August Greene ( Common, Robert Glasper, Karriem Riggins): NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Feb. 21, 2018, Abby O Neill August Greene, the collaborative effort of Common, Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins, was born at the White House in 2016 during a special Tiny Desk concert. It was during that unprecedented performance that the thenuntitled ensemble premiered the powerful Letter to the Free, an original song for Ava DuVernay s Netflix documentary 13th that eventually won an Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. For the trio s first visit to NPR headquarters, they brought some