Diane Cluck: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

When a performer has an exceptional night, we sometimes say he or she left it all on stage the it being effort, energy, passion, sweat. To close a concert with a raw throat and a rumpled appearance signifies full disclosure, proof that the person on stage has held absolutely nothing back. Diane Cluck s performances, at their best, take a nearopposite approach: unfolding melodies of winding complexity without the barest hint of strain or struggle. A rich 15year recording career precedes this y