If you’re like me, you’re getting weary of being stuck at home, and finding yourself with little energy for reading… So this week, we thought we’d offer something fun and different for you to enjoy… an eclectic collection of spectacular Tiny Desk Concerts from NPR!!!
Relax, click through these selections and find some great music to comfort you in these dark days from new or beloved artists!
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7) Josh Ritter
(With Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell)
Josh Ritter came to the Tiny Desk with the enthusiasm of a young child and the wisdom of an old soul. He arrived armed with a message and musical soulmates, Amanda Shires on fiddle and Jason Isbell on acoustic guitar. Both play on Josh’s 2019 album Fever Breaks; in fact, Jason produced the record. This is Josh Ritter’s second appearance at the Tiny Desk; his first was on Valentine’s Day 2011. On this day, his heart was on America. Each song was filled with frustrations regarding the treatment of refugees, immigration, politics and our hearts. On “All Some Kind of Dream,” he sings, “There was a time when we were them / Just as now they all are we / Was there an hour when we took them in? / Or was it all some kind of dream?” When the song ended, Josh stared into the NPR crowd. “I feel like the big thing that we all have to fight against is this notion that we’re not all human beings,” he said. “And they’re trying to break us in every number of ways, all different little groups, and that we have no power, but we have power!”
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