{"id":27099,"date":"2017-04-03T14:47:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T22:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=27099"},"modified":"2017-04-03T14:47:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T22:47:35","slug":"watch-nonames-captivating-tiny-desk-concert-on-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2017-04\/watch-nonames-captivating-tiny-desk-concert-on-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Noname’s Captivating Tiny Desk Concert on NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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These are better times for talented female rappers. It’s taken a long time baby, but in addition to Britain’s fab Kate Tempest<\/strong>\u00a0(watch her own tempestuous\u00a0Tiny Desk Concert HERE<\/a><\/strong>), Chicago’s\u00a0Noname<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a serious word-force-of-nature. Aided and abetted by some chance encounters with Noname<\/strong>\u00a0(first on Chance The Rapper’s<\/strong> Acid Rap<\/strong><\/em> and Donnie Trumpet’s\/Chance’s<\/strong> Surf<\/strong><\/em> and then\u00a0Chance’s<\/strong> subsequent Coloring Book<\/strong><\/em>), we strained for years to learn more of this eloquent and emotive rapper. Thankfully, last summer she revealed far more with her first mix-tape, the impressive and critically-acclaimed\u00a0Telefone<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(centered around important phone conversations she’s had).<\/p>\n

You can now check her out via her\u00a0Tiny Desk Concert<\/strong> below. Though Noname<\/strong> (Fatimah Warner)\u00a0<\/b>evidently almost missed her Tiny Desk<\/strong>\u00a0owing to illness, watch below as she fights through and delivers impressively and movingly throughout her set. Served well by bandmates Connor Baker<\/strong> (drums), Brian Sanborn<\/strong> (guitar), Phoelix<\/strong> (bass, vocals), and Akenya Seymour<\/strong> (piano, vocals), Noname<\/strong> tugs hard at the synapses and hearts of listeners. Yours truly anyway. Great stuff. Go forward and prosper.<\/p>\n

Noname<\/strong> and band are out on tour. They’re playing the Observatory<\/strong>\u00a0in Santa Ana this Friday and you can get tickets HERE<\/strong><\/a>. Other dates can be found HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Telefone<\/em><\/strong> is available now on\u00a0iTunes<\/a>\u00a0or via Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n