Songwriter Liz Cooper on Getting Inspiration from New York Rapper Salimata
In Our Headphones
KEXP
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Host Evie Stokes talks with songwriter Liz Cooper. The two dig into life on the road, Cooper’s latest album New Day, and the music that’s moving her right now. Cooper shares one of her favorite new discoveries, New York-based rapper Salimata, and shares her song “Cake Up.” The song comes from Salimata’s 2025 album, The Happening, out now via 10k.
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| 0:00.0 | Experience the magic of music discovery through live performance on the Live on KexP podcast. |
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| 0:20.0 | This is in our headphones and I'm Evie Stokes, joined today by Liz Cooper. Hi, Liz. Hi, how's it going? I'm so good. I'm so happy to see you here in the studios with us. Yeah, it's nice to be here. You are a singer and a songwriter, correct? Yes. You want to tell me a little bit more about yourself? Who is Liz Cooper? Yeah, well, I guess it's always kind of developing. |
| 0:41.3 | I think this new version of myself definitely is like singer-songwriter. |
| 0:48.3 | I think when I first got on the scene, it was more so like, wow, that girl plays guitar and that's great and all. |
| 0:57.8 | But, you know, I think like as I've developed my craft, it's nice to be considered like, wow, Liz Cooper. |
| 1:05.5 | Like, what a, what a genre bendy, like, interesting song and uh yeah i think um you know as a musician |
| 1:16.4 | i'm always developing personally i'm always developing um i mean i guess that's the goal that's like |
| 1:22.7 | the mystery of life you know you're like sharpening your blade through life. So, yeah. So that's you. |
| 1:29.5 | Yeah, TBD. But right now, that's me. Well, thanks for coming to talk with me today about some music |
| 1:37.4 | that you love. I'm excited to hear what you brought. This song from a New York based artist, |
| 1:43.4 | Sally Mata. We're going to listen to it together. And then we'll chat about it a little bit based artist, Sally Mata. |
| 1:44.4 | We're going to listen to it together, and then we'll chat about it a little bit. |
| 1:47.5 | Sound good? |
| 1:48.0 | Sounds good. |
| 1:48.6 | Okay. |
| 2:06.6 | Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-a-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da Sililoquine, I'm higher than melon trees, I'm fucking a felony got me a variety of |
| 2:13.6 | Alexander McQueen providing my novelties told you that we gonna eat cradle |
| 2:17.8 | the casualty fuck it up to the bee in love of my melanin feeling a villain in on who the |
| 2:22.6 | oppressor is his agriacle settlement need more dead presidents need that money for the rent |
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