Golden Dawn Arkestra: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

June 29, 2018, Bob Boilen It was a late night at an unfamiliar club in Austin, Texas when the spirit, sound, lights and costumes of the Golden Dawn Arkestra put a huge, dreamy smile on my face. It took more than three years to get ten of the players and performers in this band (there are often even more) to my desk. I tried to transform the bright daylight of the NPR office with some of my handy, previously used holiday laser lights. But honestly, it wasn t until their psychedelic jazz kicked in that th