Laura Stevenson: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Laura Stevenson play Lay Back, Arms Out, Living Room, NY and Dermatillomania at the Tiny Desk. Did you know you can watch new Tiny Desk Concerts on ONE WEEK before they go up on YouTube Click here: Follow NPR Music: Twitter: Instagram: Feb. 14, 2020, Stephen Thompson It was supposed to be so simple. Laura Stevenson, a singersongwriter whose new material radiates warm intensity, would come in and knock us out with an intimate acoustic solo set performed behind Bob Boilen s desk. So I came to Bob with the idea, expecting a fasttrack to the lightlift Laura Stevenson Tiny Desk concert of our dreams. But Bob is nothing if not a pesky dreamer a man who lives his life in pursuit of beauty and the creation of hard work for other people so he suggested a wrinkle. What if we commissioned string arrangements for three songs from Stevenson s newest album, The Big Freeze So arranger Amy Doming