tUne-yArDs: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • With loop pedals and an irrepressible voice, tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus makes powerful and danceable songs that spring to life before your eyes. Watch Garbus perform three buoyant songs from this year's stunning w h o k i l l.
    Set List:
    "You Yes You"
    "Doorstep"
    "My Country"
    For more videos and to subscribe to the Tiny Desk Concerts podcast, visit npr.org/tinydeskconcerts.

Комментарии • 521

  • @The_sinner_Jim_Whitney
    @The_sinner_Jim_Whitney 10 месяцев назад +18

    I never realized until this performance that she sings loud enough to be heard over two saxes. I've been playing music and sometimes singing for 25 years, there are very few songs I can sing that loud, and they're all 'scream'-y grunge, etc. tunes, and I'm a baritone/tenor man and LOUD. That's awesome. I bet she can't use some mics, that's wild. And her articulation and dynamics are AWESOME.

    • @tiki_trash
      @tiki_trash 7 месяцев назад +1

      Her voice blows me away. I saw an interview with her where she talks about her voice training. The girl is LOUD!

  • @honeyTrappe
    @honeyTrappe 12 лет назад +74

    The way she sets up that percussion at the start is mind-blowing ...

    • @emmitjohnstone1734
      @emmitjohnstone1734 Год назад

      Definitely one of those people so used to looping and writing solo that they hear all the other parts in their head to play to first.

    • @tiki_trash
      @tiki_trash 9 месяцев назад

      She could be a drummer some day.

    • @tiki_trash
      @tiki_trash 9 месяцев назад

      She is a drummer.

  • @barkwhoop8052
    @barkwhoop8052 6 лет назад +102

    Tuneyards are still so underrated, like in terms of experimenting with pop music I feel Merrill has done so many interesting things that's you just can't find other artists doing

    • @sadstrongman271
      @sadstrongman271 2 года назад

      its cuz its bad music most people are trying to sound good

    • @agustin1500
      @agustin1500 Год назад

      prueba un mordisco de la música de Juana Molina

    • @halhal2592
      @halhal2592 Год назад

      ​@@sadstrongman271pp😊í😅😊p😊o

  • @MikeGallay
    @MikeGallay 7 лет назад +38

    This holds up well because SHE'S A FuCKING GENIuS.

  • @cg8441
    @cg8441 4 года назад +11

    That riff on You Yes You makes me feel like the first little sprig of a plant emerging from the cold ground on the first days of spring

    • @pameladawson7748
      @pameladawson7748 4 года назад

      Your description is delightful! I have to come back to the tiny series to hear all the nuances they studio out in her albums. Regardless she was one of my first exposures to Tiny Desk. Thanks!

    • @cg8441
      @cg8441 4 года назад

      @@pameladawson7748 Thank you! yeah I am working my way backwards starting from new ones and exploring the older ones now. Tiny Desk is a gift!

  • @maddiemacdowell5992
    @maddiemacdowell5992 9 лет назад +96

    god her voice is so unique i cant get enough of it

  • @xotmatrix
    @xotmatrix 3 месяца назад +3

    The word "amazing" is inadequate. What a set.

  • @andycoombes
    @andycoombes 9 лет назад +183

    I'm sitting alone - and I actually applauded at the end of that.
    I'm an old grunt - and I've only just discovered Tune yards - wow. Just wow.
    This is genuinely wonderful stuff.

  • @user-jw4zr2tj3x
    @user-jw4zr2tj3x 8 лет назад +34

    This is like those people are messing around with whatever they have to make noise and turned out to be a great music. I like that so much.

  • @niraanis
    @niraanis 7 лет назад +14

    years go by but I just keep finding her, she touches my soul.

  • @megatom5
    @megatom5 10 лет назад +55

    Always blows my mind to see that voice come from her, truly amazing.

  • @sarahabreu4800
    @sarahabreu4800 10 лет назад +68

    What a fucking magical being!! This is self confidence and creativity at its finest.

    • @michaelwilkinson7638
      @michaelwilkinson7638 6 лет назад +1

      100% agree! (influenced by Joan Armatrading and Joni Mitchell, no doubt) SPECIAL STUFF

  • @marcusfoto
    @marcusfoto 5 лет назад +78

    can NPR please invite her back again!

