#Alisa amador series
"I was in a pretty like hip college band before pursuing my solo stuff, so I was really familiar with the series itself for national acts."Īlto Moon hopes this show will be a unifying experience for the music community in Atlanta. "I've actually been a fan of the Tiny Desk contests dating back to like 2015," they said. "įor artist Alto Moon, Tiny Desk has been a presence in their lives for years. "For me it is a more of a form of encouragement to keep being able to hear something to tell me, like, 'You don't have to let people judge you,'" they said. It's also a chance for them to reflect on overcoming their previous struggles with mental illness and self-dobut. I can only be me and do the best that I can do." "You know, I can't be like everybody else. "God created each and every one of us, all of us are individual, but all of us, these are his children," they said. Now the Tiny Desk is coming to Georgia in a concert series featuring Amador as well as three local winners - O'She Tyght, Yah Yah, and Alto Moon - at Atlanta venue Aisle 5.įor O'She Tyght, their music is a means of reflecting on their own individual voice. "Despite the fact that I don't speak Spanish, I felt the conflict, the yearning and the song's questioning." "I often fall for a song because of the lyrics, and this is the first Tiny Desk Contest winner whose winning song is in Spanish," contest judge Bob Boilen said. Amador's win was unique for many reasons this year - her tiny desk performance was the first to be shot in front of an audience since the pandemic, and her entry song, "Milonga Accidental," was not in English. This year's winner of the Tiny Desk contest, in which artists submit entries to perform in the series, was Alisa Amador. With a sound described by Vance Gilbert as, “Shawn Colvin meets Joni Mitchell has lunch with Amy Winehouse meets Suzanne Vega and Diana Krall,” and NPR calls, “a pitch-perfect rendition of my wildest dreams,” her soulful singing, poetically incisive lyrics, and syncopated rhythms, are likely to make you cry, laugh and dance all within one set.National Public Radio has created a music phenomenon in the past several years with their "Tiny Desk" series: a showcase that features musical artists performing intimate sessions around the office desks of the NPR headquarters. Blurb:Īlisa Amador’s music is a synthesis of the many styles she’s voraciously absorbed: rock, jazz, funk and alternative folk, all wrapped in the spirit of the Latin music she grew up with. Whoever you are, whatever your struggle, pain, or joy – you belong at an Alisa Amador concert. Everyone who shows up –who participates in the revolutionary act of listening– is a part of the experience. No matter what the setup, you can be sure of this: no one leaves a concert unmoved.
And, it’s not uncommon for her parents to grace the stage for a song or two.
And Noah Harrington, a lauded bassist who has played in Lincoln Center, Jordan Hall, festivals across continents, and studied with luminaries such as David Hope, Kayhan Kalhour, Béla Fleck, Mike Marshall, and Julian Lage.Ĭome to a concert and you might see Alisa performing solo with her hollow body electric guitar, or harmonizing originals and jazz covers with Noah Harrington singing and playing upright bass, or turning up the volume and syncopation with the help of Jacob Thompson on drums and vocals sometimes, you might even encounter a horn or string section. Jacob Thompson, a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter of his own right, who has collaborated with great songwriters across the country, from Grammy award-winner David Mullins to ASCAP award-winning singer-songwriter Erica Leigh. She picked up some incredible collaborators along the way. Alisa returned from Argentina with a renewed belief in the power of music to break down social, political, and emotional barriers and create a space where everyone belongs. Together they started an amplified band outfit that toured through Buenos Aires and the United States. Add a life-changing trip to Buenos Aires where she met the brilliant songwriter, Mica Ipiñazar and her husband Facundo Parla of the Argentine rock band, Rabiosa. It was in green rooms, living room rehearsals, and cramped mini vans that Alisa Amador received her first musical education, singing backup vocals since the age of five for her parents’ Latin band, Sol y Canto.īut, how did Alisa’s sound grow into the Latin- Jazz- Soul and Blues-influenced folk rock that it is today? Start with years of jazz study, solo performance, and training in vocal harmony and improvisation all while pursuing a degree in gender studies at Bates College in central Maine.
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