Mdou Moctar: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert (2021)
Tuareg wunderkind Mdou Moctar performs (at home) for the NPR Tiny Desk and this is my love language.
Setlist:
Ya Habibti
Tala Tannam
Afrique Victime
Players:
Mahamadou "Mdou Moctar" Souleymane: lead guitar, vocals
Ahmoudou Madassane: rhythm guitar, vocals
Mikey Coltun: bass
Souleymane Ibrahim: calabash
Important People:
Video: Mamadou Halidou, WH Moustapha, Sabrina Nichols
Audio: Mikey Coltun, Seth Manchester
Special Thanks: Dynamique Image and Machines with Magnets
Tiny Desk People:
Producer: Bob Boilen
Video Producer: Kara Frame
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Associate Producer: Bobby Carter
Tiny Production Team: Maia Stern, Gabrielle Pierre
Executive Producer: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
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Purchase Mdou Moctar’s music at Bandcamp
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Listen to Tarha” by Mdou Moctar, from the ‘Blue Stage Session,’ featured on Episode 43 of The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow
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The Freeform Family Dinner Radioshow (03) :: A Holiday At The Sea Playlist
I have this playlist on my laptop called “Mix: Home Listening.” It’s currently at 1,331 songs. When our family is just hanging around the house, or especially when Kristi and I cook, we put that playlist on shuffle and just hope for the best. Well, not really, since everything in that playlist is hand-picked.
There are some evenings when my wife and I will look at each other and just wish we could have that same mix of music that just came up to enjoy later on. So, some time ago, I started keeping track of some of the evenings we really liked and I started making mixes of them for the car or just to re-play. We don’t replay them often, but since I have several of them, I thought: why not share them with my Holiday at the Sea online friends and family.
I do pick the first song but from then on out, it’s all shuffle. We’ve been making these mixes about an hour to an hour-and-a-half since that’s what will fit on a blank CD. So, it has to be on shuffle and play good songs for at least an hour. If I skip a song, then the whole mix is thrown out.
I’m not sure how many of these mixes I will end up posting, but I’ve got several ready to go, so I figured that now is as good a time as any. I hope you enjoy and that these songs accompany as many good family times for you as they have for us.
Enjoy.
“Skinny Love” by Bon Iver
“Pump It Up” by Elvis Costello
“Swing Wide The Glimmering Gates” by Andrew Osenga
“When It Don’t Come Easy” by Patty Griffin
“This Tornado Loves You” by Neko Case
“Hold On” by Alabama Shakes
“The Last Of The Famous International Playboys” by Morrissey
“Carry Me Ohio” by Sun Kil Moon
“Brimful of Asha” by Cornershop
“Silence Kit” by Pavement
“Welcome to Struggleville” by Vigilantes of Love
“Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold” by Townes Van Zandt
“Blanket of Ghosts” by Dustin Kenstrue
“Distress Signal” by Jeremy Casella
“Lincoln Town” by John Hiatt
“This Empty Northern Hemisphere” by Gregory Alan Isakov
“Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore” by John Prine
“Narcissus Soaking Wet” by Chris Robinson Brotherhood
“Be Thankful” by Jackie Mittoo
“Funeral Singers” by Califone
“I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” by Jeff Tweedy
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Built To Spill Live at KEXP (2015)
Built To Spill performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded July 24, 2015.
Setlist:
So
Never Be The Same
Living Zoo
Stab
Important People:
Host: Cheryl Waters
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Luke Knecht & Justin Wilmore
Director: Scott Holpainen
Editor: Jim Beckmann
the Linda Lindas Celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Live at LA Public Library
By now we’ve all seen the viral hit ‘Racist Sexist Boy,’ from the Linda Lindas (see it for yourself here in the Musical Worldview Project). It’s taken off so much that, according to Rolling Stone, the group recently signed with Epitaph Records. Well, here’s the whole show along with interview with the group.
From the video’s Youtube page:
“Celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a mini concert and interview with LA's own Asian & Latinx teen band The Linda Lindas! This program was made possible by the library's Future Read Teens and LA Made program funds, with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association.”
