Watch Alisa Amador’s Tiny Desk Concert below, and scroll down to view the tour dates for the Tiny Desk Contest On The Road tour. … In this moment, I feel like we need to remember how not alone we are more than ever,” she said. This song is called ‘Together’ and it’s a celebration of the revolutionary power of love in the face of such division and such opposition and such challenges. “This pandemic has a way of making us feel so alone, and we’ve lost so many people that we love, and we’re away and distanced from so many people that we love. This years winner of the Tiny Desk contest, in which artists submit entries to perform in the series, was Alisa Amador. She then grabbed a guitar of her own before the group launched into the contemplative number “Slow Down”.īefore beginning her final song, Amador stopped to acknowledge the difficulty of the pandemic and the need for togetherness. “This was her idea,” he said as the two musicians played the guitar together. ![]() At one point in the song, Alisa walked over to guitarist Jamie Oshima and strummed his guitar for him as he played a melody on keyboard with his right hand. ![]() A backing band then emerged to support the singer with guitar, bass, drums, and keys as she launched into her upbeat soul-pop tune “Timing”. The performance was the first filmed at NPR’s Tiny Desk studio with an audience in over 800 days.Īlisa Amador was accompanied by a string quartet as she opened the celebratory set with “Milonga accidental”, the song that won her the Tiny Desk Contest and the only song of the set sung entirely in Spanish. Blurb: Alisa Amador’s music is a synthesis of the many styles she’s voraciously absorbed: rock, jazz, funk and alternative folk, all wrapped in the spirit of the Latin music she grew up with. The Tiny Desk: On The Road concert series is Tuesday at Aisle 5 at 8 p.m.This year’s NPR Tiny Desk Contest winner Alisa Amador performed a full Tiny Desk Concert that featured her winning composition, “Milonga accidental”, and three other original songs. Whoever you are, whatever your struggle, pain, or joy you belong at an Alisa Amador concert. "And I feel like if you put in the work, you stay consistent." "I've just been doing a lot more manifesting in my life and saying exactly what I want, being specific about it and putting in the work," they said. "Īrtist Yah Yah said the show comes as a result of the work they've put in as a musician. I hope to bring that same energy to this, and hopefully that's something that was they saw in me when selecting me to perform on this tour. "I want my shows feel like a family and like a party, a celebration of whether they're good or bad and letting it all out," they said. "I was in a pretty like hip college band before pursuing my solo stuff, so I was really familiar with the series itself for national acts."Īlto Moon hopes this show will be a unifying experience for the music community in Atlanta. "I've actually been a fan of the Tiny Desk contests dating back to like 2015," they said. "įor artist Alto Moon, Tiny Desk has been a presence in their lives for years. ![]() "For me it is a more of a form of encouragement to keep being able to hear something to tell me, like, 'You don't have to let people judge you,'" they said. It's also a chance for them to reflect on overcoming their previous struggles with mental illness and self-dobut. ![]() I can only be me and do the best that I can do." "You know, I can't be like everybody else. "God created each and every one of us, all of us are individual, but all of us, these are his children," they said. Now the Tiny Desk is coming to Georgia in a concert series featuring Amador as well as three local winners - O'She Tyght, Yah Yah, and Alto Moon - at Atlanta venue Aisle 5.įor O'She Tyght, their music is a means of reflecting on their own individual voice. This years Tiny Desk Contest On The Road tour was a victory lap for 2022 winner Alisa Amador, who was met by thousands of new fans, and also showcased local talents in Washington, D.C., Atlanta. "Despite the fact that I don't speak Spanish, I felt the conflict, the yearning and the song's questioning." "I often fall for a song because of the lyrics, and this is the first Tiny Desk Contest winner whose winning song is in Spanish," contest judge Bob Boilen said. Amador's win was unique for many reasons this year - her tiny desk performance was the first to be shot in front of an audience since the pandemic, and her entry song, "Milonga Accidental," was not in English. This year's winner of the Tiny Desk contest, in which artists submit entries to perform in the series, was Alisa Amador. National Public Radio has created a music phenomenon in the past several years with their "Tiny Desk" series: a showcase that features musical artists performing intimate sessions around the office desks of the NPR headquarters.
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