Nilüfer Yanya: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Nilüfer Yanya play Baby Luv, The Unordained and Angels at the Tiny Desk. More from NPR Music: Tiny Desk Concerts: Twitter: Instagram: Sept. 18, 2019, Bob Boilen There s a hush to the music of Nilüfer Yanya that made the Tiny Desk the perfect stage for her sound. On a hot summer day, the British singer and her band made up of Jazzi Bobbi primarily on sax, Lucy Lu on bass, Ellis Dupuy on drums and Nilüfer on guitar and vocals performed their threesong set with restraint and subtlety. At moments, the music felt like an eruption waiting to happen, though the suave, refined sound left an indelible vibe in the room. The songs performed at the Tiny Desk all come from one of my top10 albums of 2019, Miss Universe. It s an album of lovable pop songs awash in reverb but stark in tone, with Nilüfer s thickly accented, laidback vocals and rich imagery at the forefront. Minus the production of the album