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The Cast of Buena Vista Social Club: Tiny Desk Concert

28. Mai 2025 um 8:31 Uhr von Ronny

Für einige von euch dürfte heute sowas wie Freitag sein und ich finde, diesen Umstand könnte man musikalisch nicht passender rahmen als mit dem Tiny Desk Concert des Cast of Buena Vista Social Club. Auch wenn das hiesige Wetter dazu heute so gar nicht passen will. Trotzdem toll.

Based on real-life events and people, Buena Vista Social Club features many characters and lots of great Cuban music. It takes such skill to reflect music of a bygone era, even more to sound fresh and vibrant night after night for months at a time. Scaled down for the Tiny Desk, the show is no less magical.

Before it was a Broadway musical racking up Tony Award nominations, the Buena Vista Social Club was a second chance. After the Cuban Revolution, many of the country’s beloved musicians were lost to time, but in 1996, an ensemble was formed to reclaim their spotlight. To tell their story, the musical goes back and forth between the 1940s and the recording sessions that produced a masterpiece.


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Beth Gibbons: Tiny Desk Concert

15. Mai 2025 um 16:08 Uhr von Ronny

Die großartige Beth Gibbons beim NPR Tiny Desk Concert. Auch ohne Portishead wirklich richtig und schwerstens melancholisch.

This set at the Tiny Desk is mostly culled from Lives Outgrown, her densely layered and lived-in album released last year. Sonically, Gibbons‘ solo debut feels worlds apart from the haunted electronic production of Portishead, yet her existential themes of loss, change and restless curiosity remain. There is, however, an invitation within these new songs to bear witness to Gibbons‘ own tragedy and transformation. In the daylight of the NPR Music office, she closes her eyes as she leans into the uncertainty of the moment, and turns away once a song ends.


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Tiny Desk Concert: Post Malone

16. August 2023 um 9:45 Uhr von Ronny

Post Malone hat mit „Austin“ für mich eines der bisher besten Alben des Jahres veröffentlicht, das hier seit Wochen in Heavy Rotation läuft. Ich liebe so ziemlich alles daran , bin aber eh Riesenfan von Posti. Für mich einer der besten Popmusiker der Jetztzeit. Schön, dass er nun NPR für ein Tiny Desk Concert besucht hat, das gerne auch dreimal so lang hätte sein können. Mindestens.


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Tiny Desk Concert: Cypress Hill

27. Juli 2023 um 11:45 Uhr von Ronny

Um 50 Jahre HipHop zu feiern, besuchten Cypress Hill die Studios von NPR, um dort ein Tiny Desk Konzert zum Besten zu geben.

While the term „pioneer“ is used loosely in pop culture today, few terms describe Cypress Hill’s impact over the past three decades more adequately. They are the first Latino hip-hop group to achieve platinum and multi-platinum status. B Real, Sen and producer DJ Muggs crafted a sound in the ’90s that stretched beyond regional boundaries. It was dark, psychedelic and at times directly addressed mental health before the topic was commonplace. Many dismissed the group as „stoner rappers,“ yet the members were fervent advocates for the legalization of weed long before it came to fruition.


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Tiny Desk Concert: Fred again…

18. April 2023 um 15:35 Uhr von Ronny

Schon am Wochenende wohlwollend zur Kenntnis genommen, aber jetzt erst zum Hören gekommen. Als DJ so gar nicht meine Kanne Brause, als Musiker, Instrumentalist und Produzent dann aber doch außerordentlich gut: Fred again… mit seinem Tiny Desk Concert. Hört sich sehr gut weg.

When Fred again.. first proposed a Tiny Desk concert, it wasn’t immediately clear how he was going to make it work — not because he lacked creativity, but because translating purely electronic music at the Desk is a daunting task for anyone. How would an artist, whose performances take the form of DJ sets in front of massive audiences, curate an intimate and unique experience? But what the British songwriter and producer came up with is a reminder of what a Tiny Desk is at its best: an opportunity for artists to challenge themselves in such a way that it almost feels like they’re making new music, all while sticking to what feels true to them.


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