Lake Street Dive: Tiny Desk Concert
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February 29, 2016 by BOB BOILEN
These four musicians made their first record together a decade ago, but for many of us, 2016 will be the year Lake Street Dive becomes a household name. The appeal of this band of New England Conservatory friends lies in their warmth in harmony and comfortably styled songs - sometimes tilting toward soul, often rocking danceably on a new collection of songs called Side Pony.
At first, it may be Rachael Price and her charismatic voice that draws you to this Tiny Desk concert, but it won't take long to see that this isn't just a singer and her backing band. The "two Mikes" (trumpeter and guitarist Mike "McDuck" Olson and drummer Mike Calabrese), along with upright bassist Bridget Kearney, share in the songwriting and singing, and contribute mightily to these creative arrangements. You can hear everyone mesh so well in these three new songs from Side Pony -- songs likely to be favorites for many at year's end.
Side Pony is available now:
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/sid...
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Side-Pony-Lake-...
Set List:
"I Don't Care About You"
"How Good It Feels"
"Godawful Things"
Credits:
Producers: Bob Boilen, Niki Walker; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Niki Walker, Kara Frame; Production Assistant: Jackson Sinnenberg; Photo: Brandon Chew/NPR.
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That bass player is extremely good. She gets the groove and then riffs on it. She carries every song. Fantastic musician!
@blainegarcia2503
Жыл бұрын
She does in fact carry! But then they all do! It's a yes for me dog...
@BelovedChatter
4 ай бұрын
And she has written most of their best songs in my opinion.
@timiariaarea8532
28 күн бұрын
She’s an award winning songwriter
Watching this at 2024😍
@kamuelalee
27 күн бұрын
Me too
Just discovered this band this morning in 2024. I must’ve been living under a rock haha 😂
This quartet is tight-tight-tight. All four are very solid in their respective roles within the group. I love this band!
I can understand people here wanting to give Rachael kudos, because she has an amazing voice... but c'mon, where's the love for the rest of the band? Calabrese is pulling off some snappy moves on the kit.. while singing! Bridget is making that bass sing, and McDuck's trumpet solo on top of his guitar playing... these are 4 talented individuals who make up one great band together!
@buzztrucker
8 жыл бұрын
+mindbait Agreed 100%
@AG-ll4nj
8 жыл бұрын
+mindbait well said !
@michiellombaers3198
8 жыл бұрын
+mindbait Together they're absolutely more than their induvidual talents.
@chriswilson3106
8 жыл бұрын
+mindbait This is true, but as a trombone player who has worked with vocalists before, they're always Divas. As an instrumentalist, you just learn to work around it. I've always heard that you can tell the skill level of a drummer by the size of his kit. The bigger the kit, the worse they'll play. This guy rules!
@chriswilson3106
8 жыл бұрын
Not true, there are famous drummers with big kits but it's unneeded. A drummer can do his or her job and then some with just a bass, a couple toms, a snare, a high hat, and a couple cymbals. Drummers tend to do too much. This either makes for a distracting performance, or an unsteady tempo. All that extra stuff around them just adds to the temptation to use it all, all the time. Look at jazz drummers, look at Ringo Star. He always gets a rep. as a poor drummer and that simply isn't true. More drums do not a good drummer make.
Rachel Price's voice is world class. One of the best I've ever heard!
@peterandreycak3273
3 жыл бұрын
I completely agree. A soaring talent!
@paulmckenzie4291
8 ай бұрын
All subjectivity aside, she's the best female voice ever. Tone range and delivery can't be faulted... gush over, Cheers!
ive rarely ever seen a 4 person band with this kind of talent . shes got a one of a kind of style and voice.
can I just say tho... Bridget and her bass... slow clap forever 👏 she's just got that THING I can't describe about talented bassist. She just makes an already awesome instrument shine with her soul. I feel you Bridget.
They obviously showed up for class at Julliard. It shows.
@1thomson
3 жыл бұрын
Actually, the New England Conservatory of Music. Hey, credit where credit is due. No?
@wolfgangdr.dahlke8510
2 ай бұрын
Yes, they formed Lake Street Dive at the NEC in 2001
These folks are just so good. One of the best Tiny Desks ever.
@lisatowner5407
2 жыл бұрын
AmeN 🙏🙏
@georgeklimes7604
Жыл бұрын
If you haven't already caught it, check out the Chuck Brown one.
That girl can sing. 🎶
I’m just discovering this band. Wow. Guess the 2000’s still has good music
@kamuelalee
27 күн бұрын
Just when you think music has RIP'd that's when something surprises...or something like that.
