* Obsessed with Tiny Desk 2020 *

I've been obsessed with NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concerts for a while now. But I covered them for the first time only last year in Obsessed with Tiny Desk

So what is it about Tiny Desk Concert series that I love?

It is very simple, this series brings intimate concert vibe through approx 20 minute video performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. And when I am not attending concerts or the festivals, I love feeling like I am there and in this case, in a small, intimate venue listening to my favorite musician or discovering my new favorite one.

The first Tiny Desk Concert came about in 2008 (after Boilen and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson left a bar show frustrated that they couldn't hear the music over the crowd noise. Thompson joked that the musician, folk singer Laura Gibson, should just perform at Boilen's desk. A month later (on April 21st, 2008) Boilen arranged for her to do just that, making an impromptu recording and posting it online. Even the name of the series is connected to Boilen: it was taken from his 1970s psychedelic dance band called Tiny Desk Unit.

Fast forward to today and this series included more than 800 concerts viewed a collective 2 billion times on NPR Tiny Desk YouTube channel.

This year, due to Covid19 pandemic all the festivals were either cancelled or postponed. So I haven't attended any festivals or gigs since beginning of this year. At this moment, Tiny Desk Concerts seems the closest we have to the live gigs, so I've decided to do another session this year dedicated and share with you some of my favorite Tiny Desk concerts again. And since I can only share few of them during my 2-hour show, I will probably do one more session later on. Maybe even next month 😎

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Tune in tonight to Gimme A Beat at home edition (20.04.2020) to hear my selection of Tiny Desk Concerts sang by female artists. For NPR, you can donate here.

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