The Tiny Desk’s Black Music Month programming for this year has been revealed by NPR Music. The all-female line-up includes Tems, Chaka Khan, Tierra Whack, Kierra Sheard, Lakecia Benjamin, Meshell Ndegeocello, Brittney Spencer, SWV, and Flo Milli.
Bobby Carter, host and series producer and the rest of the Tiny Desk team will highlight the different generations of musicians on the show. The special series will have a theme: “Giving women their flowers.” The catch point of this special series is that, after each concert, musicians are given their favourite flowers in honour of their impact and legacy in music. As part of the celebration, NPR Music will also produce short-form interviews for social media, with a few of the artists speaking about their journeys and experiences.
“This Black Music Month, we’re giving the ladies their flowers! We’re releasing nine Tiny Desk concerts from Black women who’ve paved the way for what we hear today in Black music and others who are carving out their own paths,” said Carter. “All of them are queens in their own right who represent a beautiful array of genres, generations and walks of life.”
The Tiny Desk concert series now reaches more than 16 million monthly viewers, contributing to more than 45 million views per month. Watch Tiny Desk concerts atnpr.org/tinydesk.
