How Tyler Ballgame’s shot in the dark led to ‘For the First Time, Again’
Our February Artist to Watch sat down with World Cafe to discuss the risk he took in moving from Rhode Island to Los Angeles, and how it paid off by leading to his debut album’s release.
Tyler Ballgame | Photo by Emma Zoe Polyak for WXPN
To make his dreams come true, Tyler Ballgame took a big swing. The Rhode Island-raised artist moved to Los Angeles a couple years back without knowing exactly where he was going to land.
Today, he talks about taking that chance and how it led to the opportunities he was dreaming of, culminating in his debut album For the First Time, Again. The album was produced by Jonathan Rado of Foxygen, who has also worked with Father John Misty, Whitney and many other artists.
Plus, Ballgame performs in front of a live audience.
This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Kimberly Junod. Our digital producer is Miguel Perez. World Cafe‘s engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and booking coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.