Music·Curated by Richard

One instrument, doing all the work

No band to hide behind. Nine performances where a single guitar, piano, drum machine, or voice carries the entire song.

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#01
Sean Shibe: Tiny Desk Concertforty minutes, one guitar, nothing else required
#01
Sean Shibe: Tiny Desk Concert
NPR Music
forty minutes, one guitar, nothing else required
ALSO IN The session runs long
#02
Yazz Ahmed - She Stands On The Shore | A COLORS SHOWthe trumpet carries the whole room's mood
#02
Yazz Ahmed - She Stands On The Shore | A COLORS SHOW
COLORS
the trumpet carries the whole room's mood
ALSO IN One band, two genres
#03
Kanye West - Only One ft. Paul McCartneyjust a piano and a grieving hook
#03
Kanye West - Only One ft. Paul McCartney
KanyeWestVEVO
just a piano and a grieving hook
#04
Kanye West - Homecomingthe piano never lets up, doesn't need to
#04
Kanye West - Homecoming
KanyeWestVEVO
the piano never lets up, doesn't need to
#05
Kanye West - Love Lockdownthe drum machine is the entire arrangement
#05
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
KanyeWestVEVO
the drum machine is the entire arrangement
#06
Billie Eilish - LUNCH (ONE TAKE T009)guitar and voice, nothing else in frame
#06
Billie Eilish - LUNCH (ONE TAKE T009)
BillieEilishVEVO
guitar and voice, nothing else in frame
ALSO IN One album, filmed from every side
#07
Ganavya: Tiny Desk Concerther voice functions as the whole ensemble
#07
Ganavya: Tiny Desk Concert
NPR Music
her voice functions as the whole ensemble
ALSO IN Horns and strings take the lead
#08
Anaïs Cardot - Coraçāo | A COLORS SHOWone guitar holding up the entire song
#08
Anaïs Cardot - Coraçāo | A COLORS SHOW
COLORS
one guitar holding up the entire song
ALSO IN One take, one voice
#09
Mamadou. - Echochamber. | A COLORS SHOWa single guitar line does all the talking
#09
Mamadou. - Echochamber. | A COLORS SHOW
COLORS
a single guitar line does all the talking
ALSO IN One take, one voice