Haley Heynderickx: Tiny Desk Concert

Aug. 3, 2018, Bob Boilen It s fitting for Haley Heynderickx to be singing at the Tiny Desk. The Portland singer entered our Tiny Desk Contest three years in a row with strong, though often frail songs. And she d be among the first to tell you how entering that Tiny Desk Contest changed her life. Unlike her solo acoustic contest entries, which are quiet, mostly solemn affairs, Haley Heynderickx came to NPR s Tiny Desk with her band: Denzel Mendoza on trombone, Lily Breshears on Moog bass, and Phil Rogers on drums. They opened with the song that is most out of character for Haley, a song she wrote as part of a song challenge and she challenged the crowd here at NPR to a singalong. We didn t do so well, it was early in the day but this song about selfdoubt and searching for life s meaning with its cathartic phrase I need to start a garden (which is also the title to her 2018 debut) is a potent reminder to take action when life gets bewildering. The second so