Taimane: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2020
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March 6, 2020 | Bob Boilen -- So much magic unfolded in such short order. Within the first moments of Taimane's stunning set, we hear her play fiery flamenco, a famous phrase from the opera Carmen, a touch of Bach and more than a nod to her Hawaiian homeland, all on her ukulele.
Taimane began playing ukulele at age five; these days, it's seemingly become an extension of her body. Her band includes guitarist Ramiro Marziani, violinist Melissa Baethoven and, on Cajon, Jonathan Heraux. Together they were impassioned and tight. Then along came a surprise. In what is a first at the Tiny Desk, a dancer named Li'o performed in a hau skirt made from dried lauhala leaves, with a lei of white conch wrapped around his neck. His Polynesian dance, along with the stick percussion, added to the beauty and the intensity. And that's just the first half.
Taimane chose to represent the elements of the earth on her latest album, Elemental, and she brought the most feisty of those elements to the Tiny Desk: "Fire." This music draws inspiration from Cuban traditions, with moments that are sensual as well as ecstatic. Taimane is a beautiful singer and a dynamic performer. I was fortunate enough to see her live performance last year at SXSW in Austin. It was as unforgettable then as it was here at the Tiny Desk.
SET LIST
(Medley): "Carmen," "E Ala Ē," "Jupiter"
"Fire"
"Maluhia"
MUSICIANS
Taimane: ukulele, vocals; Jonathan Heraux: percussion; Ramiro Marziani: guitar; Melissa Baethoven: violin, vocals; Li'o: Polynesian dance
CREDITS
Producers: Bob Boilen, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative director: Bob Boilen; Audio engineer: Josh Rogosin; Editor: Melany Rochester; Videographers: CJ Riculan, Jack Corbett, Maia Stern, Melany Rochester; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter; Executive producer: Lauren Onkey; VP, programming: Anya Grundmann; Photo: Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR 
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Me: "I'll just play this Tiny Desk Concert in the background while I'm doing something else." *always ends up watching the entire show intently*
I had no clue a ukulele could make those sounds. None at all.
Very talented woman.
I wish they would have had it close up!
I believe that is a guitarlele. Similar to an ukulele, but instead of 4 strings, it has 6 strings and is tuned like a guitar.
andrew gray 5 strings
@@andrewgray5298 okay, but why does she call it a ukulele herself in the video?
@@Wiley_Coyote indeed, and it's in the description as well :)
This is probably the best Ukelele player in the world
Tossup between her and Jake, I’d say
She is one of our most prized musician in hawaii. So good to see someone who started so young with all the greats make it to tiny desk with her own style/mix of cultural style and blends. I love your stage presence and you show that a ukulele can be a very dynamic instrument . Good job Gf
How's things over on your islands 🔥, in the circumstances. g over in Western (European) Isles 🇮🇪 🏴 🏴 🏴 Wee g
You are beautiful
The way she smirks while she's shredding. She knows she's also shredding our hearts. 😍
There is a PBS Hawaii interview with her up on RUclips, and they talk a bit about her stage presence. She started out playing on the street, and she credits that with giving her such a strong stage presence. She says she stares people down a lot while playing, because that's part of how she would draw in when she had to compete with the sound of cars driving by and whatnot.
She knows she ate
She's straight up shredding on a ukulele! Amazing!
And her stage presence too! She's been a real influence on me.
Ocean Sage Is fast rhythm playing shredding?
@@floriancapitulo2499 It can be
She studied under Jake Shimabukuro, so yeah. Lady's definitely got chops.
that ukelele had a cigarette after being played like that.
🔥
😂
I just love it when people honor their culture and heritage by keeping it alive like this.
That intro...dayum. Tiny Desk is really exposing me to new music for real.
Love to hear it!
Check out her RUclips channel.
great comment.
true that
That's old music.
