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Robyn Hitchcock's latest work is a party with a little melancholy : World Cafe : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast Enjoy this mini-concert featuring songs from Shufflemania!, Hitchcock's latest album of surrealistic rock.

World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

Robyn Hitchcock's latest work is a party with a little melancholy

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Robyn Hitchcock on World Cafe

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Set List

  • "The Man Who Loves The Rain"
  • "The Shuffle Man"
  • "Creeped Out"
  • "Madonna Of The Wasps"

Today on the World Cafe, we have a mini-concert with English singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock. His latest album, Shufflemania!, features contributions from Brendan Benson of The Raconteurs, Johnny Marr of The Smiths and Sean Ono-Lennon.

From the psychedelic-tinged punk he crafted with The Soft Boys in the '70s to his later work with The Egyptians, Hitchcock's musical palette is surreal and eccentric – and Shufflemania! is no exception. In the liner notes Hitchcock calls it a "party record, with a few solemn moments, as parties are wont to supply."

Special thanks to WXPN's Eric Schuman for engineering, mixing and producing this session.

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