Setlist:
Claudia Kishi
Missing You
Never Say Never
Monica
Interview
No Clue
Racist Sexist Boy (?)
Rebel Girl (Bikini Kill Cover)
Big Mouth (The Muffs Cover)
Yo La Tengo Live Tengo Live at NPR's Tiny Desk (2013)
Yo La Tengo perform an acoustic set for the Tiny Desk. From the notes:
“We've been filming Tiny Desk concerts for more than 10 years. While revisiting our archives, we discovered that some of our earliest concerts never made it to YouTube! Watch Yo La Tengo’s Tiny Desk concert from 2013”
Setlist:
"Is That Enough"
"Tears Are In Your Eyes"
"Ohm"
Important People:
Producer: Otis Hart;
Editor: Denise DeBelius;
Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait;
Videographers: Lizzie Chen, Denise DeBelius, Gabriella Garcia-Pardo;
photo by Marie McGrory/NPR
Cibo Matto Live at KEXP (2014)
In honor of Cibo Matto's landmark debut 'Viva! La Woman' turning 25, we revisit the band’s 2014 stop at the KEXP studios.
Setlist:
10th Floor Ghost Girl
Emerald Tuesday
Déjà Vu
Important People:
Host: Morgan Chosnyk
Audio Engineer: Jackson Long
Cameras: Luke Knecht, Tim Meinig & Justin Wilmore
Editor: Justin Wilmore
The Freeform Family Dinner Radioshow (02) :: A Holiday At The Sea Playlist
I have this playlist on my laptop called “Mix: Home Listening.” It’s currently at 1,331 songs. When our family is just hanging around the house, or especially when Kristi and I cook, we put that playlist on shuffle and just hope for the best. Well, not really, since everything in that playlist is hand-picked.
There are some evenings when my wife and I will look at each other and just wish we could have that same mix of music that just came up to enjoy later on. So, some time ago, I started keeping track of some of the evenings we really liked and I started making mixes of them for the car or just to re-play. We don’t replay them often, but since I have several of them, I thought: why not share them with my Holiday at the Sea online friends and family.
I do pick the first song but from then on out, it’s all shuffle. We’ve been making these mixes about an hour to an hour-and-a-half since that’s what will fit on a blank CD. So, it has to be on shuffle and play good songs for at least an hour. If I skip a song, then the whole mix is thrown out.
I’m not sure how many of these mixes I will end up posting, but I’ve got several ready to go, so I figured that now is as good a time as any. I hope you enjoy and that these songs accompany as many good family times for you as they have for us.
Enjoy.
“Livin’ Was Easy” by the Glands
“Sisters and Brothers” by the Vespers
“G’Dang Diggy” by Common Market
“The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” by XTC
“Second Hand News” by Fleetwood Mac
“Black-Throated Wind” by Bob Weir
“Mr. Tambourine Man” by Brothers And Sisters Of Los Angeles
“Anxious” by the Housemartins
“Grace” by Star & Micey
“Acid Boys” by Susto
“I Believe (In Everything)” by JJ Grey and Mofro
“Wichita Lineman” by Johnny Cash
“Raw Power” by Iggy and the Stooges
“Two Little Feet” by Greg Brown
“Chickens on the Lamb” by Ramsay Midwood
“Bed Jammin” by Lee “Scratch Perry
“What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye
“Scarred But Smarter” by Model Engine
“I Could Be Wrong (But I Don’t Think I Am)” by Vigilantes of Love
“Madness” by Madness
“Country Girls in City Dresses” by Doug Burr
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Sons of Kemet Live at Big Ears Festival (2019)
“This concert was recorded at The Mill & Mine on March 24, 2019, as part of the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tenn.”
