthday this week and Albert will include all phases of Neil’s career including solo material, Buffalo Springfield and more. Bonnie Raitt also celebrates a Birthday so Albert will have lots of great music for you this Saturday!

We continue to honor the late Scott Alarik with another archived episode of Folk Tales. This week we revisit a look at relatively short but influential career of Anais Mitchell.

From the Moss Arts Center in Blacksburg, VA: Hot Tuna, Mick Flannery, Viv & Riley, William Lee Ellis, and Kaia Kater

Birthday Tributes: Mose Allison, Booker T. Jones. New Blues from Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

Starting folky with Leadbelly, Ruthy Ungar, and Geoff Bartley, morphing into 20’s and 30’s old-time song… Billy Strings, for a change, and another good dose of Western Swing.

Personal stories of addiction and recovery touch us the most and have the greatest potential to heal and educate.  Kathy L. joins us to share her recovery journey in the 20th installment of our series “Recovery Stories.”