Maggie Rogers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Stephen Thompson, August 7, 2017 Maggie Rogers became a viral star on the strength of a video in which Pharrell Williams raves about a demo of what s become her signature song, Since then, Rogers has signed a label deal, toured extensively and released a sweetly approachable, inventively arranged EP called Now That The Light Is Fading. For her Tiny Desk debut, Rogers performed all three of the EP s bestknown songs, opening with the recent singles On + Off and Dog Years, the latter of which she calls a song for all the Then, after dismissing her band, she treated us to a few warm words about public radio before introducing Alaska a song whose buoyantly clever arrangement translates beautifully to the solo acoustic treatment she gives it here. She needn t have buttered us up; we were already all in. Now That The Light Is Fading is available now. iTunes: Amazon: