Nine performances where the voice does the work an entire band usually does: shifting register, character, and volume without ever leaving the mic.
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The full range
Ado - アイ・アイ・ア / THE FIRST TAKE
THE FIRST TAKE
one throat swings from whisper to war cry, single take
NMIXX - SPINNIN' ON IT / THE FIRST TAKE
THE FIRST TAKE
the song keeps changing key just to test her
Asake: Tiny Desk Concert
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falsetto floats over a live band that never lets up
Lido Pimienta: Tiny Desk Concert
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opera training hiding inside a synth-pop hook
John Fogerty: Tiny Desk Concert
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one rasp, five decades of hits, no cheat sheet
31 Minutos: Tiny Desk Concert
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one performer voices an entire cast of puppets
When @rosalia was a kid, her grandmother filled the house with the sounds of Luciano Pavarotti.
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grandmother's opera records taught her what a voice could do
Annie DiRusso: Tiny Desk Concert
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conversational one second, belting the next
miwa - 片想い / THE FIRST TAKE
THE FIRST TAKE
no band, no edit, just control
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