Tamela Mann: Tiny Desk Concert
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This year's Black History Month celebration at the Tiny Desk features a carefully crafted lineup spanning many genres, generations and walks of life. Each artist represents the best in their class and will be performing at the Tiny Desk for the first time.
Bobby Carter | February 20, 2023
The powerful messages of her music, magnified by the strength of Tamela Mann's vocals, made for a tearful Tiny Desk concert. These were happy tears; eventually, Tamela herself, overcome with emotion, explained how singing her songs helps keep her faith intact. After closing with one of her signature songs, "Take Me to the King," she gave us some parting words of encouragement. "Let's just hold on to faith, hold on to hope, hold on to joy," she said, "because it still exists in our society."
The Fort Worth, Texas, native's calling was evident early in her childhood, wowing the congregation at Holy Tabernacle church by the time she was 12. Her career has since stretched far beyond music. After meeting Tyler Perry in 1999, she and her husband, actor David Mann, became integral to his explosion on the stage, television and film. Faith and family have remained at the helm throughout her decorated career, earning Stellar Awards and a Grammy. Her daughter, Porcia, coordinated their trip to Washington, D.C., while her daughter Tia sang background, and of course, David was in the audience entertaining the crowd before and after the show. It's impossible to tell the history of Black people in America without the gospel, and Tamela Mann represented at NPR headquarters.
SET LIST
"Finished"
"Change Me"
"Take Me to the King"
MUSICIANS
Tamela Mann: vocals
Tia Mann: vocals
Brittany Stevenson: vocals
Deon Yancey: vocals
Patrick Wright: keys
Phillip Bryant: keys
Johshun Griffin: drums
Jamaal Franklin: bass
Aaron Scott: guitar
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bobby Carter
Director: Joshua Bryant
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Creative Director: Bob Boilen
Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Elizabeth Gillis, Sofia Seidel, Maia Stern
Editor: Sofia Seidel
Audio Assistant: Brian Jarboe
Production Assistant: Jill Britton
Tiny Desk Team: Suraya Mohamed, Marissa Lorusso, Hazel Cills, Kara Frame, Ashley Pointer
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
#nprmusic #tinydesk #tamelamann
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NPR... we need more gospel tiny desks!!!
@jeffcruzmusic
Жыл бұрын
Say it again for the people in the back!!! 🗣🗣
@shirleymiller7926
Жыл бұрын
I agree.
@sdunn7481
Жыл бұрын
Several gospel artists cannot sing live and not articulant. They can scream and shout with the best. Tiny Desk is not going to ruin their representation with artist who cannot perform.
@oscarjbautista8959
Жыл бұрын
Amen
@kaylahgraham7947
Жыл бұрын
Amen
I am so incredibly mad that the algorithm made me wait 7 days to find out this happened. Tamela is ONE OF A KIND....and BEEN that way for decades! Thank you NPR for honoring an icon!
@Liya_Marie
Жыл бұрын
You!? I’m just finding this out 2 weeks later 😒
@user-mp9id6yt1p
Жыл бұрын
I concur! This just came up in my feed and I'm subscribed to this channel!
@xavierblack6871
Жыл бұрын
2 weeks here 😭😭
@sarahwills7273
Жыл бұрын
I literally said hold up ya'll ain't tell me this was on here! It's been 2 weeks!
@geraldgreen7226
Жыл бұрын
2 months😭😭😭😭
Y’all should get THE CLARK SISTERS!! This was great.
@myraspencer8023
Жыл бұрын
Yes and they need Kierra sheard kelly too
@alejandroday340
Жыл бұрын
I would fall outttt😩😩🥹
@charliek8332
Жыл бұрын
The walls of the studio would fall down. The Clark Sisters would tear up the building. Im ready. Yes please! Hallelujah!
