After spending a few years listening to 鈥檚 music and watching her music videos, I wondered how she would conform to the Tiny Desk. Her visuals embody larger-than-life personae, and the sonics of her debut album, A Liquid Breakfast, are anything but acoustic. Everything that comes with the New Jersey-born singer-songwriter is big. She stepped up to the challenge of stripping the elements in 2022 when she played a special , which was enough to hold her spot behind the Desk.
Audrey walked into NPR headquarters with her band, 鈥淭he Jaywalkers,鈥� baring that same persona that sets her apart from the rest, rockin' hunting vests, kilts with skull caps and a denim shirt made of denim pants. The setlist perfectly encapsulates how much musical ground she鈥檚 able to cover. She goes from a staccato flow on 鈥淒amn Right鈥� to straight-up funk on 鈥淭ime.鈥� She flipped 鈥淏aby Blues鈥� into a jazz number and played 鈥淏aby OG鈥� from her new album, TRENCH, for the first time. Her long-time producer, Anwar Sawyer, handled keyboards and music direction, providing authenticity to this set. They鈥檇 put in weeks of rehearsal, and post-show, she told me that the execution was exactly what she envisioned.
SET LIST
- 鈥淒amn Right鈥�
- 鈥淭颈尘别鈥�
- 鈥淏aby Blues鈥�
- 鈥淪uckin Up鈥�
- 鈥淏aby OG鈥�
MUSICIANS
- Audrey Nuna: lead vocals
- Anwar Sawyer: keys, musical direction
- Dominic Cannarella-Andersen: bass
- Abbiana: vocals
- Ethan Johnson: guitar
- Jeremy Berges: drums
- Sara Kawai: harp
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Bobby Carter
- Director/Editor: Maia Stern
- Audio Technical Director: Josephine Nyounai
- Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Mitra I. Arthur
- Audio Engineer: David Greenburg
- Production Assistant: Elle Mannion
- Photographer: Sofia Seidel
- Tiny Desk Team: Hazel Cills, Ashley Pointer, Josh Newell
- Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
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