  • @NanaYawAforo
    @NanaYawAforo 10 лет назад +40

    that's what joy looks like

  • @CodyRedmond
    @CodyRedmond 2 года назад +6

    time to bring back tUne-yArDs for another one. This band has only gotten more impressive in the last decade. Incredible musicians and songwriting!

  • @aaronblasyak1527
    @aaronblasyak1527 4 года назад +9

    Love them love her. Her voice is transformative. And their music / instrumentation is so beautiful. I am shocked they managed to recreate their song so well here. Makes me love them more.

    • @charlotterose6669
      @charlotterose6669 3 месяца назад

      Right? My brother and I were curious as we both like them and it’s so nice to see that they actually set everything up live

  • @mrtnpope
    @mrtnpope 7 лет назад +146

    Her voice makes my box a bit bigger. note: I'm a small man trapped in a box

  • @HubShaw
    @HubShaw 12 лет назад +5

    I'd rather not compare her to anyone. You hear the influences yet her style and approach is unique. Not to mention her sense of time and beat are impeccable.

  • @ryanerskine932
    @ryanerskine932 10 лет назад +13

    that is magical soul healing music, past lifetimes n' shit

  • @hrmIwonder
    @hrmIwonder 5 лет назад +6

    This version of Doorstep is simply magical.

  • @zacal8885
    @zacal8885 4 года назад +25

    the swiftnes in witch she makes thosse loops is really impressive

  • @teddavis6093
    @teddavis6093 3 года назад +5

    My, her voice: Special. It's rhythmic and melodic, which is rare. She sounds like Roberta Flack, with that thick, high pitched bottom and soaring top.

  • @TheChicaPanda
    @TheChicaPanda 9 лет назад +5

    ohmygawd. ages later & still my favourite.

  • @tonayachapman3498
    @tonayachapman3498 7 лет назад +4

    Merrill Garbus' work is perfect. Fight me. 😍

  • @timanderson9466
    @timanderson9466 7 лет назад +5

    When you thought music and creativity were dead, along comes this wonderful woman. I honestly think she's genius.

    • @Pielobyte
      @Pielobyte 6 лет назад

      Tim Anderson nah the music industry is just fucked in America at least
      There’s tons of creativity out there
      Just not on the radio

  • @calexprenas
    @calexprenas 3 года назад +12

    she’s able to juggle all ten wheels turning in her head at one time, meanwhile it’s usually all i can do to barely get my one wheel moving at all

  • @apacalypsejones
    @apacalypsejones 10 лет назад +4

    this tune forever!!! "if home is where the heart is baby, my home is inside you..'

  • @Kinghenhog39
    @Kinghenhog39 4 года назад +2

    Theres no sound out there like her heavenly voice and that amazing band. This is truly a blessing of a performance and one that haunts and sticks in your mind after. Thank you NPR in 2020 we need brilliant, original, and beautiful music like this.

  • @u4ia420
    @u4ia420 5 лет назад +6

    Wow.... Utterly Wow.... Been awhile since a simple musical performance has left me speechless. Complex simplicity... Beautiful!!

  • @danielfaleiroetc
    @danielfaleiroetc 9 лет назад +13

    She is powerful!!!!

  • @SmartStr33t
    @SmartStr33t 11 лет назад +13

    This is incredible, absolutely hooked right from the start. I'm incredibly grateful to NPR Tiny Desk Concerts for introducing me over the past week to Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Lucius, K'Naan and now tUneyArDs. How much insanely good new music can one man take in one week. Inspiring.

  • @conradallen8269
    @conradallen8269 9 лет назад +12

    Excellent music and refreshing sound! Thank you 'Tune-Yards" and continue to do what you are 'gifted' to do!

  • @ballyhoops
    @ballyhoops 11 лет назад +3

    I think most people are so used to their preferred genre of music, whether it be Pop, Rock, Rap, Jazz, Country, etc, that you can't be open minded to something different. I don't like all styles of music but I respect artists like this who can create something unique. I love this band, and hope they keep making more music. It's refreshing to here something different.

  • @jonathansnell-callanen2881
    @jonathansnell-callanen2881 8 лет назад +4

    i could watch "doorstep" everyday i think. its just perfect. such musicianship but so laid back

  • @nostalgicleitmotif
    @nostalgicleitmotif 11 лет назад +2

    I love the saxophonist on the right cradling his saxophone and swaying emphatically to the beats when he isn't playing. Artists who love music, even regardless of constant involvement, are wonderful. Almost as wonderful as this mind-blowingly awesome set.

