SWV: Tiny Desk Concert

This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk is giving the ladies their flowers. Were releasing nine Tiny Desk concerts from Black women artists, from veterans whove paved the way for what we hear today in Black music, to those who are carving out their own paths. Bobby Carter, June 28, 2024 We conclude 2024s Black Music Month celebration at the Tiny Desk with the catalyst for the allfemale lineup, SWV. Year after year, Ive begged who I consider the greatest girl group ever to come play the Desk. Like the other Black women weve hosted this month, SWV has yet to receive the proper acknowledgment for its influence over the past three decades. There was a moment, similar to the singalong portion of Chaka Khans show, when Coko, Taj and Lelee were taken aback while the audience kept the party going after the band stopped playing Im So Into You. Sisters With Voices originated in the church before the group started recording R B music. It broke through in the 1990s, a decade that was the pinnac