Ilsey joins host Stephen Kallao

Ilsey may only just be releasing her debut album, but for years, the Los Angeles-based songwriter has been penning hits for big acts like Miley Cyrus, Beyonce, and Panic! At The Disco. On the World Cafe, Ilsy joins us to talk about why now was the right time to release her own album, From The Valley, and she shares wisdom she’s picked up as a songwriter.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
The Lone Bellow “Count On Me” Half Moon Light
Warren Zevon “Backs Turned Looking Down The Path” Warren Zevon
Ilsey “Someone Else” Live at World Cafe
Ilsey “No California” Live at World Cafe
Ilsey “Rattle My Heart” Live at World Cafe
Ilsey “Heart Of Gold” Live at World Cafe
Beth Orton “She Cries Your Name” Trailer Park
Patty Griffin “Mad Mission” Living With Ghosts
Bruce Springsteen “Brilliant Disguise” Tunnel Of Love
Bruce Springsteen “Kitty’s Back” The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle
Arkells “Skin” Laundry Pile
Bloc Party “Sunday” A Weekend In The City
Pearl Jam “Yellow Ledbetter” Lost Dogs

Hour Two
Joni Mitchell “Big Yellow Taxi” Ladies Of The Canyon
Neko Case “Hold On, Hold On” Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Olivia Barton “I Love You Just For Trying” single
Bon Iver “Calgary” Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Cage The Elephant “Come A Little Closer” Melophobia
Semisonic “The Rope” Little Bit of Sun
Dan Wilson “Easy Silence”WC Recording
Alexi Murdoch “Orange Sky” WC Recording
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris “All The Roadrunning” WC Recording
Declan McKenna “Sympathy” Sympathy (single)
Guster “Amsterdam (Gonna Write You A Letter)” Keep It Together
Jade Jackson “Finish Line” WC Recording
Shamir “The Beginning” Homo Anxietatem
Matt and Kim “Daylight” Grand
U2 “Atomic City” single
Queens of the Stone Age “Paper Machete” In Times New Roman…
Khruangbin “Time (You and I)” Mordechai