Acoustic Café: NPR Tiny Desk winner Alisa Amador in studio; past performances from Steve Earle, Ruth B + more
Listen to ‘Acoustic Café’ with host Rob Reinhart every Sunday from 1-3 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET.
Alisa Amador won the Tiny Desk competition in 2022 with the first ever Spanish language entry called “Milonga accidental."
On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, the 2022 Tiny Desk winner Alisa Amador plays songs from her debut album “Multitudes,” and tells the story of the album’s creation.
Also, hear in-studio performances from Gregory Alan Isakov, Steve Earle, Ruth B and more… plus milestone birthdays on the way in 2025!
See the playlist below and listen to the episodes on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.
Acoustic Café Playlist for Jan. 4, 2025
- “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
- “Best Part” – Daniel Caesar (turning 30 this year)
- “4+20” – Stephen Stills (turning 80 this year)
- “Feel Better” – Adrianne Lenker
- “Rust” – Mon Rovia
- “Green Light” – Darlingside (in-studio performance, 2024)
- “Night Shift” – Jeffrey Foucault
- “Extrano” – Alisa Amador (in-studio performance)
- “Heartless Author” – Alisa Amador (in-studio performance)
- “Cherry Blossom” – Lana Del Ray (turning 40 this year)
- “Love Is A Rose” – Neil Young (turning 80 this year)
- “New Now” – Acoustic Soul Express
- “Silver Mountain” – Tinsley Ellis (in-studio performance, 2024)
- “The Fall”– Gregory Alan Isakov (in-studio performance, 2024)
- “A Wrinkle In The Realm” – Matshidiso (SongWriter podcast preview)
- “Four Long Years” – Michael Kiwanuka
- “Someone Loves You” – Laura Nyro
- “Superficial Love” – Ruth B (in-studio performance, 2018, turning 30)
- “The Most (acoustic)” – Sinead Harnett
- “Being You” – Father John Misty
- “Taking Me Back (Gently)” – Jack White (turning 50 this year)
- “Burning It Down” – Steve Earle (in-studio performance, 2013, turning 70)
- “Rosie” – Jana Mila (in-studio performance, 2024)
- “Milonga accidental” – Alisa Amador (in-studio performance)
- “Still Life” – Alisa Amador (in-studio performance)
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