We love seeing new faces in the Tiny Desk Contest each year — but it's exciting to recognize the artists who come back time after time, giving us a little view into their growth as musicians. Here's a playlist of our favorite returning artists👇
of their own. So this week, we're highlighting a few musicians who have entered the Contest three or more times since we launched in 2015.Brooklyn-based band Dirty Bird has entered the Tiny Desk Contest every year since 2017, and the group has come a long way: Itsfeatured three members and one acoustic guitar, crowded into a corner of a room; its most recent featured seven members spread throughout as many locales.
Trawick elaborated on the scrappiness and heart behind the last-minute decision to record this way."It's low-budget. It's bad lighting. The shots are grainy," he told NPR."But it was created by the people who were there to see us, to hear me sing my songs. I think that's the part that's special." To Trawick, who is a staple in the D.C. folk music scene, part of the magic of Tiny Desk concerts is that"heroes play on the same level as their followers, performing as equals, often broken down to nothing but the bare essentials." Trawick's Contest entry captures a similar magic and feels especially salient at a time when many of us are missing the communal atmosphere of live shows.
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