There is a candy second between songs when Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman reminisce about their love for conventional banjo and fiddle tunes. Talking in regards to the “The Outdated Blue Bonnet,” banjo picker Nora Brown says she first heard the music when she was about 10 or 11. That places a smile on fiddler Stephanie Coleman’s face, as she chimes in to say, “I had the identical expertise; we each had been center schoolers who had been obsessive about outdated banjo gamers.” It is this ardour that these two have for conventional tunes that sparks me as a listener, and the audiences that come to see them. It is a physique of labor that is been handed down from participant to participant for hundreds of years.
Tiny Desk followers might keep in mind first assembly Nora Brown just a few years again, when this tenth grader carried out a Tiny Desk (house) live performance thirty ft under the floor in Brooklyn. Now, along with her musical soulmate, the 2 carry out just a few songs behind my desk from their just lately launched EP, Girl of the Lake, together with the title monitor and “Copper Kettle.”
I feel it is protected to say that not one of the authentic creators of those tunes may have imagined a world the place this music is so simply accessible. This music nonetheless feels inspiring, with feelings of craving and pleasure which are nonetheless central to our being.
SET LIST
- “Throughout the Rocky Mountain”https://www.npr.org/”The Outdated Blue Bonnet”
- “Girl of the Lake”
- “Copper Kettle”
MUSICIANS
- Nora Brown: vocals, banjo, guitar
- Stephanie Coleman: vocals, fiddle
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Bob Boilen
- Director: Kara Body
- Audio Engineer: Neil Tevault
- Sequence Producer: Bobby Carter
- Editor: Michael Zamora
- Videographers: Kara Body, Joshua Bryant
- Audio Assistant: Kwesi Lee
- Tiny Desk Workforce: Suraya Mohamed, Maia Stern, Ashley Pointer, Josh Rogosin, Hazel Cills
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
- Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
