tiny desk concert – CLARITY AND CHAOS

Gaelynn Lea: Someday We’ll Linger in the Sun Gaelyn Lea, a classical violinist/fiddle player from Duluth, Minnesota, is the winner of the 2016 NPR Tiny Desk Concert, and I am so glad they introduced me to her music. With her violin, a loop pedal and her voice she creates these spellbinding, odd melodies and harmonies that …

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npr: nprmusic: shamir326 played an acoustic set at the Tiny Desk and we all did our best not to cry during “Darker.” You weekend watch/listen. -Emily So good.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Hop Along did a great Tiny Desk Concert session for NPR Music, and it doesn’t even include my favorite song of the moment, Waitress. I’m especially enchanted by this version of Horseshoe Crabs, Frances Quinlan’s voice always on the edge of precipice and power.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

I really like this J Mascis Tiny Desk Concert. The great master of distortion, reverb, and general loud guitar is so vulnerable in this stripped-down acoustic set.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)