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The Internet: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 0 (0)

September 29, 2015 by TIMMHOTEP AKU The Internet is both an anomaly and a sign of the times. No, I’m not talking about the actual Internet you’re using to read this text (though that Internet is pretty special, too), I’m talking about the L.A. band featuring founding members Syd The Kid (vocals/production) and Matt Martians (keys/ production), as well as Pat Paige (bass), Jameel Bruner (keys) and Chris Smith (drums). The band might just be the oddest thing to come from Odd Future, the collective known for its irreverence — and, of course, for making hip-hop. The Internet doesn’t stand [See More…]

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Chris Stapleton: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 0 (0)

September 14, 2015 by JACOB GANZ As a songwriter in Nashville, Chris Stapleton has written hits for Kenny Chesney, George Strait and Darius Rucker. As a singer, he once led the bluegrass band The SteelDrivers, and more recently stepped into the solo spotlight with Traveller, his debut album. It’s the kind of country record that gets better the more you wear it in: When NPR Music named it one of our favorite albums of the first half of 2015, critic Ann Powers compared it to a “soft denim jacket … pulled out time after time, lending comfort, suiting every occasion, [See More…]

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Ernest Ranglin: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 0 (0)

At 82, legendary guitarist Ernest Ranglin still plays the ska, reggae and jazz that he’s championed and helped perfect for more than half a century. Ranglin was a key figure in shaping the sounds of ska — influenced by New Orleans jazz and R&B — in Jamaica in the late 1950s. But most of the world wouldn’t hear of ska until producer Chris Blackwell teamed Ranglin up with a Jamaican singer named Millie Small. Together, they recorded “My Boy Lollipop,” a song that became a smash at the height of Beatlemania and helped put ska and Jamaican music on the [See More…]

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Adele: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 0 (0)

Watch Adele play “Someone Like You”, “Chasing Pavements” and “Rolling In The Deep” at the Tiny Desk. Did you know you can watch new Tiny Desk Concerts on npr.org ONE WEEK before they go up on YouTube? Click here: https://www.npr.org/tinydesk Follow NPR Music: Twitter: https://twitter.com/nprmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nprmusic In a stripped-down three-song set at the NPR Music offices, the Grammy-winning U.K. pop star showcases her brilliant voice and seemingly effortless charisma. Watch Adele perform two new songs to go with her ubiquitous hit “Chasing Pavements.” Set List: “Someone Like You” “Chasing Pavements” “Rolling In The Deep” For more videos, visit npr.org/tinydeskconcerts [See More…]