Been Enjoying Tiny Desk concerts on You Tube for the last couple of evenings. What a great way to enjoy live music up close and personal. I really enjoyed these:
The Roots feat Bilal
Wu Tang Clan
Rakim
Booker T Jones
DakhaBrakha
Oh, I could be here all night! I totally love Tiny Desk! I love how the performer’s personalities really come to the fore. OP, if you like Wu, then it’s really got to be GZA next:
This one by Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile is in contention for the one I’ve watched the most, alongside Run the Jewels. It’s lovely, and the chemistry between them is brilliant. They come across as really nice people. Both of their individual Tiny Desk concerts are very good.
There’s something inherently amusing about the massive bands with loads of members jammed in there, watched most of Snarky Puppy’s set without realising there was a whole extra drummer hidden away at the back.
Mother Falcon are another contender for the ‘performing in each other’s laps’ award. It’s a minor miracle there wasn’t a bassoon-related concussion incident during this recording.
Say what you like about them, but Coldplay’s Tiny Desk with a gospel choir has been very uplifting recently.
Sharon van Etten’s most recent set is also pretty epic.
This might be useful to someone else: I just discovered that NPR have a Tiny Desk podcast with the audio, which means you can play on a phone without Youtube pausing if you put the app in the background.
All my faves been posted! Mac Miller (what’s the use is maybe the best bit of the internet), Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett, Tyler, Anderson Paak. Haven’t made it to Coldplay yet, or Sting and Shaggy Perhaps I never will? This is good:
Others I’ve enjoyed watching…
Billy Corgan
Suzanne Vega
Pat Benatar
Pixies
Daniel Johnston (rip)
Cat Stevens
J Mascis
Billy Bragg
Vic Chesnutt
The Breeders