The always entertaining National Public Radio competition once again is drawing entries from lots of Michigan bands and solo artists. Check out more than two dozen of the 2018 video entries here.
Rooftop Serenade: Grand Rapids’ The Hacky Turtles submitted a video for their song, “The Low Before,” to the Tiny Desk Contest.
Are you a Michigan act who’s submitted a video in this year’s Tiny Desk Contest but it’s not listed here? Email john@localspins.com with a link to your video and we’ll add it to the roster.
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The Crane Wives
National Public Radio Tiny Desk Concerts’ annual competition to win an on-air performance slot inside the NPR Music office of “All Songs Considered” in Washington D.C. has once again generated hundreds of video submissions by bands and solo artists from across the country.
And once again, lots of those entries have come from Michigan acts, including Grand Rapids folk-rock band The Crane Wives, who generated a buzz last year with its video for “High Horse.” Although it didn’t win, the entry was cited by NPR judges as one of 10 that they loved and the video has racked up more than 115,000 views on YouTube.
The winning entry for 2018 will earn the performer a slot playing an official Tiny Desk Concert in Washington D.C., landing an appearance on NPR’s “Ask Me Another” and earning a spot on the NPR-Lagunitas U.S. tour.
Chris DuPont & Katie Van Dusen
In addition to “All Songs Considered” host Bob Boilen, this year’s contest judges include electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso (which plays Grand Rapids’ 20 Monroe Live on March 29), singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno and slam poet Tarriona “Tank” Ball.
The deadline for submitting entries is 11:59 p.m. Sunday (March 25).
Get submission details and rules online here.
Here are some of the 2018 submissions thus far by Michigan acts. So, which ones do you think have the best chance of winning?
THE CRANE WIVES (Grand Rapids)
FAUXGRASS (Grand Rapids)
THE HACKY TURTLES (Grand Rapids)
BETWEEN THE PINES (Grand Rapids)
THE BOOTSTRAP BOYS (Grand Rapids)
DEEP GREENS & BLUES (Grand Rapids)
SANDRA EFFERT (Grand Rapids)
LIGHTING MATCHES (Grand Rapids)
MARK LAVENGOOD (Grand Rapids)
COSMIC KNOT (Grand Rapids)
CROOKED SPIRES (Holland)
ERIC BURMEISTER (Holland)
KAITLIN ROSE (Kalamazoo)
CHUCK WHITING (Kalamazoo)
GIFTS OR CREATURES (Kalamazoo)
BORR + MCFERRIN (Kalamazoo)
BRIAN KOENIGSKNECHT (Kalamazoo)
MECHELE PETERS & TIL THE COWBOYS COME HOME w/ NATHAN MOORE (Kalamazoo)
PETE SCHUMANN (Kalamazoo)
JAMES BURKETT (Kalamazoo)
COFFEY (Hillsdale)
FRANCES BENNIGAN (Lansing)
A BRIGHTER BLOOM (Grayling)
THE REAL INGREDIENTS (Petoskey)
CHRIS DUPONT w/ KATIE VAN DUSEN (Ann Arbor)
K MICHAEL JOSEPH (Ann Arbor)
RUSTBELT ANGELS (Ann Arbor)
JOANNA & THE JAYWALKERS (Ypsilanti)
THE GASOLINE GYPSIES (Port Huron)
JILL JACK (Detroit)
RUFIO JONES (Detroit)
THE WHISKEY CHARMERS (Detroit)
THE BUS STOP POETS (Detroit)
STEFFANIE CHRIST’IAN (Detroit)
THE BAND MINT (Detroit)
THE GARDEN PARTY (Fraser)
CHRISTIAN OHLY (Rochester Hills)
DEMETRI POLITIS (Royal Oak)
Are you a Michigan act who’s submitted a video in this year’s Tiny Desk Contest but it’s not listed here? Email john@localspins.com with a link to your video and we’ll add it to the roster.
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