Tash Sultana: Tiny Desk Concert
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Published 2017-04-14
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Bob Boilen | April 7, 2017 - Last May, Tash Sultana posted a self-made video, just her in her living room with guitar, laptop and a great song called "Jungle." Within five days it had drawn a million views.
This 21-year-old Maltese-Australian got a guitar from her grandfather when she was three, she says, and has played it every day since. It's astonishing to watch Sultana's fluidity on her instrument, like a natural extension of her body. (She also plays bass, saxophone, trumpet, flute and more, but kept it "simple" at the Tiny Desk.) I thought I had a lot of energy — watching her bounce from guitar to drum machine to two separate microphones — and then hopping barefoot from looping pedal to effect pedal as she builds her songs was exhilarating and exhausting. There's more here than an exercise in virtuosity, her music is filled with adventure and ambition. These songs are rapturous and resonant.
Tash has just finished a month-long, sold-out U.S. tour.
The EP Notion is available now.
iTunes - itunes.apple.com/us/album/notion/id1185683763
Amazon - www.amazon.com/Notion-EP-Tash-Sultana/dp/B01MU2KKV…
Set List
"Jungle
"Notion"
"Blackbird"
Musicians
Tash Sultana (vocals, guitar)
Credits
Producers: Bob Boilen, Bronson Arcuri; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Niki Walker, Morgan Noelle Smith; Production Assistant: A Noah Harrison; Photo: Claire Harbage/NPR.
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The best random click of all my fucking life
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Tash at 17:47 : "I wrote this when I got stuck in a cave in New Zealand" Me, after knowing she existed for 17 minutes: "aahaha on brand, classic Tash!!"
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She could power a whole city with that Energy what an astounding display of Talent and Passion
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This is 5 years old and NEVER gets old. Always get the chills from Tash
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It's like her body can barely contain the joy of her soul, it's raw and damn near otherworldly
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her tattoo says in arabic "يكون في سلام، لا في القطع"... this means "be in peace, not in pieces"
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I know I am late to the party finding your genius…73 years old and just found you, Tasha. To say your music is transcending is inadequate. To watch you perform, to see your unadulterated pure joy, it must be what heaven is like. Thank you for opening a small window into your world. Please don’t change.
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Its like a lesbian awakening watching this. Shes so sexy. And not just physically, but spiritually.... The joy in her smile, the skill in her mind and body. She has SOUL
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She used to play on the streets of Melbourne a few years ago when only a handful of people knew about her. The first time i have heard her play "Notion" and i literally saw crowds of people getting around and staring in silence, crossing the streets and getting off trams to stop and listen. People looking at each other in disbelief. i got to work late to stop and listen. I can only describe the experience of stumbling across such an amazing experience as meeting God's particles floating through space. Unreal
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Me: You need more people to start the band. Tash: Hold my third microphone.
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I saw her live in Cape Town, South Africa at a festival called Rocking The Daisies. After that festival I fell into a deep depression and it's only now, 3 years later that I can listen to her again without being triggered. She holds a special space in my heart and so does her music.
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Just saw her live and I’ve seen hundreds of shows and I am at a loss for words. Out of body experience wth just happened. Thanks for taking me so fast through the universe of emotion I’m not even sure I exist right now
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commenting with my foot because my hands are applauding
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I wish I could enjoy life as much as this girl enjoys this
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I just got back from her concert in Atlanta. She had me in tears. Such passion and so amazing to watch her. I'm a forever fan.
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She is music in human form.
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Her music is literally a drug for her. Look how much euphoria and bliss it gives her. Astounding. To create something that brings you so much joy and happiness…
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I saw her live. Best. Concert. Ever.
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I think im in love just by watching how she performs with such passion!! 💖
