This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk honors the anniversaries of landmark albums which have formed the course of music and tradition.
When Amerie arrived on the Tiny Desk, her enthusiastic power and vibrant smile was an prompt temper enhance. The nice and cozy entrance felt becoming for an artist whose music embodies the soul of summer season: daring percussion, breezy vocals and the sensation of countless potentialities.
When her sophomore album Contact dropped in 2005, it launched a nationwide viewers to the infectious rhythms of go-go. Rooted in Washington, D.C., go-go is understood for its layered percussion, funky basslines and dwell instrumentation made to hype the group. These sounds pulse by means of Amerie’s music and helped to make “1 Factor” a standout in a 12 months overflowing with R&B hits.
Amerie, who as soon as lived in Washington, D.C. for a number of years, returns to the town with a reimagined set accompanied by go-go legends Yard Band. Collectively, they open the present with songs from her debut album All I Have, together with “Talkin’ to Me” and the quintessential summer season anthem “Why Do not We Fall in Love.” She eases into her newest single, “Mine,” and delivers a fan-favorite “I Simply Died,” earlier than introducing a brand new rendition of “Rolling Down My Face” that you will need to hear on a regular basis any further. By the point “Talkin’ About” kicks in, Amerie is in full dance mode. When “1 Factor” closes out the set, she steps from behind the Desk to hitch the dance occasion, turning the efficiency right into a celebration.
SET LIST
- “Talkin’ to Me”
- “Why Do not We Fall in Love”
- “Mine”
- “I Simply Died”
- “Rolling Down My Face”
- “Talkin’ About”
- “1 Factor”
MUSICIANS
- Amerie: vocals
- Warren Jones: keys
- Michael Dunklin: keys
- Eric Britt: keys
- Bobby Terry: guitar
- Eugene Chapman: alto saxophone
- Nathaniel Fields: bass
- Paul Edwards: drums
- Keith Robinson: percussion
- Tanesia Mack: background vocals
- Tonaee’ Burgess: background vocals
- Zay’Marie: background vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Alanté Serene
- Director/Editor: Maia Stern
- Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
- Host/Collection Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Kara Body, Elizabeth Gillis
- Audio Engineer: Josephine Nyounai
- Manufacturing Assistants: Dora Levite, Ashley Pointer
- Photographer: Grace Raver
- Tiny Desk Collection Editor: Lars Gotrich
- Govt Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Collection Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
