This Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, NPR Music celebrates artists from all corners of Latinidad with an ‘El Tiny’ takeover.
Each facet of a Lido Pimienta efficiency is extremely intentional. Her flip behind the Tiny Desk is, as anticipated, wealthy with symbolism and musical magnificence.
This yr’s La Belleza is a deliberate break from the electro-cultural pastiche of 2020’s Miss Colombia, leaning on European-influenced chamber music. Suppose minimal string preparations beneath the resonant vocals we have come to like. The way in which she opens her Tiny Desk with “Quiero Que Me Beses” may be very Pimienta: after three minutes of violin, bassoon and clarinet, we’re then launched to the Afro-Colombian percussion and marimba acquainted to Colombian people music.
Pimenta is commonly clothed in costumes that act as visible illustration of her singular musical imaginative and prescient. To my eyes, the elaborately designed, multi-layered, all-black gown she wears could be seen as a clean canvas on which we will all mission our personal appreciation of her music and its messages. With Lido Pimienta, what you see is as necessary as what you hear.
SET LIST
- “Quiero Que Me Beses”
- “Mango”
- “¿Quién Tiene La Luz? (El Perdón)”
- “Eso Que Tu Haces”
MUSICIANS
- Lido Pimienta: vocals
- Brandon Miguel Valdivia: percussion
- Owen Pallett: violin
- Jeff Stern: marimba
- Todd Marcus: clarinet, bass clarinet
- Lauren Yu: bassoon
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Felix Contreras
- Director/Editor: Kara Body
- Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
- Host/Sequence Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Kara Body, Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant
- Audio Engineer: Hannah Gluvna
- Manufacturing Assistant: Dhanika Pineda
- Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
- Sequence Editor: Lars Gotrich
- Govt Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Sequence Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
