Thee Sinseers: Tiny Desk ( Home) Concert

The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It s the same spirit strippeddown sets, an intimate setting just a different space. Felix Contreras, May 2, 2022 To appreciate the magic of a performance from Thee Sinseers, you have to understand the comingling of Chicano and African American communities in postWorld War II, Southern California. Living in the same neighborhoods, these communities created a virtual symphony of R B, mariachi and boleros. And what you hear in this California band s Tiny Desk (home) concert, as they perform among plants in a flower shop, builds on a legacy of music that became known as oldies but goodies in the Chicano community. Right from the start, band leader and vocalist Joey Quiñones and his crew dig deep with their original songs that pay homage to the oldies in a way that evokes my own me