When I was 12 years old I went to Hawaii that must've been in 2006, Taimane was 12 years old also and she was playing on the street of Waikiki Beach. Extremely talented, we bought her CD and talked to her dad who was her manager I think... Few years later I found the CD and saw how crazy talented she still was! Love following you every year and you're so talented Taimane!
She’s 35 so she was like 17
She's an Alpha Fairy...very soft and gentle, but totally in charge of the situation.
I had the honor of performing with Taimane at the Honolulu Greek Festival about 10 years ago, when she sat in with my Greek band, Fotia. She was up and coming back then, but was already a remarkable talent, in addition to being a very passionate musician and a humble person. This is a great performance and I love hearing her along with her bandmates! Yiasou and Aloha!
This is the best Tiny Desk in quite a while. What a talented woman and a great band.
Yay! Glad you liked it!
Check her out, she's (obviously) been playing for years, stunning, all of them.
@@flyingcheff Since about the age of 5... and yes, amazingly talented and massive range.
I just had the pleasure of seeing her/them live twice on their west coast tour a few months ago.
Best of it's kind, nylon strings, since Jenny & the Mexicats, tore it up there.
Volcano-ish.
@@gordonanderson3111 I totally agree - and she too was soooo sexy! YIKES!
I don't think i've ever seen someone dominate a cajon like that before
kids in spain or perú
I am so totally mesmerised by that cajon, had no idea it could do so much.
Unreal actually
Rafa Ochando as an spanish person, I can tell you that in Spain we don’t do that
I am a musician, but jeebus... that is skeery... (severe string envy)
I think most situations can be improved by having a Polynesian dancer jump into the scene. Waiting at the dentist's office, panic buying toilet paper, etc...
Absolutely. I love Polynesian dancing. However, what erks me is Taimane's obvious self-absorption. ...These dances are stories and sacred and if you ever watch them being performed as such, the musicians are supporting the dancer and not the other way around.
Thanks to you, a Polynesian dancer will now always be the thing I'll think of when I need to get out of a stressful situation & find my happy place, i.e. combative people at work, people who stand too close to me while waiting on any line, etc... It's such a beautiful art form & the story telling is always heartfelt
I wanna believe he wasn't even part of the show, he was just feeling it
LOL!
Toilet paper is harder to come by than a Polynesian dancer
Next time someone goes on about how music nowadays lacks skill or feeling...please direct them to NPR's Tiny Desk's Concerts. Thank you.
Amen. Tremendous.
I mean really! How amazing was this?
Couldn't agree more with you. This is just phenomenal.
I say this constantly
I concur 🙏
I love the way she blended the different styles and cultures on her ukulele. Thanks Taimane and Tiny Desk!
She is smoking!
Best ukulele player I've ever seen. Great band. Glad I didn't skip this one.
When she said “This is the sexy part”, and there was me thinking the sexy part had started as soon as she started performing!
100% !!!
I'm a hula dancer and it's the first time that I've heard a song that I've danced before in this kind of interpretation. It's absolutely amazing! I just can't even describe how much it moved me!
Yeah Nah 🙄
Clicked because the flowers on her hair looks so pretty and stayed for the music, they are suberb.
Me too :)
Same lol
i also came for the flowers :D
I did the same... phenomenal performance
Yes! Thank you, flowers! 😀
Taimane has such an alluring intensity at the beginning of her set it's insane. She is stunning all around, loved this performance so much
Samantha Ober it’s actually my first time of watching her. She’s really good
@@samuelsladd7720 same, loved the performance
I will never see a ukulele the same way again. This woman is magic personified. And plus points to the male dancer, thanks for that. :P
She is mesmerizing. She can walk into a room and take the attention away from the party.
Tiamane's cheekiness is only surpassed by her daring and creativity.
I was not expecting THAT. That performance was GORGEOUS. I have never seen someone playing an ukulele so beautifuly. Loved it!
