The London-based singer performs in a shop filled with sentimental curiosities of a world gone by, while singing about old memories and the pain of lost love.
With lyrics taken from Muhal Richard Abrams song titles and a video shot in the Bronzeville neighborhood, the Chicago-born musician connects the dots of his city's jazz history.
The 2018 Slingshot artist wowed at SXSW for her super-charged vocal performances, and she matches that intensity with a rendition of "Lottery" for Jimmy Fallon.
Deer mixes traditional Inuit throat singing and indie-rock in a style she cleverly calls "Inuindie." "I have one foot in both worlds and I think my music exemplifies that," the singer says.
Crofton crystallizes the duality of heartache, knowing life marches cruelly on despite personal setbacks, but wants to simmer in the pain just a little longer.
The guitarist and singer for The Black Keys and The Arcs brings his Easy Eye Sound Revue to the Tiny Desk, recalling a time and sound from the '60s when southern R&B, including Nashville, was a force.