Young Fathers, Wye Oak, Confidence Man, Big Thief, More

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New Mix: Young Fathers, Confidence Man, A Stunning Tiny Desk Contest Entry, More As we sift through the thousands of video entries we got for this year's Tiny Desk contest, we've laughed, loved and made a lot of phenomenal discoveries along the way. On this edition of All Songs Considered we share one of the most powerful and deeply moving ones we've seen. It comes from a band called Bernie And The Believers whose lyricist, Bernie Dalton, pursued his lifelong dream of making an album, even after ALS robbed him of his ability to move or speak. We share the song the group performed for its Tiny Desk contest entry, "Unusual Boy." Hear that cut and a whole lot more on this week's New Mix. Hear The Discussion And Songs All Songs Considered Vote: What's Your Favorite Desk In The Wild From The 2018 Tiny Desk Contest? While our judges are watching your Tiny Desk Contest video submissions on the hunt for this year's winner, NPR Music thought we'd have a little fun. Starting today, we'll be hosting weekly just-for-fun fan favorite votes that anyone - whether or not they entered the Contest - can participate in! Each week, we'll choose a handful of entries from a given category and ask you to tell us your favorite. It's kind of like the superlatives in your high school yearbook. Vote For Your Favorite Entry Tiny Desk Dee Dee Bridgewater: Tiny Desk Concert "This is me coming back full circle in my life," Dee Dee Bridgewater told NPR right before this Tiny Desk performance. Ever since her teenage years, she's wanted to make her latest album, Memphis... Yes, I'm Ready. Now, a gorgeous 67 years young, Bridgewater is connecting openly with her roots, her birthplace and the town she's loved all her life. See The Tiny Desk Performance First Listen First Listen: Wye Oak, 'The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs' Wye Oak's fifth album, The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs, begins with a warm-up instrumental, "(tuning)." The brief track hums with disorienting noise - whirring electronic pulses, snatches of ambient conversation and what sounds like a creaking floorboard - but is dominated by someone picking out wobbly notes on an off-key piano, as if they're coaxing the instrument back into tune. The meticulous exercise is a success: By the end of "(tuning)," the piano's keystrokes are strident and melodic, and bleed directly into the second track, "The Instrument," a bustling display of fizzy synthesizers and rain-on-tin drums. Hear The Full Album All Songs Considered Watch Big Thief Debut Two New Songs Live In Paris We have some new music from Big Thief in the form of live concert footage. The band performed at Point Ephémère in France last week and this beautiful video was captured by La Blogothèque and published on ARTE, the public Franco-German TV channel. See The Video, Hear The New Songs

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