  • @jsnell126
    @jsnell126 12 лет назад +6

    god damn shes good at using that loop pedal!! for anyone who's ever tried its not easy to get the timing right. and if you mess up once you have to start all over.
    i think merrill has created some of the most original music in a long time.

  • @patriciasear
    @patriciasear 10 лет назад +4

    Perfect mix of joy, brains, music, and fun

  • @justinemarshall7326
    @justinemarshall7326 2 месяца назад +2

    HALLELUJAH❤

  • @jimmumby40
    @jimmumby40 3 года назад +19

    If the other 3 musicians weren't there, it wouldn't matter. Merrill would just be the other 3 musicians

  • @deathtosophist
    @deathtosophist 12 лет назад +1

    This band is great and Merrill Garbus is a real artist. She shared this music with me and expanded my tastes in music, tastes that I never knew I had. It's like she knows me better than I know myself. She has inspired me. Maybe the world is worth engaging.

  • @jeaniewallenstein
    @jeaniewallenstein 10 лет назад +6

    Come to Chicago!!! I only just found you by lovely circumstance. This song is anthemical! Wow.
    I will make a nuisance in the front row.

  • @austincondict8659
    @austincondict8659 9 лет назад +13

    One of the best Tiny Desk performances I have seen to date. Just straight awesome!

  • @DanielKuhne1976
    @DanielKuhne1976 10 лет назад +5

    impressive voice and rhythmic skills. would like to enjoy her live...

  • @joethekelly335
    @joethekelly335 4 года назад +1

    Just beyond brilliant.
    Full of fun and playful rhythms and breaks, beautiful powerful lyrics from our Merrill. Sings with passion.
    She belts it out. What a voice
    I'd like to see them live

  • @ozden6936
    @ozden6936 2 года назад +1

    I watch this at least 6x a year. Probably the video I return to most. Incredible sounds, vibes and soul.

  • @RayRayTheCrayCrayy
    @RayRayTheCrayCrayy 4 года назад +9

    Thanks to Jacob, This is dope. 🔥

  • @872521
    @872521 12 лет назад +2

    i wish i could figure out why i cry when i hear this music...
    either from joy or surprise i am not sure.
    beautiful.
    thank you, Merrill and group.

  • @luisaviles3986
    @luisaviles3986 10 лет назад +93

    That chick has awesome layering skills. There's a resemblance to Bjork's musical style, but at a much hyper and spastic pace.

  • @superbeatle049
    @superbeatle049 7 лет назад +11

    I enjoyed this so much. I couldn't help but start tapping my feet and moving my shoulders to the music haha. I used to be one of those people who would always say that music nowadays is pure shit, when in reality you just have to look a little harder and not search Top 40 stations. I've discovered so many amazing bands and artists through the Tiny Desk and KEXP performances... Finding new, good music is so refreshing 😊

  • @swamalopod
    @swamalopod 11 лет назад

    Merrill and her musical way gives me smile cramps, spontaneous laughter and tears of JOY!!!!!!!!!!

  • @markmazziotti
    @markmazziotti 10 лет назад +4

    Wow. It's not very often that I get my socks knocked off at a TDC. Way above average, this. Keep on truckin' yArDs.

  • @PaulMawdsley68
    @PaulMawdsley68 8 лет назад +3

    I cannot stop coming here - she - they - are awesome!

  • @reubensing
    @reubensing 12 лет назад +2

    Every now and then and act will come along to challenge the notion that everything's already been done before. Have people played loop pedals like instruments before? Sure. Some masterfully. This is, however, something entirely unique and other from anything I've heard or seen. I can't help but applaud her/their creativity and how well they march to that CRAZY, different drummer. I find myself smiling at a number of moments in this video.

  • @AB-hz2pb
    @AB-hz2pb Год назад +2

    Bring them back!!! I saw a live recording from a couple of months ago and they only sound richer and more developed with age and experience!

  • @DouglasNyback
    @DouglasNyback 11 лет назад +1

    Her voice is incomparable. Brilliant!

    • @MCAndyT
      @MCAndyT 5 лет назад

      Well, it is comparable to singers from Mali, whom she's clearly riffing off of...

