Anna Elizabeth: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Anna Elizabeth are almost singlehandedly resurrecting the If, like me, you didn t know what a crankie was, it s like a mural on a spool each drawn and crafted to be handcranked and unfurled at the pace of a song. The effect, as experienced here in Lella Todd Crankie, is breathtaking. Anna RobertsGevalt and Elizabeth LaPrelle are storygatherers and storytellers. They came to NPR and brought many of us to tears with some of the most yearning harmonies I ve heard at the Tiny Desk. These songs are given few embellishments sometimes a fiddle is added to a single voice, sometimes a banjo or guitar chimes in but always the power is in the sparseness. If you ve never thought your tastes would lean to mountain music, take a deep breath and soak it all in. Set List Long Time Traveling 00:00 Lella Todd Crankie 01:30 Goin Cross The Mountain 08:18 Little Black Train 11:27 Credits Producers: Bob Boilen, Maggie Starbard; Audio Engineer: Brian Jarboe; Editor; Morgan Walker; Videographer