Setlist:
"My Queen is Ada Eastman"
"My Queen is Angela Davis"
"The Itis"
"Breadfruit"
"Mo' Wiser"
"My Queen is Harriet Tubman"
"My Queen is Mamie Phipps Clark"
"Inner Babylon"
"My Queen is Berta Cáceres"
"My Queen is Albertina Sisulu"
"Afrofuturism"
Players:
Shabaka Hutchings (saxophone)
Theon Cross (tuba)
Tom Skinner (drums)
Eddie Hicks (drums)
Dinosaur Jr. Live at KEXP
“Dinosaur Jr. perform live on KEXP from the Doug Fir Lounge during MusicfestNW. Recorded on September 8, 2012”
Setlist:
The Lung
Forget The Swan
Budge
In A Jar
The Wagon
Important People:
Host: Cheryl Waters
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Scott Holpainen, Christopher Meister & Jenna Pool
Editing: Scott Holpainen
Pavement Live In Frankfurt (1994)
Pavement live at at Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany (03/06/1994)
“Two camera fan-shot (one back, one side). Cams were edited and enhanced with soundboard feed and cam audio.”
Setlist:
Pueblo
Gold Soundz
Silence Kit
5 – 4 = Unity
Cut Your Hair
Elevate Me Later
Newark Wilder
Debris Slide
Trigger Cut
Two States
Brinx Job
Unfair
Heaven is a Truck
Box Elder
Stop Breathing
In the Mouth of the Desert
Forklift
Fillmore Jive
Billy and the Kids :: Grateful Mahalo
You know what they say: “Don’t read the books if you don’t want to know.”
OK, I’ve never heard anyone actually say that, but I’ve been reading a lot of Grateful Dead material lately. I read Phil Lesh’s book, then Billy’s book, and now I’m reading Garcia: An American Life. Anyway, Billy’s book left me conflicted. On one hand, you read the book to hear the thoughts of the people involved, and then sometimes you’re sorry you did.
But whatever I may have thought of the book of the personality Billy projected through it, he has been behind the drumkit for some of my most favorite music ever. Bill Kreutzmann recently celebrated his 75th birthday with a string of three live-streamed show with his band Billy and the Kids. Two of those shows have appeared at the Live Music Archive and are definitely worth your time and I wish him nothing but the best and I wish everyday was Bill Kreutzmann’s birthday, because all of this is great.
As if Billy on drums, Reed Mathis on bass and Billy Strings wasn’t enough, how about saxophone?! No? Still not enough? How about appearances from Santana?! If that’s not enough, you’re in the wrong place. Anyway, here’s the two live sets from the Archive and some videos that I’ve been hanging out with.
Billy and the Kids (05/07/21):
Billy and the Kids (05/08/21):
Players:
Aron Magner – Keyboards, Vocals
Bill Kreutzmann – Drums
Billy Strings - Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals
James Casey - Sax
Reed Mathis – Bass, Vocals
Tom Hamilton – Guitar, Lead Vocals
As if all of that goodness wasn’t already enough, THERE’S VIDEO!
"Mississippi Half-Step"
“Help on The Way" and more”
“China Cat Sunflower”
“Tangled up In Blue”
Billy & The Kids ft. Carlos Santana, Billy Strings - "Scarlett Begonia's" and "Iko "Iko"
“Ripple”
The Freeform Family Dinner Radioshow (01) :: A Holiday At The Sea Playlist
I have this playlist on my laptop called “Mix: Home Listening.” It’s currently at 1,331 songs. When our family is just hanging around the house, or especially when Kristi and I cook, we put that playlist on shuffle and just hope for the best. Well, not really, since everything in that playlist is hand-picked.
There are some evenings when my wife and I will look at each other and just wish we could have that same mix of music that just came up to enjoy later on. So, some time ago, I started keeping track of some of the evenings we really liked and I started making mixes of them for the car or just to re-play. We don’t replay them often, but since I have several of them, I thought: why not share them with my Holiday at the Sea online friends and family.
I do pick the first song but from then on out, it’s all shuffle. We’ve been making these mixes about an hour to an hour-and-a-half since that’s what will fit on a blank CD. So, it has to be on shuffle and play good songs for at least an hour. If I skip a song, then the whole mix is thrown out.
I’m not sure how many of these mixes I will end up posting, but I’ve got several ready to go, so I figured that now is as good a time as any. I hope you enjoy and that these songs accompany as many good family times for you as they have for us.
Enjoy.