@sneakhead87c.15
Жыл бұрын
You sure? I believe that’s her daughter’s
@keithdavis3626
Жыл бұрын
Agree
I would’ve tore that lil library up 🙌🏾
@ItCantRainAllTheTime_90
Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣😂Don’t worry, I would have used my hoodie as your pass out cloth and fanned you with my credit cards 😊
@NIQUE84
Жыл бұрын
Not one book left on them shelves!
@AndreDaughty
Жыл бұрын
Would've knocked all them shelves over.. Especially around that 10.04 minutes area.
@lifecoachthirl
Жыл бұрын
Same 🏃🏾♀️🏃🏾♀️🏃🏾♀️
@angelajohnson7001
Жыл бұрын
My God. I would have been running right behind you. I wish that I could have seen the reaction of the crew. Someone there had heard her before. Come through producer. My God, I needed that!!!
A long overdue Tiny Desk concert. Tamela Mann is a vocal powerhouse and example of a beautiful family dynamic.
@Npr in the description y’all started her career with Tyler Perry but we’ve know Tam’s vocals from long before her work with Tyler from her working with Kirk Franklin.
@justauni
Жыл бұрын
Her verse on Now Behold the Lamb is forever a classic
@feraynor205
Жыл бұрын
These yougsters dont know anything about the culture Do Your Homework
@NYourWill
Жыл бұрын
@@feraynor205 TRUTH
@culturedbeauty1
Жыл бұрын
Yep, she started in Fort Worth Texas with the Citywide Youth Choir actually. My mom sang with her and David..
@VAndyMrs
Жыл бұрын
I think they were saying that Tyler Perry created the bridge that took her from music to acting too. I get what you’re saying though! We’ve been loving the sound of her voice for a very long time. ❤
I'm an atheist, but I've always loved African-American gospel music and believe they're top-tier singers in general. Very soulful and vocally strong. I'm at work on my break crying tears of love for Mrs. Mann. ❤️
@patriceallen9576
Жыл бұрын
I'm a Christian and I love you Sis. ❤
@keithvinson9917
Жыл бұрын
Wow that is really interesting. I appreciate you sharing that.
@jordanmarshall312
Жыл бұрын
Yes Music and specifically Gospel Music is the language of the soul.
@giadavis2452
Жыл бұрын
Truth , love and light has no respect of persons! This is in us it’s our body literally recharging and cleansing itself renewing and just by the energy flowing through us onto song etc ❤️
@proverbs31woman31
Жыл бұрын
Jesus loves you❤
She obviously wasn't feeling her best, but she still showed up and gave everything. She could have made excuse that she wasn't feeling well or was losing her voice and I wouldn't have thought twice about it. The fact that she didn't, though, shows me that she doesn't think it's all about her. She is there to minister not just perform. I love that about her - how humble she is with such a powerful gift. Thank you for having her for a TDC.
@fine_art_wr
Жыл бұрын
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@americangoldking
11 ай бұрын
She actually went through her octaves very well and had no issue hitting higher notes
@Clayton_-rl5ku
11 ай бұрын
She sounds great!
@TDTD583
11 ай бұрын
Well said! Amen!
@dwgm1022
7 ай бұрын
@americangoldking it's more than just hitting octaves and notes. She struggled overall. But she's usually always in great voice when we see her. She's one of my favs so Imma stick beside her, for sure. '
You have no idea of the number of lives you’ve changed and uplifted today NPR through this ministry.
@pricillafofana6161
Жыл бұрын
💯💯💯💯
Thank you NPR, gospel singers never get enough attention with their music not being Pop, but boy can they sing live and it’s a treat for all of us to listen, god bless Tamela 💗
Thank you NPR. I screamed when I saw it was Tamela Mann. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
@joannamoreno-riley5570
Жыл бұрын
same
@tameradavis1557
Жыл бұрын
Meeee toooo🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Cece Winans tiny desk would be EVERYTHING!
WHEW! Didn’t know Tamela did a Tiny Desk, she KILLED IT🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
How am I just seeing this?!? Love hearing Tamela Mann lift up the Lord. Thank you for this blessing.
