NPR Tiny Desk Concerts - Your Favorites? (1 Viewer)

[JAMES!]

I love these Tiny Desk Concerts from NPR. So many great ones and I love discovering new music from these. What are your favorites?

My two favorites:

Iron and Wine

He blows me away. The whole show is brilliant. I think Big Burned Hand is the best song ever played in any Tiny Desk. I've watched it about two hundred times I think.

The National

I started the link at their 3rd song "Pink Rabbits". That and the next song Sea of Love are so great in that stripped down setting. I feel like with these songs and the Iron and Wine songs, they sound so much better here than they do on the albums.

If you're a fan of these Tiny Desk shows, link your favorite ones.

 

[Quint]

I really liked the Amanda Shires one. 

Bonus that she's married to Jason Isbell. 

 

[Mister CIA]

Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys rules

ETA: rules hard

 

[Wooderson]

I need to check these out. 

Thanks. 

 

[dozer]

Chris Stapleton

Tedeschi Trucks Band

 

[DaVinci]

Chris Stapleton

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Those are two of my favorites, along with:

Lake Street Dive

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats

 

[satch]

Robet Cray, just phenomenal. Such a smooth, soulful voice, and a great soul-blues sound.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fEjzBKo-sxI

 

[whoknew]

Lyle Lovett. Always.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Wilco

 

[trogg78]

Cate Le Bon

 

[wikkidpissah]

tUne-yArDs

 

[lakerstan]

Hadn't heard of this before...great stuff!!!  Thanks!

 

[Dedfin]

Merril Garbus/Tunyards was great

 

[pecorino]

I recall a Trey Anastasio one of these that I liked. Sorry, on phone, no link.

 

[JAMES!]

tUne-yArDs

Never saw that one before. 

 

[ffldrew]

Anderson Paak

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ferZnZ0_rSM

 

[Mookie]

St. Paul and the Broken Bones

 

[Mookie]

The Avett Brothers

 

[Hov34]

Lake Street Dive

 

[Hov34]

Anderson Paak

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ferZnZ0_rSM

This is what I would have posted. 

So good.

 

[Hov34]

Turtles All the Way Down!

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Wilco

https://youtu.be/UZAKTCeE70Y

 

[ragincajun]

https://youtu.be/6vpXX5BjltM

 

[wikkidpissah]

https://youtu.be/6vpXX5BjltM

quite extraordinary, but i cant escape the feeling Janeway is Frank Caliendo doing an imitation of a composite Stax/Volt singer. we forgave it Joss Stone cuz she was a prodigy, but it's magnificently off-putting here

 

[ragincajun]

quite extraordinary, but i cant escape the feeling Janeway is Frank Caliendo doing an imitation of a composite Stax/Volt singer. we forgave it Joss Stone cuz she was a prodigy, but it's magnificently off-putting here

Well put. 

 

[JAMES!]

https://youtu.be/UZAKTCeE70Y

I've watched this probably 10 times over the last 5 years but just now watched it super stoned a few times and think it may be the greatest thing I've ever seen. I feel like I just "got" Wilco. Whew!

 

[glvsav37]

 

[JAMES!]

I always liked the Cranberries but never considered myself a huge fan. They sound awesome here. They kill it on Zombie. Linger too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxsJvKYyVyg

 

[Mister CIA]

DBT - these guys are good

 

[Apple Jack]

DBT - these guys are good

It's interesting to me how strongly Cooley feels about Once They Banned Imagine.

 

[JAMES!]

On a HUGE Wilco kick because of this thread. Bought every album. I always knew they were in my wheelhouse but never got there until a few weeks ago.

 

[dozer]

Jason Isbell

 

[MattFancy]

Never heard of this before. Thank you!!

 

[CletiusMaximus]

I didn’t know Amadou and Mariam were still around, but they just did a Tiny Desk. Wearing matching outfits. Open with Bofou Safou. 

https://youtu.be/hcAKsXR51HQ

 

[Otis]

Dot 

 

[rockaction]

Run The Jewels was awesome.  The last song especially.  

eta* NSFW

 

[CletiusMaximus]

St. Vincent added last week.  Very good. https://youtu.be/BfYJt1O8ZjY 

 

[ragincajun]

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tiny-desk-concerts-audio/id657476401?mt=2

Ye ole podcast version

 

[Mister CIA]

https://youtu.be/6vpXX5BjltM

quite extraordinary, but i cant escape the feeling Janeway is Frank Caliendo doing an imitation of a composite Stax/Volt singer. we forgave it Joss Stone cuz she was a prodigy, but it's magnificently off-putting here

I understand where you are coming from, but I really like this unconditionally (reminiscent of our opposing view of Roy Buchanan). It's not the real McCoy, but it sure is sweet sounding. 

 

[baymen]

Watched a few of these recently and for whatever reason really enjoyed the Pat Benetar tiny desk.  Probably the interaction between her and her husband.

Pat Benetar

 

[Hov34]

I always liked the Cranberries but never considered myself a huge fan. They sound awesome here. They kill it on Zombie. Linger too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxsJvKYyVyg

:(

 

[Mister CIA]

Lucinda Williams. That voice!  Love the guitar work too.

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile 

Cat Man Do

 

[prosopis]

 

[CletiusMaximus]

The Breeders went up yesterday. Old lineup, excellent new record.

 

[Mister CIA]

Need to cleanse my ear buds in the worst way after the schlock draft. A lady at worked turned me on to this young phenom. 

Tash Sultana. She's only 22, but you can hear that she's bursting with greatness. I think she surpasses the @wikkidpissah minimum emote standard with her guitar.

ETA: From just a few weeks ago

 

[NutterButter]

Chris Stapleton

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Just stumbled upon Tedeschi Trucks Band last week.   Susan Tedeschi   .   That last song (Anyhow) is awesome.   

 

[Sebowski]

Can't link it, but check out the Mariachi El Bronx one. Maybe a record for number of people in that room? 

 

[saintfool]

Sam Phillips