This is one of my favorite bands ever. Rachel Price is a beast of a singer and everyone in the band is super talented. Probably one of the best live bands out there, period.
@joematchmusic2232
5 жыл бұрын
Rocky Lott - Her name is spelled Rachael.
I watch this at least once a week, so good.
Rachael's voice is mind-boggling, original, with a timeless quality.
@ClaytonMorganbrass
8 жыл бұрын
If you haven't already, check out her solo albums. Incredible stuff.
It's pretty rare to have so many talented songwriters in one band.
@sterlingmillhollon2520
3 жыл бұрын
No joke. I cant believe how cohesive and comprehensive the sound is for being written by different people. They are on the same wavelength.
Rachael is one of the best singers of her generation The fact that you pay just as much attention to the other three shows you how charming and talented this band is.
If these guys got any better, gravity would simply let go and they would drift into space
It's hard to find a great singer, competent musicianship and good songwriting in one band. They are special.
Top notch writing, arranging, all around vocals and player-ship of each individual instrument comes together in a very satisfying experience. God Speed to these young folks.
LOVE THIS!!! Each member individually is so talented and collectively a knock out!
Amazing, there's no way to fake a voice like that, I think she has one of the best live voices out there.
Lake Street is an awesomely deep well of musical talent, every single person a creative powerhouse. It is a wonderful surprise when artists this perfectly aligned come together... it is a true miracle when they actually like each other, become and stay friends... knock on wood. It requires real maturity and ego control for each and every one. They are The Band I'd Most Like to Hang Out With for an Evening... missed them in Portland, OR... damn.
can't believe how effortless it seems for Rachael to sing the way she does. incredible.
@billderinbaja3883
7 жыл бұрын
Her voice is viscerally memorable.. hear her once and you cannot forget... see her once and fall in love. She is the epitome of Class Act.
@Mastaace
6 жыл бұрын
Check out Caiti Baker. She's an Austrlalian Jazz singer I immediately compared Rachael to.
@fartknocker8363
5 жыл бұрын
How do you know "how effortless" it is ?.....put your helmet on, you can't speak for other people.
@fartknocker8363
5 жыл бұрын
Go pose somewhere else.
@roytee3127
5 жыл бұрын
@@fartknocker8363 It's common knowledge among aficionados of great performances of any kind, that the real masters can make the marvelous look easy.
Bridget Kearney, the bassist, makes me feel funny in the good way.
Back here in 2020. Been listening allot to this terrific band- the last song in this set proves that It's a total four-piece effort- listen to the multiple harmonies. Kind of an extraordinary group.
@ryanchon8702
3 жыл бұрын
totally agree, I think what makes their music special is that it has plenty of musical complexity but it's always easily digested and never comes off as stuffy or overdone (the last song is a good example)
I never say this, but this band is all about that bass.
@michellesines7976
3 жыл бұрын
Love the standing bass!!
@loveandlight8533
3 жыл бұрын
In this song, yes.... Typically they are horn and Rachel oriented! Listen to "Mistakes'.....
@augtown
2 жыл бұрын
Bridgette really grooves with it
@yermumsyerdad9174
2 жыл бұрын
That buttery biscuit base?
@johnthompson9441
2 жыл бұрын
She is fabulous
Great band of uncommonly excellent musicians. Hard to believe that only now Rachael Price's astounding, remarkable vocal prowess is becoming known to the wider public. Thanks indeed for this performance!
I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW.
I just "discovered" this band in the last couple of weeks....man have I been missing out! EXCELLENT!!!!
@dejavu666wampas9
4 жыл бұрын
MrTwister50 - make sure you watch her sing ‘What am I Doing Here’. On KZread someplace
Oh that voice cuts through my present reality and leads me down to the river!
Am ashamed to say I just discovered this band on CBS this morning today! Am gland I did, they are going on my weekend playlist. Blasting them all day.
@carenmaslowsky8408
3 жыл бұрын
Me too! You're not alone ☺️
@burner8959
3 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the party. Found them a few years ago. Enjoy your deep dive.
It's far too dark, but not too late (in the UK) to run down the street knocking every door i can find a yelling, _Have you heard the Lake Street Dive sound!!_ .. Seriously people, these three tracks feel like I've jumped in an ice cold pool - so refreshing and you have a new fan ..
@jribolla
8 жыл бұрын
+Mike Downes I think if you dig around KZread you will be pleasantly surprised at the consistently good quality of their live performances and songwriting.