I like the way Taimane showcases the other musicians. MOST start ignore their accompanists because they don't want to give them a start to go out on their own.
I just realized where I'd seen and heard Taimane before. We were watching Islands of America hosted by Martin Clunes (Doc Martin and Reggie Perrin) and she was on the program when he went to Hawaii. Love these Tiny Desk Concerts!!!! Taimane is very talented, talented musicians in her band,too. Martin Clunes fans, also.
This is the heart of music. She really gets what it means to perform, not just play.
This is something I didn't expect to hear this morning, but I'm so glad I did. This is the music I didn't knew I needed.
Those musicians and the dancer are beautiful souls and bring so much feeling to the listeners, to the world. Fantastic. This performance quickly became one of my favourites. Thank you Tiny Desk and mahalo Taimane.
That was so metal in a way, and she was so rad, she killed it. I'm in awe tbh.
Live life with the same confidence as that dancing guy
I like when that little dude jumped back in to do his second dance. Hahahaha. That was awesome.
After everything going on this week, this was even more fantastic.
11:04 I love how she is using her whole body to add energy to the fire. Beautiful concert.
As my bandmate screamed the 1st time I showed her a Taimane video, "STOP SHOWING THE PRETTY GIRL! I'M TRYING TO WATCH HER FINGERING!!!" 😂🤣
I hope you'll check out Taimane's songs that effortlessly combine classical and metal riffs. Incredible!
Jajajajaj yo estoy tratando de ver lo mismo!!
I'd not expected this experience. Beyond musical, beyond Hawaiian, just so fresh and encouraging!
I'm in awe, shocked, excited and bewildered ALL at the same....
Wow. Just wow. This performance was absolutely incredible. She is talented and sensitive, always making sure all her band members were recognized as well. All of them, dancer included, are so, so talented. The whole thing made me wanna jump, made me wanna dance, made me wanna cry. I swear this made me feel so hopeful about life. Thank you for this.
... I really Love this tiny desk concert ... don't know how often I listened to this ... it's not only a concert for the ear it's also fascinating to watch each of these wonderful musicians and not to forget the dancer ... Taimanie's fingers flipping over the strings Robert's heartwarming bright smile and the stops with really clean starts again ....awesome... balm for the soul .... thank you so much ...
Having been forced to learn the ukelele before I was allowed a guitar, I have had a bad attitude toward the instrument for over half a century. That ended here. Viva Taimane and her ukelele!
Guess i had spare 17 minutes after all...
lol same
Must be like, ok one more, ok one more.......
Hahahaha
She's playing like she's trying to win her soul back from the devil.
She needs to go to the crossroads in Georgia at midnight to win it back.
In that dress?
I am sure the Devil is trying to keep hold of his.
She has the pick of destinnnnyyyyyyyyyy
Now, that’s how you do a Tiny Desk Concert-mad strings, a dancer, and all!
the balls to dance man, fckin respect that dude
Stoked to see this legend getting some exposure!
Best Tiny Desk performance ever! Taimane glowed and played and sung more beautifully than ever ... E ala E was sung and performed more powerfully than I’ve ever heard ... spectacular all around!
At first I was "Oh? Another ukelele musician on RUclips." Then, Taimane began to play. Ummm... Wow! The accompanying musicians and the traditional dancer are equally as ferocious as Taimane. 🎶💕
I’ve loved her music for a while now... she’s amazing 💛
And super kind - when I emailed her, she replied.
The ancestral chant and the traditional Dance make me cry...Deep as a volcano...
is no one going to comment on this dude's dance moves????.... WILD
Amazing! The chemistry between everyone is so in sync and a joy to experience. The eclectic blend of musical styles are so fun ! She shreds the ukelele like whaaaaat✨✨✨ fire🔥🔥🔥💙
*What an awesome way to start a Friday!* Thanks NPR
omg 😭😭 i clicked on this by chance and now my life will never be the same. so beautiful wow. i didn't know i needed this 🌈💕✨
Yes! That is what we like to hear!
