New Mix: Tiny Desk Contest Winner Neffy, Snail Mail, My Morning Jacket, More

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🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen shares his favorite tracks of the week, including the Tiny Desk Contest-winning song from the singer, Neffy, new ones from Snail Mail, My Morning Jacket and more.

Featured Songs And Artists:
1. Neffy: "Wait Up" (Single)
2. Aisha Badru: "Rebirth," from The Way Back Home EP
3. Lily Konigsberg: "Sweat Forever," from Lily We Need To Talk Now
4. Sloppy Jane: "Party Anthem," from Madison
5. My Morning Jacket: "Love Love Love," from My Morning Jacket
6. Snail Mail: "Valentine," from Valentine

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0:00.0	For MPR music, you're connected to all songs considered on Bob Boylin,
0:03.9	and the winner of the 2021 Tiny Desk Contest is Nefi.
0:10.6	With thousands and thousands of submissions to this year's contest,
0:14.4	it's always hard to pick a winner. But our panel of judges, which this year included
0:19.5	Tiny Desk Alom Phoebe Bridgers, Toby and Wigway, and last year's Tiny Desk contest winner
0:25.6	Linda Diaz, they were all knocked out, including myself, by Nefi's voice and the message in her
0:33.4	submission. Nefi is a young musician who had been living in New York the past five years,
0:38.7	and her song, Weight Up, is about the grip the city had on her and her desire to be held instead
0:46.7	by the river's grasp. Here it is, the winning entry to the Tiny Desk contest 2021,
0:53.9	Weight Up by Nefi.
1:23.9	The river knows my name, and that is all I could ask to be held in the valley's grasp.
1:38.0	Soft Valve Music
2:03.0	You know my prayer when I was you're not there and I hope you
2:18.1	Hold me to desert
2:22.6	You watch it was my food
2:27.3	I grew up in
2:28.8	Leth full the lies but it seems I've lost my mind
2:36.0	Oh it seems I've lost my mind
2:43.1	Wait up
2:45.1	Is there one last chance to dance in the river
2:50.3	Dance in the river I'm stuck
2:53.7	And the city's got its grip on me
	...

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