Jess Cornelius joins host Stephen Kallao

After playing in the band Teeth & Tongue for 10 years, Jess Cornelius went solo and relocated halfway around the world. The New Zealand born singer now lives in the United States, and her debut album Distance is reflective of how her life has changed since leaving her home country. She joins host Stephen Kallao today to talk about the move, how she’s started a family along the way, and the personal stories behind the new record. Plus, Jess shares a live recordings from her home in Los Angeles.

*Joseph Arthur “Even Tho” Our Shadows Will Remain
Jess Cornelius “Banging My Head” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Jess Cornelius “Body Memory” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Jess Cornelius “No Difference” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Jess Cornelius “Kitchen Floor” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit “If We Were Vampires” The Nashville Sound
Calexico “Alone Again Or” Convict Pool (e.p.)
Sarah Jarosz “Johnny” World On The Ground
Illiterate Light & Devon Gilfillian “Freedom” Freedom (single)
General Public “Tenderness” All the Rage
Beck “The New Pollution” Odelay

Hour Two
*Tom Petty “You Don’t Know How It Feels” Wildflowers
Sofia Valdes “Handful of Water” Handful of Water (single)
Blu DeTiger “Figure It Out” Figure It Out (single)
Snow Patrol “Shut Your Eyes” Eyes Open
The Smiths “Bigmouth Strikes Again” The Queen Is Dead
Painted Shield “Knife Fight” Painted Shield
Spoon “Rhythm & Soul” Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
S.G. Goodman “Old Time Feeling” Old Time Feeling
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)” Raising Sand
Freddie King “I’m Tore Down” Hide Away – ” The Best of Freddie King
Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Seven Days Too Long” Searching For the Young Soul Rebels
Phoenix “1901” Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings “Little by Little” Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In)
Tame Impala “Is It True” The Slow Rush
The Postal Service “Such Great Heights” Give Up
The Breeders “Divine Hammer” Last Splash

*Optional Song