Same, I’m off to buy a ukulele, wondering what size she is using, bass, tenor , or concert size?
@@xkikitaru tenor 5 string
Goosebumps everytime I visit it again and again
I've watched this maybe a dozen times over the past few weeks. Enjoyed it every time. Thanks, NPR, and thanks, Tiamane and your band!
Conceivably the best Tiny Desk Concert so far. She has a great sound and style.
Whoa, Taimane took Jake Shimabakuro's influence, added classico, and WENT BEYOND with it. Seen her live before with her traditional sets but this was AMAZING! Thank you to Taimane, all performers, and Tiny Desk
August actually she’s been playing she was a child. I think her and Jake have parallel journey and each are totally amazing on their own. I’ve had the pleasure to meet them both and they are unique in their talent but two the nicest down to earth people eve ever met. Check out the RUclips video where they played together. Taimane is my inspiration as a musician.
@@olarte99 Yup, family of sound techs here. We were there at her first performance as well as Jake's. I understand your prospective, I'm saying the audience can feel the generational osmosis. In a time of Hawaiian where in 2002 Hoomalu and Shimabakuro were being criticized, now we have a new forge, a new original, a new standard for what is original. The latest set we were working with her was WIllie K's fundraiser at the Hilton Hawaiian Lagoon. Maybe it was because of the somber mood but she did play Fire.
Three years later and dabbling in music myself, I have a greater appreciation for this music than I did when it first came out. Wow, what it must be like to be a part of that! ...and I still wish we got to see her hands 😂
RUclips really needs love button for how Tiny Desk makes me feel.
Yay! So happy she got to play on at NPR! Watching her perform in person in an intimate setting is literally the best thing ever.
*_0:02_**_ - Medley: Carmen, E Ala Ē, Jupiter_* (8:18 / 8:30)
*_9:35_**_ - Fire_* (13:39 / 13:55)
*_14:42_**_ - Maluhia_* (16:36)
The first one also has a bit of bach and a Japanese classic "Sakura Sakura" too! Awesome medley.
@@ShoH Ah, good catch.
@@ShoH Was trying to place those, spectacular performance 🤩✌️
Taimane is as hot as Carmen, even if she cannot dance the Flamenco.
Sho Humphries any idea what Bach song it is? I’ve been searching for ages.
Drums & Dancing as well.!🥁🪘🌈💜👍
Never knew I would find an artist who would make me love a ukulele. Such talent!!!!!
The way she slithers....love it
I too, am enchanted by the way she moves
Incredible. My only complaint is that this is that I wanted it to last MUCH longer!
Vince Vaughn
Check her youtube channel, she has a lot of material there ranging from very informal to formal performances and all styles sometimes in the same song medley! Led Zepplin, Beethoven, Surf music, she can hop between them effortlessly. Her channel here is just her name: Taimane.
This is one of the best tiny desk concerts I’ve seen. This woman is super talented, I really enjoyed watching her play. The comfort she shows with her instrument is amazing. Beautiful show, beautiful showmanship, true talents.
THE CHILLS ARE SIGNIFICANT.
Im so glad she got on tiny desk!! I love her music
Oh man I LOVE the male hula dancer and I immediately teared up as soon as she started singing ❤️
I love this woman....that smile of hers just kills me.
I don't remember to be at a concert without getting tired or bored. That's extremely good
Yes...Finally!!! She’s such a great artist and I hope many more people discover and enjoy her music because of this performance.
Sending love from Hawaiʻi.
This has been my favorite "Tiny Desk" Concert. Taimane is a Ukulele genius!
There isn't a price I would not pay to have that kind of left hand precision. She is marvelous.
Even you guys can be bowled out by the flawless beauty which lies in her eyes😍 apart from her lightning fast fingers😂!!Kudos to you Taimane🙏♥️Each of those 17 minutes 14 seconds is worthy & you mesmerized me all through!!
