Any Fans of NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts?

[bobsvinyl]

I watch a variety of videos on YouTube and I've run into some of NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts and they are fun. They are very down to earth and relaxed. It looks like the groups really enjoy themselves in this small setting. They are also well recorded. There's everything from folk, funk, jazz, rap to alterative and indie rock. Here are a some I like.

George Clinton:

Tedeschi Trucks Band:

Woven Hand:

Richard Thompson:

Add any you enjoy.

 

[Worried Man]

They're sometimes interesting. It's a cool concept, in any case. It depends on whether I'm interested in the artist. I really enjoyed the King Krule one.

 

[c-atle-79bay]

I really enjoy them. Great version of Yosef doing father and son on one of them

 

[KrisM]

I haven't watched as many as I should have. I dig the Wilco ones.

That Tedeschi Trucks one is crazy. I saw them a few years ago, and recall thinking they had too many people on stage. How the heck do cram them into that space, lol?

 

[bobsvinyl]

I haven't watched as many as I should have. I dig the Wilco ones.

That Tedeschi Trucks one is crazy. I saw them a few years ago, and recall thinking they had too many people on stage. How the heck do cram them into that space, lol?

I thought the same thing about George Clinton.

 

[mhardy6647]

yes.

 

[poppachubby]

Yes big fan here. The Christian Scott performance is superb...

 

[poppachubby]

 

[bobsvinyl]

Charles Lloyd:

 

[poppachubby]

We have talked about this before.... Jes saying.

Do you know how often a thread for "jazz recommendations" comes onto the board? I don't recall an NPR thread and its a worthwhile topic - so lets just go with it.

 

[poppachubby]

 

[KrisM]

I thought the same thing about George Clinton.

I looked at that and wondered how they were going to land the mothership in there!

 

[poppachubby]

I looked at that and wondered how they were going to land the mothership in there!

I follow them on Facebook. Over the last couple weeks they have been touring and at every stop, Live feeding segments of the shows and other interesting events they are involved in. On average, they put up 30 - 45 minutes of concert footage from the backstage vantage. Great stuff.

 

[KrisM]

I follow them on Facebook. Over the last couple weeks they have been touring and at every stop, Live feeding segments of the shows and other interesting events they are involved in. On average, they put up 30 - 45 minutes of concert footage from the backstage vantage. Great stuff.

I'm not a big fan, but that is really cool.

 

[bobsvinyl]

I really liked that Christian Scott video. And he's wearing a Joy Division shirt! Thanks for posting it Poppa.

 

[Nightcleaner]

yes

Iron & Wine

Great Lake Swimmers

 

[whyaskit]

Yes. Lots of good music and artist can reimagine songs in a different light.

 

[El Pee]

I think it's a testament to NPR's creativity that they can build a multi-million dollar headquarters and NOT include a performance studio, then shoe-horn them into someplace they don't belong and make them sound good. And pretend that was the ideal all along...

 

[RamblinE]

Put me down as another fan. They’ve done so many brass bands too. This channel for me is almost it’s own avenue for musical discovery.

 

[Pio1980]

I think it's a testament to NPR's creativity that they can build a multi-million dollar headquarters and NOT include a performance studio, then shoe-horn them into someplace they don't belong and make them sound good. And pretend that was the ideal all along...

Same way shopping malls get built without rest rooms. Nobody conciously thought to ensure it's included.