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Tiny Desk Concert Series
Chris Thile & Yo-Yo Ma | Tiny Desk Concert Series
If this isn’t just the coolest thing that you’ll see all day. World-class, classically trained musicians all from different backgrounds coming together for some fantastic genre-bending ear candy. Not to mention it’s Chris Thile, and I am convinced that musically, he can do no wrong. And with his third appearance on the Tiny Desk Series, … Continue reading
Tiny Desk Concert Series | Wilco
This is a diamond among gems here. Every week NPR brings someone or another in to do a live set in the NPR music offices, and this series has brought the likes of The Avett Brothers, Adele, Jim White, the Decemberists and Noah & The Whale to name a few, but this, THIS, may be … Continue reading
The Might Be Giants | NPR Tiny Desk Concert Series
They Might Be Giants are one of those bands that feels like they were completely before my time despite the fact that they consistently have been putting out material for something like 30 years. And despite never really getting into TMBG, I can appreciate good music when I hear it and I can appreciate the … Continue reading
The Decemberists (feat. Sara Watkins) | NPR Tiny Desk Concert Series
This last Monday, one of my favorite band played a phenomenal 3-song set off of their 2011 album The King is Dead at the NPR offices. As these lucky NPR employees crowd in to see the show Colin Meloy jokes “I was always under the impression that these things were done while everyone was trying … Continue reading
Brand New NPR Tiny Desk Concert | Chris Thile & Michael Daves
Chris Thile, best known as the young mandolin prodigy in Nickel Creek and the figurehead of The Punch Brothers, also has an impressive solo career and puts on an AMAZING live show. Here, Thile and Michael Daves put on one of their aforementioned fantastic shows at the NPR offices to promote their new album Sleep With One Eye Open. Thile … Continue reading
NPR Tiny Desk Concert Series | Mount Kimbie
How is it that unassuming white dudes tend to make the best electronic music? Girl Talk, Four Tet, Mount Kimbie… the list goes on. And people are starting to take notice. Recently, NPR had their first ever electronic act on the “Tiny Desk Concert Series”. Mount Kimbie are a couple of British guys who will make you … Continue reading
David Eugene Edwards | Tiny Desk Concert Series
David Eugene Edwards (16 Horsepower, Woven Hand) has literally been all I have listened to in the last three days. His voice is stark and gritty, mixing with his beautiful and painful lyrics. Edwards has been a big deal on the American folk scene for the last 2 decades, and not to mention, he loves … Continue reading
The Nels Cline Singers | Avant-Garde Jazz | NPR Tiny Desk Concert Series
The Nels Cline Singers Nels Cline (The guitarist for Wilco) is one of the best guitar players around and can do things on a fretboard that almost no one else can (listen to the Wilco album “Sky Blue Sky, you will see what I mean). And although making waves in the “alternative-rock” (whatever that actually is) … Continue reading
Jim White | A Well Kept Secret in American Music | NPR Tiny Desk
JIM WHITE. There is too much to say about Jim White. I first encountered White on a 2004 Uncut compilation and ever since, I have kept an eye on him, as much as I can; not as easy as you’d think. But the one thing I love about White is that he is like a dusty old … Continue reading
The Tallest Man On Earth | NPR Tiny Desk Concert Series
The Swedish sing-songwriter Kristian Matsson showcases his giftedness via his one man band The Tallest Man On Earth. I discovered Matsson earlier this year (via this video) and I have yet to get tired of his poetic narratives, unique voice and pleasant acoustic fingerpicking. Check out The Tallest Man On Earth at the top … Continue reading