Yes NPR! This is the energy I need every morning
Taimane is a ukulele virtuoso. I believe she uses steel strings which is not typical for a ukulele and she has that wonderful ethereal voice. I think she highlights the versatility of the instrument in ways people have not seen before.
I would have to disagree about that last part. Reason #1 being Jake Shimabukuro.
@@weapsalot I believe Taimane was tutored by Jake, so yes, without Jake Taimane would not be where she is. Both Jake and Taimane have proved that the ukulele is a versatile instrument.
Idk you can see pretty clearly the transparent nylon strings in the video IMO
@@karwashblark7499 You are right, I read that she uses classic guitar nylon strings. I am not a musician, so I have learned that steel strings would probably tear the bridge off a ukulele. Taimane does reproduce that beautiful Spanish guitar sound.
@@weapsalot You're not wrong. Taimane was actually a student of Jake's. They both make the ukulele sing.
The best video on you tube. Passion, mixed culture, art, extreme talent, intense emotion. Pure ALoHa. Mahalo nui e Taimane.
This is one of the best discoveries among Tiny Disk Concerts. This lady rocks! Thank you guys and thank you NPR!
Hana HO! It's just so good! Oh my goodness, Taimane is finally there! I get "Chicken skin" my island sister! Oh - my - god! Yes, she's so beautiful (they all are) but why oh why is the camera not on her ukulele close up too, there is not one single tight ukulele shot, not ONE!!! This is what Taimane is about. I'm just so grateful that she's on. The hula, unbelievably perfect and beautiful! Miss you Jazzy! Real men dance hula!
Great girl, grat musician, very special.great band
*hana hou
I was thinking the exact same thing: Why aren’t they focusing more on her musicianship?!
She is making some aggressive eye contact lol
She's in her Zone
Got to be aggressive to play with that kind of drive, lead a band, be front and center to make the show exciting to watch. Shes also very sure of her performance.
Seriously impressive. I didn't know her! NOw I'll have to make up for the lost time.
Wow. This has to be one of the best tiny desk concerts I've come across in a long time.
I’ve been waiting too long for Taimane to perform at Tiny Desk
I felt this entire set. They were all amazing.
Discovered another beautiful artist, thanks to NPR!
Fricking coming back for a second round of this stuff......mesmerizing.
12:05 "This is the sexy part" ... yea ok, what was the rest of it then?
Fire ,haha
I was like: Wait a minuet, I missed the not-sexy parts?
the journey to that part..maybe!
Could not look away. Stunning performance from everyone.
Finally! Something worthwhile to watch. Taimane has dazzled me since I first saw her practice session on youtube.
Wow. What an amazing mash-up of cultures into one distinctive, beautiful package. Love this lady’s assurance and straightforward joy in what she does!
Fantastic. Bravo Taimane, bravo Tiny Desk. Amazing the sounds she obtained from a ukulele! Life affirming stuff.
I liked the video, watched for a few minutes then tried to like it again having forgotten that I had already liked it. It's THAT good.
Easiest one of the greatest bands ever to grace the Desk.
Love their presence and TOTAL delivery! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
If you guys don't know, Taimane used to perform with the legendary Don Ho in Waikiki when she was a little girl
Why did the cameraman cut away when Taimane does the hand movements near the end and shows the other singer. Also cut her hands out of the frame when she was playing the most intensely on the ukelele. Why? Those seemed so fascinating visually. These out of frame and that particulare cutaway were distracting and a little disappointing amongst an other wise gorgeous presentation.
This is the most beautyfull thing I have heard in a while 🦋 thank you
БРАВО!!! О, Прекрасная и Несравненная Taimane, Благодарю за эти моменты Наслаждения!! Спасибо всем, Замечательным Мастерам Музыкантам! Апплодирую стоя!👏👏😊👍👍👍🔥🧡