San Fermin: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

San Fermin s music bursts with ambition, talent and extreme joy. Its selftitled debut is charged with great storytelling and amazing vocals by both Allen Tate and Lucius singers Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe. Then there are the arrangements: little gems that turn these songs into cinematic vignettes using trumpet, sax, keyboard, violin, guitar and drums. San Fermin is the musical vision of Ellis LudwigLeone, who wrote these songs with Tate s dark, rich voice in mind. Here at the Tiny Desk, Rae Cassidy makes the album s female vocal parts her own; in fact, the entire band keeps growing into these little songworlds. I ve seen San Fermin three times this year, and the songs keep gathering more power, intrigue and fire. The album provides a jumpingoff point for a 2014 that promises to be huge for San Fermin. BOB BOILEN Set List Oh Darling Sonsick Renaissance Credits Producers: Bob Boilen, Denise DeBelius; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Videographers: Denise DeBelius, Becky Harlan, Meredith Rizzo