  • @Well_Edumacated
    @Well_Edumacated 9 лет назад +8

    i bought both albums based on this performance...

  • @kalanyou3275
    @kalanyou3275 5 месяцев назад

    Still love this set with a passion

  • @dddebolt
    @dddebolt 10 лет назад +1

    Doorstep is a fun song. They all sound like a beach or just vacation in general.

  • @meganite4
    @meganite4 12 лет назад +1

    I love her and her uniqueness!

  • @charlesperez9976
    @charlesperez9976 6 месяцев назад +1

    I own a wonderful stereo system,I have owned it for nearly 20 years.
    I placed TuNeYards latest album (at the time),and it died.
    To this day,I have not heard this album.
    This stereo,the one that took,and never gave back,it sits,like a temple of waiting,but for what?
    I ,to this day,many years later,crave to hear it,my temple will not give up its prize

    • @charlesperez9976
      @charlesperez9976 6 месяцев назад

      Often times,I stare at this now silent temple,it stares back at me.
      We have come to an agreement.
      It would seem that sometimes,music is silence.

  • @Mooseplatoon
    @Mooseplatoon 9 лет назад +4

    This is the first Tiny Desk I've seen where you can actually see the audience somewhat.

  • @dialbertosolis
    @dialbertosolis 11 лет назад +1

    She was just born to make music... this is crazy awesome...

  • @sef567
    @sef567 9 лет назад +2

    Simply wonderful.

  • @mariuarg
    @mariuarg 3 года назад +4

    So it has been 10 years since this video came out and even though I'm a huge fan of tiny desk, and I love how far they've reached, I still believe this is the best concert of all. I love tUne-yarDs and thanks to this video I discovered their wonderful work. Thanks for this, tiny desk and npr music. Hope we could see tUne-yarDs again in one of your new videos!

    • @t-turbo7833
      @t-turbo7833 Год назад

      Mmmh best Tiny Desk Concert has to be one of the toughest things to achieve in the music business! So many incredible performances. I dont know, my vote probably goes to Tedeschi Trucks Band, their set is breathtaking imo

  • @darlamoran1602
    @darlamoran1602 7 лет назад +2

    She's so amazing!!

  • @KneedleKnees
    @KneedleKnees 11 лет назад +4

    this is just brilliant.

  • @pong86r
    @pong86r 11 лет назад

    This song makes me want to hug my Mom and thank her for helping me cultivate a good taste in music. This is such a beautiful performance!

  • @Kurtstl
    @Kurtstl 12 лет назад +1

    Today I discovered the tUnE-yArDs......let me rephrase that, Today I fell in love with the tUnE-yArDs! she is fantastic

  • @mortal_meatbag
    @mortal_meatbag 2 года назад +1

    finally saw them live this past august!!! merrill's looping is pure magick

    • @MossbergFats
      @MossbergFats Год назад +1

      what does looping mean. ive seen it in a few comments but dont know what it means.

  • @MrNascone
    @MrNascone 10 лет назад +3

    The group is sick! Last song is so awesome!

  • @danielr3738
    @danielr3738 5 лет назад +3

    wow, so lucky I found this, just great arranging and badass musicians!

  • @JamiesCaniacManiac
    @JamiesCaniacManiac 3 года назад

    Their creativity hits my soul just right, it’s incredible what four people can do w/ the right talent.

  • @honeyTrappe
    @honeyTrappe 12 лет назад

    Anyone can see she is one of the most beautiful people on the planet, I don't know why anyone would say otherwise?????

  • @gimmeeinboxback3860
    @gimmeeinboxback3860 10 лет назад +3

    That hit the spot.

  • @sweavo
    @sweavo 12 лет назад +1

    I agree it's essentially African music (what isn't, in pop & rock & jazz?). But if you dismiss because of the colour of her skin then you're missing out on what this sparkling soul is offering us.

