Lucy Dacus sat behind an actual tiny desk for her NPR Tiny Desk Concert appearance, filmed at her high school alma mater, Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School in Richmond, Virginia. With her band — which includes two of her former classmates, guitarist Jacob Blizard and audio engineer Collin Pastore — …
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Kirk Franklin performed with his band and choir in the latest “at-home” Tiny Desk concert from NPR, playing live from his studio Uncle Jesse’s Kitchen in Arlington, Texas. And leave it to the gospel legend to bring the energy of a euphoric church service right through the computer screen. “I …
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Phoebe Bridgers swapped out her skeleton suit for a blazer in a performance for NPR‘s Tiny Desk series. With the ongoing pandemic, artists have been performing at home instead of at NPR, but Bridgers’ segment takes place “in” the Oval Office. Standing in front of the green screen, she’s flanked …
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