NPR keeps getting more and more legendary. Who would’ve thought they’d be carrying the torch for great live music and giving us straight gems👌🏾💎
She's incredible, and I'm so happy to see her on the Tiny Desk platform.
SET LIST “Finished” 0:00 “Change Me” 5:40 “Take Me to the King” 11:02 “I Can Only Imagine”/Outro 16:00
@sljay90
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful set list for sure ❤
@lifecoachthirl
Жыл бұрын
Thank you 😊
@GeminiLesbian
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@sha1841
11 ай бұрын
THANK YOU‼️ I wish I saw this sooner
When my grandmother passed away in 2012, Take Me to the King played on the radio on my way to the funeral. It'll always have a special place in my heart. ❤️
@yvettekirkland5950
Жыл бұрын
Same song was played at my grandmothers service in the same year❤
@MsAngelaCrystal
Жыл бұрын
@Yvette Kirkland prayers for you sis. Grandparents are irreplaceable. ❤️
@ramyiasilvers3845
11 ай бұрын
Your comment just made me cry. I'm missing mine that passed last year
@sha1841
11 ай бұрын
My condolences to each of you & your families ❤😇
Tamela Mann & Leandria Johnson my 2 favorite female gospel singers
I am not a religious person but I love the Mann’s. I feel they come from a place of love and non judgement. 💓
Tamela has church every time she opens her mouth! She is worshipping every song she sings!!!
I lost my faith gradually over the past few years as I succumbed to a multitude of hardships, failures, and loss..and I honestly stumbled upon this gem by chance..and as soon as she spoke- I was intrigued...then the lush guitar made me stay..by the time they all started playing/singing I was overwhelmed with the love and hope I had backslid from.. It moved me in such a way that i felt compelled to share and rejoice. Thank you Tamela and your amazing band for being a fisher of men and for opening my eyes. 1❤
@feliciawilliams5720
8 ай бұрын
🙏🏾☝🏾🧡
@meganblasco2
6 ай бұрын
Soulful truth……❤
@blueintent
3 ай бұрын
God bless you!
@globalconcern4995
2 ай бұрын
AMEN!
How is it that im just seeing this, i needed this. Mrs. Tamm is one of the best singers inside and outside gospel. You dont understand, i needed this. I been feeling list and hearing this song always brings my spirit back right up.
@feliciawilliams5720
8 ай бұрын
🙏🏾🧡☝🏾
A LEGENDARY POWERHOUSE! This is amazing, Tiny Desk! Love the diversity and representation! 👏🏾👌🏾
I've seen a LOT of these Tiny Desk performances. But I've never seen one like this. This is EVERYTHING. 🙌🏾🙏🏾💜
About 2 months I started working at an inner city school in camden new jersey. After 19 years working in before and after school programs in cherry hill, New Jersey, I found my life has changed. My new school has given me a new purpose and a new reason to go to work each day. It's music like yours that I know the students would appreciate. Thanks !
As soon as she said A WON-DER-FUL CHANGE🎶🎶🎶!!!! 😭😭😭😭🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
@melanierankin5432
Жыл бұрын
That gets me eveytime!!!!!
@angelamathews6189
Жыл бұрын
I know right? My eyes and nose got to running right there! Tamalaaa!!! Just wrecked me!!!!
Love the way Tamela worked Tremaine Hawkin's. "A Wonderful Change" in after singing. "Change Me"!
I love how tight the band is, especially the conversation between the electric and bass guitars in "Take Me to The King." One of the best Tiny Desks to date. 🙌🏿
Always said this woman voice is heavenly
Tamela Mann is one of my favorite Gospel singers May God continue to bless her and her family and keep them safe as they travel doing. God's work thankyou for the tiny desk concert❤😊
Clicked so fast when I saw her name.
@keishathekontent
Жыл бұрын
❤
@jenniferharding-williams1937
Жыл бұрын
So did I!!
