Andra Day: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

[@slingsby86]

Let's do this incredible woman the honours of not comparing her to anyone. She's a first rate Andra Day and that is the bomb

[@cameliamartin1285]

Andrade Day songs are AWESOME her voice is powerful beautiful...luv luv luv👍

[@rotricesummerville7910]

Well said!🌸🌼🔥🌱💥💥💥

[@teleopinions1367]

Agree 100% .

[@mvoss8369]

💜

[@jeffreyshuster4482]

One of the most sensible opinions I have read in these pages.

[@eleanorjones5093]

Just seen the movie she portrays as Billie Holiday. Spectacular performance

[@darkstorm08]

Went straight here after this so mom can hear her voice

[@islandgal2583]

👍🏾👍🏾 So true !!! My mother has an old childhood friend with the same name as you 😱

[@EverythingAllTheTime9]

Her voice really is reminiscent of those older style blues and soul singers like Billie. Thanks for the comment, I now have to hunt down the film and go watch 😅❤

[@heatguyjr]

i think the Rihanna comments are mostly because of her look, because Andra Day is singing quite a few levels above what Rihanna is capable of (and that's not a diss to Rihanna).

[@iamkingsis]

Amen

[@tamitsansai]

+Josiah Rhodes true, they look like they could be related but her bars though, wayyyyyy up!

[@1Casella]

spot on

[@walkwithme]

+Josiah Rhodes nah she definitely has moments where she sounds similar to rihanna but I agree about her being way more talented vocally.

[@brendasgirl90]

+Josiah Rhodes totally agree. Anyone that's ever heard Rihanna sing live knows this; there's no comparison.

[@scorpior3l]

Please pay the pianist triple!!! He’s playing, singing background and Adlibs!!!

[@BigBawdyBook]

I live for that lime green clip in the front of her bangs!! 😍😍

[@Danisimonecouture]

Love it!

[@MissOJAY]

first thing that blew my mind. im outchea tryina steal one from friends, then someone better teach me how to line my eyes like this

[@Getitgirl816]

She is the only one who can do this! 😊

[@natalienuno1884]

I thought maybe she forgot to take it out lol but i guess she's just rocking it.

[@bevrandall52]

Your Green Clip comment...PRICELESS

[@Mrcancan26]

Her style is Andra Day period, she has her own lane respect it!!!

[@LGnLA]

💯💯💯💯

[@swatson108]

Mrcancan26, EXACTLY

[@jeffreyshuster4482]

Please remember to signal.

[@tinicoleofficial]

PERIODT!🗣

[@cjdum1]

Listening to her sing makes you feel good about being a human being.

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

well said :)

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

well said :)

[@AuthorLHollingsworth]

Her vintage style of dress and classic voice is pure magic. Love her!

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

this was like crawling out of a closed muggy tent and taking a deep breath of fresh air, topped off with a big gulp of cold clean spring water, oh man...:) We need more new music like this!

[@tmarie0524]

Absolutely.

[@tmarie0524]

Indeed. I'm so excited I get to see her perform tomorrow!

[@emortiz9435]

nice analogy!

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

Em Ortiz Thanks :)

[@enzerabowenzu5340]

How dare you... HOW DARE YOU SLAY ME WITH THOSE VOCALS

[@CassieJazz96]

A vocalist and now a Golden Globe winner! Still one of my favorite NPR Tiny Desk concerts💕

[@soultherapytw]

I'm just used to true singers (they sang), those whose vocals are not hidden beneath instrumentation and machine engineering. Thus, I truly appreciate Tiny Desk Concerts for this reason. Many artists do not perform live or a capella because they do not have these skills.

[@LvdSl]

Tiny desk concerts has brought me so much new artist to listen to. The only channel where autoplay is always a good suprise. thank you NPR

[@fireyflower6643]

Totally agree

[@owethuntshangase7129]

Don’t forget the colors show

[@dlj230558]

So agree with you. I've spent hours on NPR autoplay. It's never led me astray.

[@jcoburn3590]

True that on the autoplay comment!

[@jcoburn3590]

@@owethuntshangase7129 Very true. If KZbin only consisted of these, Colors, Vevo Dscvr and BBC 1Extra, I'd still be on it.

[@shaiinyatefra2676]

Her soul is not hiding here...honesty is so refreshing...her voice thrives....kudos Andra!

[@FesterWerks]

I so often find myself with a tear watching the TDC series. So much talent I would have never heard of otherwise. Thanks NPR for continuing to push my boundaries.

[@debydav]

+FesterWerks - 100% agree

[@pecanchic]

Me too, for so many reasons: the beautiful music; the fact that I was not aware of many of the artists that I have been introduced to on TDC and I am just so moved by these performances because they are so soulfully intimate and ethereal. I now have an almost perfect writing playlist.

[@fireyflower6643]

Same - would never heard of them if it wasn't for NPR. NPR ROCKS!

[@soniadownie8749]

Totally agree ❤

[@ProseSword]

There's only one Andra Day. And here she is in all her glory. Beautiful.