@yamc9710
8 жыл бұрын
+Mike Downes I agree!
@rachaelgwyn
8 жыл бұрын
Well put!!! I'm i'm love with their sound
@DaveGardnerMusic
5 жыл бұрын
I just discovered these guys myself, and I completely and totally agree with you! WOW!
@boocovsky
5 жыл бұрын
True.
Finally they get on Tiny Desk!!... The entire band is so dang talented...
Rachael voice makes appreciate how our species creates beautiful music 🎵🎶
She is god damn mesmerizing.
True talent is always revealed in live performances. How can they sound so damn good? :))
Two of my absolute favoritest things. LSD and TIny Desk. FINALLY!! So great. So (seemingly) effortless. It must be hard work making it look so easy.
Four truly talented musicians - put together and wow -- can't stop listening.
The reactions of the audience reveals what is going on. Enchanting band!!
Incredible band. Seen them 3 times live and they never disappoint.
@Braylon18
4 жыл бұрын
Omggg I'm seeing them for the first time in October. I'm in the 2nd row!!! Whoo!
This is one of my absolute favorite bands. I adore them all.
Rachel is one of my absolute favorite singers⭐️
Everyone in this bad is talented and good looking. Bastards.
@framymuyu
5 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@karmageddon14
5 жыл бұрын
Magnificent bastards you mean...
@TheVeek192
4 жыл бұрын
"Good looks" fade. And ANYONE can develop a talent. Shut up and get practicing.
@user-ix1fi2su6w
3 жыл бұрын
SERIOUSLY
@williamkruse9222
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheVeek192 No..not anyone can just "develop" talent. I assume you are extremely talented?? or just lazy??
LSD is still killing it as usual. Why this group isn't more commercially successful blows my mind. Rachael your voice is so amazing and soothing... so great to pick me up on a downtrodden day. The rest of LSD all so musically inclined it's mind blowing.
@jbdmb
8 жыл бұрын
+buzztrucker LSD is a hell of a band.
@TomOBrien323
8 жыл бұрын
+buzztrucker This album (Sidepony) and the current tour will do it. Saw them in Chicago last week and they didn't disappoint.
@totreadlightly
7 жыл бұрын
Just like to draw attention to the fact that the acronym for this band is LSD...intentional or not Rachel's vocals over the rest of the band's killer rhythms take me on a journey every time I press play.
@lucyfoster4082
6 жыл бұрын
A couple of hooky songs and they'd have it--their only weakness.
@FrankDyke
6 жыл бұрын
I think that some of the challenge with marketing a band like this is that they have a "small" sound. Their music and arrangements seem better suited for more intimate venues like a club or small auditorium. Sadly, commercial success in music hinges upon selling several thousand tickets and a narrow dynamic range toward the loud side of the volume knob.
Seeing them in two weeks and this performance makes me even more excited!!
Mike playing the drums is as good as fine wine Too gooooood!
One of the best tiny desks ever made, still
that voice... one of the most moving I've ever heard!
Their New CD was released today! This is still so wonderful.
I just found you guys and listened to your other Tiny Desk from 2021 (?) and fell in love with your guys!!! Impessive to say the least. Soulful Soulful SOULFUL!!!! I bow to all of you, Peace and Gratitude to you all.... Man oh man that was cool!!!!
Her voice is so Amazing! Truly love these guys.
@fartknocker8363
6 жыл бұрын
Rochester NY, this week...can't wait.
They are so great together
The three songs were also written by the bassist, drummer, & guitarist. So not just are they all talented at playing their instruments but they also write well. The whole band comes together harmoniously. Also, any NYC ppl, Price often sings with another Brooklynite at Bar Below Rye & she's incredible to watch sing up close.
Bridget knows her way up and down the bass and joins with all presenting their jazz school beginnings with power and grace now for over 10 years. They always life me up with their song selections and can play about whatever the crowd desires. Thank the good Lord for them.
Living in LA, finally got to see a LIVE concert! It was this fabulous group. It always blows my mind when music appears to be so tight and effortless. This group is the epitome of that. Loved it!
I keep coming back to this. Just absolutely exceptional!
It's only been two days, but I've listened to How Good it Feels about 35 times. The stripped down sound and instrumentation suits them so much better than the studio bells and whistles. Can't wait to see them in 9 days!
So happy this popped up in my feed this morning... I haven't' listened to Lake Street Dive in a while and this start on Sunday morning was a wonderful reminder.
You should have them back, they are doing SO WELL right now.