“That’s What Love Will Make You Do” by Jerry Garcia
“Aquarius” by Boards of Canada
“Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” by Neil Young
“Afrikaner Barista” by Beauty Pill
“Rastaman Chant (live)” by Bob Marley and the Wailers
“Praise God I’m Satisfied” by Blind Willie Johnson
“China” by Greg Brown
“Can I Kick It?” by A Tribe Called Quest
“Me and Bobby McGee” by Janis Joplin
“‘Ol ‘55 (live)” by Tom Waits
“Homestead” by Northern Hustle
“Love, Love, Love (Everyone” by Akron/Fmily
“Oppenheimer” by Old 97’s
“The King Is Half-Undressed” by Jellyfish
“Kinky Afro” by Happy Mondays
“Penny Lane” by the Beatles
“Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers
“Unfortunately, Anna” by Justin Townes Earle
“Laughter (live)” by Josh Rouse
“Self Care” by Mac Miller
“I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” by Lee Hazlewood
“Precita” by Mount Moriah
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Yo La Tengo Live At KEXP (2013)
KEXP presents Yo La Tengo performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded on January 18, 2013.
Setlist:
I'll Be Around
The Point of It
Ohm
Before We Run
Important People:
Host: Kevin Cole
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Shelly Corbett & Justin Wilmore
Editor: Scott Holpainen
The Way Out Where Is In :: A Holiday At The Sea Playlist
Here’s a fun little playlist to celebrate Serendipity.
Let me explain: My name is Brent and I love the Grateful Dead. So it makes perfect sense to lead off this mix with the Dead rehearsing with Brent in April 1979 right before his first tour with them.
And, not only is my name Brent and I love the Grateful Dead, I love the music of Miles Davis. So much so that Miles Davis is one of the reasons we named our oldest son Miles. So it makes perfect sense to include Miles Davis playing at the Fillmore West; a bill shared with none other than the Grateful Dead. You can watch video here.
OH, and if all that wasn’t enough, I was born in 1973! Not in Summer, but still, the Dead jamming with Brent for a song named after my birth year, how could I not include it here?!
So we have two tracks from the Dead and Brent rehearsing, two tracks of wild Miles opening for the Dead. Then, we wrap things up with the drums/space segment (except I reversed them here) from Dead and Co. in Phoenix, AZ, 2017. Because, guess what: WE WERE THERE!
So here’s a mix of out there stuff with inward significance. This playlist is not for everyone. But if you know, you know. Ya dig?
Setlist:
“Booji Boy's Bad Trip (Drums, Space, Feedback)” by the Grateful Dead
“Miles Runs The Voodoo Down” by Miles Davis
“Summer of ‘73” by the Grateful Dead
“It’s About That Time” by Miles Davis
“Space/Drums” by Dead and Co.
Visit the Grateful Dead’s official website.
Follow the Grateful Dead on Facebook.
Follow Grateful Dead on Twitter.
Purchase Grateful Dead music on Amazon.
Visit the official Miles Davis website.
Follow the Miles Davis page at Facebook.
Purchase Miles Davis music at Amazon.
Visit the official Dead and Co. website
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Wu Man :: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2011)
“Watch the world's reigning pipa virtuoso play ancient music from her Chinese homeland in the NPR Music offices. When her fingers start to fly, Wu Man can create scenes of cinematic grandeur or serene, moonlit moments.”
Setlist:
"Ambushed From All Sides""Night Thoughts"
"White Snow In Spring"
Jupiter and Okwess :: Live for KEXP (2018)
KEXP “presents Jupiter & Okwess performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded October 15, 2018.”
Setlist:
Ofakomolo
Nzele Momi
Musonsu
Ekombe
Important People:
Host: Darek Mazzone
Audio Engineers: Francois Gouverneur & Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Scott Holpainen & Justin Wilmore
Editor: Justin Wilmore
Shabaka and The Ancestors :: Live at the NTS Live at Jazz Cafe (2017)
Shabaka and The Ancestors :: Live at the NTS Live at Jazz Cafe (2017). Sorry, I don’t know much else about this show. The Youtube page doesn’t include any further information or setlist.
Oh well.
Enjoy.
