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WATCH: Rhiannon Giddens Plays the Tiny Desk

Posted on by Justin Hiltner

Former Carolina Chocolate Drops leader and old-time music maven Rhiannon Giddens has the uncanny ability to sing through an audience. In May, she released her third full-length, studio album, there is no Other, with Nonesuch Records. In this new chapter, Giddens collaborated with Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, who is known for his virtuosity on percussion and jazz piano. Giddens, Turrisi, and bassist Jason Sypher stopped by NPR to perform some music from the latest record; watch as they stun the audience huddled around the Tiny Desk.

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WATCH: David Crosby’s Tiny Desk Concert

Posted on by Justin Hiltner

Just in time for the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, David Crosby stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk with the Lighthouse Band. This is not just a lineup that hinges on David Crosby — the Lighthouse Band has three other accomplished writers in Michael League (Snarky Puppy), Michelle Willis, and Becca Stevens. Reminiscent and smooth, reverent and fresh, these artists combine their talents to make something greater than the sum of its parts. Watch David Crosby and the Lighthouse Band on NPR.

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Watch Kacey Musgraves’ Tiny Desk Concert

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Kacey Musgraves stopped by NPR for their Tiny Desk Concert series, performing four tracks from her stellar new album Pageant Material. She closes with "Follow Your Arrow," in honor of the Supreme Court ruling in favor of marriage equality that had passed just hours before Musgraves and her band recorded their performance. Watch it below.

Other Roots Music News:

• Hot Rize released a music video for "Your Light Leads Me On."

• Jewel is releasing an Americana album and joined the Americana Fest lineup. 

• ClickHole raised enough money to buy Bob Dylan his very own Sleep Number bed. 

• Jeff Tweedy explained how Wilco titled their most recent album Star Wars. 

• Ryan Adams has finished recording 1989, and Wired has a complete history of the project.