  • @sligiseesi5393
    @sligiseesi5393 6 лет назад +1

    she's AMAZING

  • @jzimmt
    @jzimmt 6 лет назад +4

    A few years back, Stewart Copeland (police fame) pack his gear and recorder and went to Africa in search of unique sounds for inspiration for his next album. The Lp starts off with a sample of one of the tribes he met. All I can say it was powerful to hear the complex rhythms built into the harmonies. Then he proceeded to make songs supposedly built on what he witnessed. My opinion is he missed the mark in trying too heavily to westernize what he witnessed. Garbus in tuneyards I think nails many of these ideas with her multi layering of her voice and simple rhythms and yet brings a modern multistyle mashing. Very creative

  • @LiamRappaport
    @LiamRappaport 6 месяцев назад +1

    ChatGPT recommended this band to me based on my love for Rubblebucket and a few others. I’ve heard a couple of their songs before, but wow, still very impressive. The last song is magnificent.

    • @Trea-pl4xr
      @Trea-pl4xr Месяц назад +1

      Think about that, a freaking AI robot told you to look up something and you did. No, there's no danger in that at all...

    • @LiamRappaport
      @LiamRappaport Месяц назад

      @@Trea-pl4xr Hey man, it’s best to get on the good side of the future AI overlords before they actually take over.

  • @driftlogic2
    @driftlogic2 12 лет назад

    God, where has this group been all my life...amazing...

  • @erichuang621
    @erichuang621 8 лет назад +1

    Amazing still.

  • @sinn1sl0ken
    @sinn1sl0ken 12 лет назад +1

    Seeing "My Country" live looks like one of the most rewarding things I could ever do.

  • @EintheCorgie
    @EintheCorgie 11 лет назад

    Her timing is absolutely pristine.

  • @Nikumable
    @Nikumable 12 лет назад

    the ear on this woman. magnificent!

  • @tclinger6202
    @tclinger6202 Год назад

    Merrill is amazing and awe-inspiring.

  • @HugeGene
    @HugeGene 12 лет назад

    Fabulous grooves, and refreshing musical thinking "outside the box" so to speak. There's talent and then...there are the supertalents. This band has got it all goin' on..

  • @user-tu9xo9zl8o
    @user-tu9xo9zl8o 3 года назад

    Fantastic. Boombasstic

  • @Snugdajoina
    @Snugdajoina 8 лет назад +3

    This is so good. No more to say.

  • @muzyczny.kosmos.rogala
    @muzyczny.kosmos.rogala 3 года назад

    I heard TUne-YArDs many years ago on polish radio and since then I love her voice and talent. Magnetic.

  • @davidino1236
    @davidino1236 5 лет назад

    she is too adorable

  • @terryzacuto3880
    @terryzacuto3880 11 лет назад

    She is fabulous from start to end... full of great joy perfect timing, innovative, joyful, so many wonderful subtle tiny parts and she pulls it all together....Im in awe....:-0

  • @googleevil
    @googleevil 11 лет назад

    still can't stop listening it.

  • @MsMcMissy
    @MsMcMissy 11 лет назад

    Pandora introduced me to 'my country' awhile back and I fell in looovvee with this band. So amazing to see that their genius is only amplified live. So many layers of melodic goodness upon which my ears may feast.

  • @feoil
    @feoil 8 лет назад +3

    Beyond crazy!! But ever so coool!

  • @MAJIKELF9
    @MAJIKELF9 12 лет назад

    i cant stop listening to this & it gets better every time!

  • @Lucem2
    @Lucem2 12 лет назад

    Wow her voice is incredible. What a refreshing sound.

  • @HmongGuitarPlayer
    @HmongGuitarPlayer 12 лет назад

    you are so right.

  • @Mysoulshine1
    @Mysoulshine1 9 лет назад

    Thank you for sharing your uniqueness with us. Be yourself.

  • @winstonhorton1455
    @winstonhorton1455 6 лет назад +1

    Pretty stoked to see these guys along with David Byrne tonight!

  • @JirosWorld
    @JirosWorld 8 лет назад +37

    Is she singing LIVE? How is this humanly possible? She's got VOLUME

    • @scrambledegg81
      @scrambledegg81 7 лет назад +2

      Check out the Tiny Desk Concert that Buika did if you like powerful voices. :)

    • @LucidDream
      @LucidDream 6 лет назад +3

      Merrill can really project her voice. If you've never listened to her earlier projects, you should. I have a full album on my channel of her when she was with the band Sister Suvi. The song 'Golden' is a great example of the power of her voice. She has some crazy powerful parts in that song.

  • @hermitthelog6758
    @hermitthelog6758 10 месяцев назад

    David Cross will always be my favorite bass player