WTF was that trumpet solo? Off the dial. Love.
There's something uncanny about Rachael' voice. There are a number of really good jazz-blues-pop singers around - Morgan James, the PMJ stable & others - and they all give great performances, but they're working at performing. Rachael's singing is different - it just seems to flow out of her. It's like it's effortless, or part of her being.
Thanks the Lord for her voice , she took us to Church and back. Love it!
I'm here for this blue eyed soul. Yaaaaas this is such a great band.
YES! About dang time. I've been waiting for this...NPR just made my day! I wish they had thrown at least one of their songs from Bad Self Portraits in the mix (since that entire album was pure heaven to my ears) - but I am totally happy with this set!
@m.simoneboyd5136
8 жыл бұрын
+Jennifer Williamson amen to that, Jennifer.
@totalrobot
2 жыл бұрын
Their BEST ALBUM BY FAR
Saw them at the Ft Worth Arboretum and it was such a beautiful show. Phenomenal band. I hear they have a new album dropping in May! I'll never miss them when they come through town.
The control this woman has over her voice is unfathomable! And they're all great!
That girl got more soul in her voice than I do in all my pairs of shoes put together!
Holy cow this band is awesome the singer in the bass player are amazing great musicianship
Thank the good Lord. That was amazing.
I'll listen to lsd over and over. Row my boat baby. I almost killed myself tonight. It was a bad day for me . But these guys brought me back from the edge. Thank you. And the good lord 🙏
I was introduced to Lake Street Dive about 4 years ago or so and never stopped listening - I am from Cape Town South Africa and feel as though we are only a handful of folk that know your music. I wish more and more people could experience your style and charisma. 10 out 10 to you all. Keep 'm coming.
dope musicians...all of them!
Bridget is a great bassist! I had a bass student many years ago that reminds me of her. My students name was Bridget too. Love this whole band of super talented, creative people. Can't wait to see them live!
Love that bass!
This will sweeten up your day, any day, every day. Pass it on.
Wow. As divine as Rachael is, the heart and soul of LDS is undoubtedly Bridget on the bass. She’s unbelievable.
@bobitalob
3 жыл бұрын
the true String Goddess
@thejigantics2641
3 жыл бұрын
@@bobitalob she’s magnificent but the other guys are equally talented vocally and instrumentally.....it’s a collective effort...that’s how bands operate it’s the sum of all the parts
One of the best upright bassists out there wow.
My daughter introduced me to this group and I am SO JAZZED to see this! Fantastic musicians every one of them.
Saw them this week in Detroit. Absolutely fantastic show. These people are great musicians and Rachel Price is one of the most talented singers and performers I have heard in my entire life. Just a joy to watch. Could have listened them for hours. P.S. The Woods Brothers who opened were great as well. What a combination.
I like the way they play with their music instead of being formal.
wow! So talented. Love her voice, love the music 💚
OMG These people make music so beautiful that it makes me cry!!!
I love her voice! I watch this Tiny Desk over and over!
amazing cute and talented bassist!!
So genuine that they sound like a 60s record ..love them
I saw her first on Inside Llewyn Davis concert at NY town hall.... had a crush ever since
My favorite band for a few years now. Amazing live. Such great musicians.
never heard this girl before. im not even emo right now but she hit my feels. why am i grown crying and smiling?
@thomasbernecky2078
5 жыл бұрын
She has quite a style. When I first heard on XPN, I thought it was Janis Joplin. Well, I was wrong, but am very happy I was.
Rachael has such great breath control , whata pro
Incredible group. My favorite of the last two years.
Real musicians. Sweet, soulful, uplifting. Please, turn this up when I'm fading out!
And let's hear it for the sick bass drop at 8:43 by Bridget!
@ducas8937
7 жыл бұрын
She killed in the first track as well, what a great player!
@angelinamarino4656
6 жыл бұрын
Nicholas Mader just fucking all of it. She's a class act through and through
@eldorado96
4 жыл бұрын
She deserved a camera shot for that.
@nineomite
3 жыл бұрын
"Sick bass drop" basically describes every line she plays haha. She's incredible.
@YugalGrg5
3 жыл бұрын
wow just heard it now!
About damn time!
Watch this over and over. This is awesome, Rachael Price is unbelievable.
Unbelievable! They’re all ridiculously talented! Fantastic song as well!
I am really digging this band!
holy shit this is good.
tight, crisp, smart and such feeling. Love it
Come here after the "hypotheticals".. Her voice is so good and the band too, great performances. Keep it up!