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Maggie Rogers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert



Maggie Rogers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Stephen Thompson | August 7, 2017 — Maggie Rogers became a viral star on the strength of a video in which Pharrell Williams raves about a demo of what’s become her signature song, “Alaska.” Since then, Rogers has signed a label deal, toured extensively and released a sweetly approachable, inventively arranged EP called Now That The Light Is Fading.

For her Tiny Desk debut, Rogers performed all three of the EP’s best-known songs, opening with the recent singles “On + Off” and “Dog Years,” the latter of which she calls “a song for all the pups.” Then, after dismissing her band, she treated us to a few warm words about public radio before introducing “Alaska” — a song whose buoyantly clever arrangement translates beautifully to the solo acoustic treatment she gives it here. She needn’t have buttered us up; we were already all in.

Now That The Light Is Fading is available now.
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/now-that-the-light-is-fading-ep/id1204637977
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/That-Light-Fading-Maggie-Rogers/dp/B01NCLEPGB

SET LIST

“On + Off”
“Dog Years”
“Alaska”

MUSICIANS

Maggie Rogers (vocals, guitar); Grant Zubritsky (bass, synth); Alan Markley (keys); Dana LaMarca (drums).

CREDITS

Producers: Bob Boilen, Niki Walker, Morgan Noelle Smith; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Niki Walker, Tsering Bista, Kara Frame; PA: Jenna Li; Photo: Liam James Doyle/NPR.

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24 Comments

  2. @m_0863

    Who doesn't love NPR? Who says, "She listens to NPR", then chuckles? To have been fooled by lies. Lies! It is funny, though.

  3. @m_0863

    Playing chess and listening to this song is like a present resignation, currently during the game as an apparent inability to avoid distraction, to the fact that I hate living in a place where the advanced research on you could mean denying the trust in initial meetings and the intangibles that are intuition and immediate love.

  18. @marieclaireevans

    I’ve watched this so many times over the last 7 years. I’ve listened to all of Maggie’s work and her progression as an artist. What I can say with certainty is that Maggie has the most magical upper register of all time. Chills EVERY TIME when she hits that last Alaska chorus. I love all her work but why won’t she give us the high notes we deserve more often!!!!!

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