Eliza Hardy Jones joins host Stephen Kallao

After several years of trying in vain to become a parent, Eliza Hardy Jones turned to music as a way to process her grief. Her sophomore solo album, Pickpocket, is the result of that journey through pain and healing. On the World Cafe, the multi-instrumentalist for The War on Drugs talks about writing the songs on Pickpocket and how eventually having her son shifted the way she understands them.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
The War On Drugs “Red Eyes” Lost In The Dream
Eliza Hardy Jones “Long Winter Shadows” Pickpocket
Eliza Hardy Jones “This Is The Year” WC Recording
Eliza Hardy Jones “Ballad For The Barren” WC Recording
The Philly Specials “White Christmas” The Philly Specials Christmas
Eliza Hardy Jones “Rosie Lee” WC Recording
Brittany Howard “What Now” What Now
Courtney Barnett “Avant Gardener” The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
Band Of Horses “Laredo” Infinite Arms
Pete Yorn “Someday, Someday” single

Hour Two
Meat Puppets “Plateau” Meat Puppets II
Creedence Clearwater Revival “Hey Tonight” Pendulum
Hozier “Too Sweet” Unreal Unearth: Unheard
Maggie Rogers “Don’t Forget Me” Don’t Forget Me
Phosphorescent “Revelator” Revelator
Peter Tosh “(You Gotta Walk) Don’t Look Back” Bush Doctor
Beach House “Zebra” WC Recording
Amos Lee “Worry No More” WC Recording
The Black Crowes “Wanting and Waiting” Happiness Bastards
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram “662” 662
Cassandra Lewis “So Bad” So Bad (single)
Portishead “Glory Box” Dummy
Siouxsie & The Banshees “Kiss Them For Me” Superstition
Gary Clark Jr. “What About The Children” JPEG RAW