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