(MUSIC VIDEO) Natalie Merchant: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 12JAN16

 I have always loved Natalie Merchant (with and without 10,000 Maniacs), the last  time I got to see her live was at Ford's Theater in D.C., the Wall Flowers opened the show. Both bands were amazing, but the best part I remember was the way Ms Merchant interacted with the audience. People were getting up and dancing in the isles, nothing out of control, and the ushers kept coming and  gently forcing them back to their seats. About the third time the dancers came out into the isles and the ushers started to move Natalie Merchant jumped down from the stage, never said a word but stared dancing in the isles too. A roar went up from the crowd, the ushers backed off, Ms Merchant went back to the stage and the concert continued with dancers in the isles if they were so moved. It was such a great show. I really enjoy this NPR Tiny Desk Concert of Natalie Merchant and her band and bet you will too.....

Natalie Merchant: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

January 12, 2016 by BOB BOILEN In the summer of 2014, Natalie Merchant came to Washington, D.C., to perform her first album of all-new material in 13 years. She was supposed to play here at my desk the day after that evening's performance. Instead, she fell ill, wound up in a D.C. hospital, and canceled her upcoming dates. Now, Merchant has rerecorded her first solo album Tigerlily, complete with strings and different instrumentation. That album is called Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings, and she recently came back to town to make a documentary film about that record. And so it was with abundant joy that Natalie Merchant finally made it to the NPR Music offices. This was truly one of the most warmhearted Tiny Desk performances I've ever seen. She sang two songs from that self-titled 2014 release and something from Tigerlily, and then Merchant had the NPR audience join her for a beautiful hymn — so have a tissue handy. Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings is available now. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/par... Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Paradise-There-... Set List: "Motherland" "Texas" "Cowboy Romance" "Weeping Pilgrim" Credits: Producers: Bob Boilen, Morgan Walker; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Walker, Julia Reihs, Nick Michael; Production Assistant: Kate Drozynski; photo by Jun Tsuboike/NPR For more Tiny Desk Concerts, subscribe to our podcast: http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510292/ti...