@seanksk8751
Жыл бұрын
Like Fr fr!!! 👍🏽
@fabteengh4615
Жыл бұрын
I screamed, then clicked.
She does not get enough credit and she’s barely even trying . I’ve heard her hit some notes and she’s definitely my top female vocalist
I’ve been blessed to hear her minister live. It’s a must if you haven’t 🙏🏽
God Provides lifted me up during one of the darkest periods in my life. I went from hopeless to knowing I am loved. Thank you, Tamela, for showing up at the right time. God speaks to me through your gift of song.
@The1Manager
10 ай бұрын
Emotions are just thoughts, you have 50k a day. You knowing you are part of God is fact, power, and protection. Just be grateful all day consistently, and those thoughts will get less and less. Tune your body & mind back to God.
NPR Tiny Desk - please bring The Clark Sisters and The Walls Group. This was amazing and we would love to see more like this.
Love to see native Texans on Tiny desk love Tam and the whole family 👏🏾👏🏾
I love gospel and artists like Tamela know how to stir the emotions out of you but I have to say that every background singer in this genre have a way of putting that amen amen in a song. They don’t get enough credit. Somebody say Amen🙌🏾
I listen to the Kirk Franklin tiny desk every single day. I’m here for more gospel tiny desks
Thank you NPR for this one
@o0musique0o
Жыл бұрын
💯🙌
Hold on to faith, hold on to hope, hold on to joy. Because it still exists. Thank you Tamela Mann!
@feliciawilliams5720
8 ай бұрын
☝🏾🙏🏾✊🏾👏🏾
How did I miss this as it just showed up in my feed?! Lawd she can sing!!!!
I’m thinking the Walls Groups should make a special feature in a future Tiny Desk…
We need more Gospel Tiny Desks. I've been saying for years that I would love The Clark Sisters to do Tiny Desk.
Thank you NPR!!! More gospel concerts please! I’ve been a big fan of your concerts for years! So happy I have more to love about NPR!!!
Why am i just seeing this? I love tamela she is truly blessed and anointed
Loved her paying homage to Tremaine Hawkins. I grew up listening to both women and miss old school church like that
To be honest i needed this. Thank you for having Tamela Mann on Tiny Desk. 😭❤️🙏🏾
Take Me To The King does it to me everytime 😭😭😭😭😭
The names of the bassist and guitarist were mixed up on the description. The bassist’s name is Aaron Scott and the guitarist is Jamaal Franklin.
Just pure raw talent. What a voice! Praise God!
Oh I KNOW this gonna be good. 🎶 🎵
She's just so anointed ❤️
Always love a gospel Tiny Desk. Bless everyone here 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Amen Hold on!!! Nothing is too difficult for our Heavenly Father 🙌🙌
Background is killing it 🙌🏼
@nelsongibson_jr
Жыл бұрын
Tia nem be singinggg!
Tamela Mann has a powerful voice. She’s truly a sweetheart. This is one of my favorite Tiny Desk concerts. 💗
What a sensitive band! Great job, guys! Directing the glory to God and talking about his deeds and willing to be with him for all eternity… it was so good! Be changed! People stopped talking about that! But that’s the essential from the Gospel, right? The Good News can’t let us be the same! God bless you all.
BEST TINY DESK CONCERT!
Sanggggg Mrs. Tamela Mann! Her voice and worship is so beautiful! Thank you NPR ans Tamela for this soul stirring, powerful tiny desk concert ❤
Until right now, I never knew Tamela Mann did a TDC!!! What a blessing it is. God always provides right when we need it. God bless you everyone and Happy Thanksgiving. Even if you're alone, God is with you. Invite Him in. Much love! 🤗🥰🤎🙏🏾🙌🏾
Every time she sings Change Me, I cry.. every time. It truly is a daily prayer of mine
Just what I need to start this work week!!! Come on now Mrs. Mann❤❤❤
When she sings Take Me To The King it feels as if it was just released yesterday 🔥🔥
@ratedrvillan
Жыл бұрын
EVERYTIME!!!!
