Lizzy McAlpine joins host Stephen Kallao

Lizzy McAlpine is not someone to walk away from writing a song that isn’t working for her. That intuitive approach is what this Philadelphia native took on her sophomore album, Five Seconds Flat, and her unexpectedly viral hit song “Ceilings.” On the World Cafe, Lizzy McAlpine speaks with World Cafe about how she approaches songwriting as well as the story behind her latest album.

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*Sade “Smooth Operator” Diamond Life
Lizzy McAlpine “Called You Again” Recorded Live For The World Cafe
Lizzy McAlpine “Firearm” Five Seconds Flat
Lizzy McAlpine “Firearm” Recorded Live For The World Cafe
Lizzy McAlpine “Ceilings” Recorded Live For The World Cafe
Lizzy McAlpine “Hate To Be Lame” Recorded Live For The World Cafe
Vampire Weekend “Oxford Comma” Vampire Weekend
LCD Soundsystem “Other Voices” American Dream
Bailen “Call It Like It Is” Tired Hearts
Amy Ray “Sure Feels Good Anyway” Holler
Cake “Never There” Prolonging The Magic

Hour Two
*Tracy Chapman “Fast Car” Tracy Chapman
The National “New Order T-Shirt” First Two Pages Of Frankenstein
Lana Del Rey “Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd” Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Gov’t Mule “Dreaming Out Loud (Ft. Peace)” Like A River
The Meters “People Say” Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology
Herbie Hancock “Watermelon Man” Recorded Live For The World Cafe
Jeff Buckley “So Real” Recorded Live For The World Cafe
Angelique Kidjo “Crosseyed And Painless” Recorded Live For The World Cafe
Cautious Clay “Puffer” Thin Ice On The Cake
Otis Redding “These Arms Of Mine” Pain In My Heart

*Optional Song