The National Tiny Desk Concert - NPR

I am not sure if I have posted before about the wonderful series of Tiny Desk Concerts over at NPR (National Public Radio). A very simple idea, get a band or artist to turn up in their offices and perform a short gig behind a desk! It's like MTV Unplugged without the staging and rehearsals.

In the promo blitz that The National are currently undertaking they have recorded a session which is now live on the NPR website.

The band played a short four song set of tunes from the new LP:

• This Is The Last Time
• I Need My Girl
• Pink Rabbits
• Sea of Love 

They are great stripped down acoustic version with the band in fine form.

You can watch the whole thing here:

http://www.npr.org/event/music/190382702/the-national-tiny-desk-concert?autoplay=true

You can download the audio directly here:

http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/asc/2013/06/20130610_asc_thenational.mp3?dl=1

Lambchop's Kurt Wagner Plays A Tiny Desk Concert

This is a wonderful little video of the peerless Kurt Wagner of Lampchop playing a desktop concert in Nashville. The gig was for the great NPR. There are a whole series of these videos covering artist from the likes of Vic Chesnutt and Great Lake Swimmers.

The set list is as follows:

"You're a Big Girl Now"

"National Talk Like a Pirate Day"

"I Believe in You"

Well worth spending the time to watch, listen and swoon.

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