@reginaboone892
Жыл бұрын
Everytime....such a timeless classic!!!!!
Just heard her live at The Reunion Tour Memphis along with Kirk Franklin, Clark sisters, and Tye Tribbet and Isaac Houghton amazing show!!!
A vocal powerhouse!!! Love her!!
Why am I just finding this... Sang Tamela!!!!
Whattttt!!!!??!?!! Tiny Desk!!! Tamela Mann!!!?!? WHAT??!?
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥Wow!!! What an amazing GOD orchestrated moment!!! Our Sis Tamela, represented our KING so well!!!🙏🕊
Thank you, God. Her voice is a bell of hope in our generation!
Glory to God! Be encouraged life is worth living. I❤Tamala. She’s amazing! Great job NPR!
Tamela!! My Lord!! We need more gospel artist on Tiny Desk!! I’d love to see CeCe Winans and The Clark Sisters!!!🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
@krt123
Жыл бұрын
CeCe needs a Tiny Desk. That would be amazing!!!
Tamela is gospel Queen, i love this
Tamela Mann has had my heart since I was a little kid ❤
You know it's good when your eyelash about to fall off! Sang Tamela!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
I seen this and was like 👀 I know it ain't who I think it is. Dope
This was lovely! I do hope TinyDesk has more Gospel artists on. Tamala Mann is like that hidden gem in the Gospel sphere! IT would be a treat to invite B.Slade as their next Gospel guests!!!
Absolutely life changing and heartwarming worship of God who hears, sees, loves and does care for You 💖 Don’t give up. Life is worth living and peace can be found 🙏
TIGHTEST Background I've heard so far!!
This was incredible and salute to the icon Tamela Mann! I pray more gospel singers grace Tiny Desk!
Beautiful Tamela and singers. Awesome band! Amen! God is faithful. Thanks for encouraging. God and Jesus Christ of Nazareth is real. Heavenly Angels are real.
How am I just finding out about this one?! Tameka is amazing❤
Sing Tam!
Always enjoy hearing Tamala Mann! If you have never heard her live, oooh you are missing a true blessing! This woman’s voice is beyond anointing. She literally spreads the gospel through her beautiful voice! I love her spirit and her energy!
This blessed me. I LOVE her spirit. Such a beautiful performance. Thank you, Jesus
Tamela's voice is unmatched! ❤
I literally love this woman's voice and aura. She was given the voice of an Angel. She could sing the ABC's and I'd still shed a tear and feel every word she's singing.
I love Mrs. Tamela Mann, but these bgvs are giving me sooooo much joy!
It's a great way to start off the day with musical inspiration. ❤️ Thanks, Tamela Mann, the band, and Tiny Desk Concerts on NPR. ❤️
Good to hear about God anywhere, anytime. What God has brought together, let no man put asunder. Thanks for the beautiful music and beautiful message. 😊
People ask me why I love Gospel Music, Tamela is the reason why, Thank You Tiny Desk!
This hit me differently I needed this internal peace right at the beginning 🎉 hallelujah
Why is this so short! Man her voice is so beautiful and helps me get right into worship.
This is absolutely fantastic! Minister Tamela!!! I love the whole production.
Went to her concert in Shreveport came from Texas. When I tell You she Blessed My Soul!! 🙌🏾😭She has gotten Me through some tough times in my life and to finally see her in personal was it for Me! She will Always be my Favorite Gospel Artist
I love the music ministry of Tamela Mann.😊
Now this is a tiny desk I've been waiting for. Tamela has a voice that just speaks the Spirit of God in you as you listen.
I was so excited to see Tamela Mann featured on Tiny Desk. When she sings she takes you on a journey into her faith while helping us explore our own. Tamela's a treasure, one of my favorite singers in any genre!
Yesssirrrrrrr jus wat I needed 🔥💯💙