Ari Lennox NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Ari Lennox play Speak To Me Pop New Apartment and Shea Butter Baby at the Tiny Desk More from NPR Music Tiny Desk Concerts a https 3A 2F 2Fwww npr org 2Ftinydesk a Twitter a https 3A 2F 2Ftwitter com 2Fnprmusic a Instagram a https 3A 2F 2Fwww instagram com 2Fnprmusic a Sept 25 2019 Bobby Carter -- When Ari Lennox entered NPR Headquarters to perform at the Tiny Desk we soon learned she was a little under the weather Draped in a long leopard-print coat she greeted the band and approached the desk I asked her if she was in any shape to sing and she assured me she was Oh I'm fine and I'm ready With that she slipped off her coat took her place behind the desk and began her warm up Earlier this Spring Lennox staked her claim not only on J Cole's Dreamville imprint as the sole female artist but also in the upper echelon of R B with her debut album Shea Butter Baby Her nuanced but explicit and sometimes lyrically graphic approach to seemingly surface-level emotions and situations immediately struck a chord with fans while slowly moving to the top of my favorite-albums list for 2019 From the opening riffs of Speak to Me her rich tone and vibrato drew the audience in making the room feel small The bonus in Ari Lennox's set is the glimpse you get of her bashful charm which bought her much more leeway than a lot of us in the room expected From the introduction of Pop to her NSFW call-and-response to the song New Apartment her personality beamed almost as bright as her voice The D C native told NPR's Michel Martin that's she's always been slept-on Those days may be in her rear view mirror after the year she's having SET LIST Speak To Me Pop New Apartment Shea Butter Baby MUSICIANS Ari Lennox vocals Chris Worthy keys CJ Trusclair drums Taylor Gamble guitar Jerome Lawrence bass Stanley Banks Jr percussion Dave James vocals CREDITS Producers Abby O'Neill Morgan Noelle Smith Creative Director Bob Boilen Audio Engineer Josh Rogosin Videographers Morgan Noelle Smith Maia Stern Niki Walker CJ Riculan Associate Producer Bobby Carter Executive Producer Lauren Onkey VP Programming Anya Grundmann Photo Ben De La Cruz NPR

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