Acoustic Cafe: Jade Bird visits the studio, new Omar Apollo, Avett Brothers, Detroit’s Thornetta Davis + more

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)