Hanson: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Oct. 16, 2017, Stephen Thompson The audience for Hanson s first Tiny Desk concert could be cleanly sorted into two distinct camps: the curious and the committed. The curious were the ones who d inquired about whether the band would play its 1997 smash MMMBop (answer: nope), or wondered what Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson have been up to since the 90s (answer: touring constantly, putting out records, starting their own label, raising families, launching a music festival, developing a line of Hanson Brothersbranded MMMHops beer). As for the committed They were psyched. For those who haven t kept up, Hanson has maintained a lovingly ravenous fan base. The night before this performance, the brothers played to a joyous soldout crowd at Silver Spring, Maryland s 2, 000capacity Fillmore and, it turns out, some of those 2, 000 folks work at NPR. (A few even had friends fly in for the occasion. ) We tried to get the committed as close to the Tiny Desk action as possible, because the vibe in the room was spe
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