The singer performed at the Tiny Desk without a warmup or soundcheck, with just her acoustic guitar and un-amplified voice, letting the wordplay in her songs shine through.
The Malian musicians, who've been playing together for nearly 40 years, bring some of the most lyrical melodies and joyful sounds we've ever had at the Tiny Desk.
Like the surfer the song's named for, there is a restlessness to the first single from Freedom, Amen Dunes' first full-length album in nearly four years.
The host directed perhaps his sharpest criticism of Trump to date with a spot-on cover of the perpendicular cool and calm of James Taylor's classic "Fire and Rain."
A second song is now out from the upcoming sophomore full-length by Lucy Dacus in the form of a self-directed video that takes on the many toxic forms of addiction.