This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk is giving the women their flowers. We’re releasing 9 Tiny Desk concert events from Black girls artists, from veterans who’ve paved the way in which for what we hear at present in Black music, to those that are carving out their very own paths.
We conclude 2024’s Black Music Month celebration on the Tiny Desk with the catalyst for the all-female lineup, SWV. 12 months after yr, I’ve begged who I think about the best woman group ever to come back play the Desk. Like the opposite Black girls we’ve hosted this month, SWV has but to obtain the correct acknowledgment for its affect over the previous three many years. There was a second, just like the sing-along portion of Chaka Khan’s present, when Coko, Taj and Lelee have been bowled over whereas the viewers stored the celebration going after the band stopped enjoying “I’m So Into You.”
Sisters With Voices originated within the church earlier than the group began recording R&B music. It broke by means of within the Nineties, a decade that was the top of woman teams. In a panorama together with En Vogue, TLC, Xscape and dozens extra, SWV remained in entrance of the pack, topping the charts, amassing gold and platinum plaques and breaking new floor in music, fashion and sexual liberation. Earlier than enjoying “You’re The One,” Lelee launched the track, reminding us that they “kinda took a beating for the crew as a result of our music was somewhat risqué.”
As a brand new appreciation for ’90s R&B has emerged over the previous a number of years, SWV has reigned supreme. Watching the viewers sway and sing to songs like “Weak” and “Rain,” I’m reminded of the lasting high quality of SWV that continues to attach us.
SET LIST
- “I am So Into You”
- “Proper Right here (Human Nature Radio Combine)”
- “You are the One”
- “You are At all times On My Thoughts”
- “Rain”
- “Weak”
- “Something (Previous Skool Radio Model)”
MUSICIANS
- Coko: vocals
- Taj: vocals
- Lelee: vocals
- E. Will: keys, musical course
- Shago Elizondo: guitar
- CJ Mercer: bass
- Toussaint Lipton II: drums
- Curtis Jones Jr.: trombone
- Theljion Allen: trumpet
- Brent Birckhead: saxophone
- Anisa Stoot: vocals
- Donisha Berryman: vocals
- Jayye Michael: vocals
- DaNell Daymon: vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Bobby Carter
- Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
- Audio Technical Director: Josephine Nyounai
- Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Maia Stern, Kara Body, Alanté Serene
- Audio Engineer: Valentina Rodriguez Sanchez
- Manufacturing Assistant: Ashley Pointer
- Photographer: Estefania Mitre
- Animation: Jackie Lay
- Florist: Kelanda Edwards
- Tiny Desk Copy Editor: Hazel Cills
- Government Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Collection Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