[@chriskersey1955]

ONLY ONE!!!

[@tinicoleofficial]

Exactly!🗣👏🏾

[@reginataylorhines]

Rise Up allowed me to deal with my pain and joy to be my Mother's caregiver. It sums up the experience for both of us. Aura Day's talent is a gift from God herself... Smiles!!

[@jeffreyshuster4482]

Thank you for for sharing your inspiration. Good luck.

[@tinicoleofficial]

Thank you for sharing that!✨❤️

[@geethulekshmi6340]

If andra day ever see this comment. .. I am writing this from muhamma a remote village in Kerala India. Ur voice has reached all the way down my soul.... Bless u 💕

[@IeltsTrainer]

Andra is one of those artists that we wish we had the pleasure to see live down here in South America. Her subtle (yet deep) tone of voice, the chorus, the whole set up. MASTERPIECES. That's what this NPR production does. Thank you from Lima-Peru. This is what the world needs: MORE REAL MUSIC.

[@Itcanhappen62]

She is the unicorn! Who has a voice like this without being in a studio! Omgooosh I love her!

[@4mydearlady]

She's like Billie Holiday singing neo-soul, tinged with R&B, jazz, and hip hop.

[@AtsukoJackson]

4mydearlady you must've mixed Billie holiday with someone else lmao

[@msalewski87]

Mob Add a comma or "but" after "Holiday." Now go listen to a few Billie Holiday songs and imagine her style and vocal runs/riffs + easy vibrato modernized. Pretty sure no one's saying Billie sung hip-hop. 😂

[@theOstenHugo]

msalewski87 I mean beyonce doesn't sing country but can sing a country styled song. That was the point.

[@ΔήμητραΚαμπανταίδου]

Someone saw this comment and decided to actually make it real!! Bedt actress for billie's role❤️🖤

[@eleanorjones5093]

Now here in February 2021 she’s playing Billie Holiday

[@colorfullifeproductions464]

Andra Day is an exquisite talent with her own style, poised, classy and We are Loving her vibe!

[@pasadenacat]

She is - I don't have a word for it. I finally watched "The United States Vs. Billie Holiday" last night and her performance was SO powerful, she is just stellar.

[@iago07]

She’s so unique... creating her own lane and forging her own path. It’s beautiful. She’s beautiful. What a humble talent.

[@UrbanCastle]

Her music is so full of heart and emotion, as an adoring listener, I find it impossible to see her giggle so cheerfully at the end of each song while I’m simply trying to catch my breath and mop the floor of my own emotion. Andra Day, you are such a great, great gift.

[@teleopinions1367]

This is one of my favorite singers to date from Tiny Desk. Very few people sound that good in person versus their studio singles/albums. She's an incredible performer and she's from my city. The band behind her is really solid too.

[@keicancook2025]

Now this is singing whisper singers! She, embodied Billie Holiday like nobody business I couldn’t imagine anybody else taking on this role but Andra!

[@myshanamakisi6063]

Modern Day Etta James...Love it. Very Talented. Much success to the sis. Peace

[@caseywalker1714]

Not vocally but stylistically for sure

[@myshanamakisi6063]

+Casey Walker Of course, there will never be another Etta, just as there will NEVER be another Nina Simone (a master artist), but she is the closest to a modern day Etta vocally- this generation has. Because, their voices, are similar, this generation will learn/ be introduced to Etta, thru google...lol.

[@caseywalker1714]

Fair enough

[@Bunny-OneLove]

I'm loving these tiny concerts. they introduce me to beautiful music. I'm tingling over here ... Audra Day's voice gives me chills and the music is beautiful.

[@spacegreycoralred]

Andra?

[@ItsAllBridgetSarai]

A classic voice!!!! She'll be around for a long while

[@WLOMA]

Why comment? Bob wrote it already in his introduction " This is an unforgettable performance, and she's got a talented backing band to boot." That's so true.... I also like the small piano :-)

[@MyBBEL]

rise up make me cry every time

[@CassieJazz96]

Same. Just cried listening to it.

[@MaracasValleyGirl]

I always bawl when I hear rise up! No dry eyes.

[@Nightbird.]

*I am sitting here just shocked..flabbergasted..and still wiping away tears from the Rise Up song. I don't know where this young lady came from..but she is testament that just when you think there are no more incredible singers out there to move your heart & soul..the Universe provides a new one so incredibly wonderful it renews your hope in the world. Thank you Ms. Day for brightening my day..and I look forward to listening to more of your magic. (◕‿-)*

[@jafajo]

there are more incredible singers, your right > kzbin.info/www/bejne/laKpoKlverGVp5o

[@louisbrugnoni1291]

Nightbird Amen! Hallelujah!

[@fireyflower6643]

Beautifully put

[@fleming663]

True true true!!!

[@michelleterrazas7032]

San Diego trained all her life.

[@ona907]

The band is really great, supporting such an amazing talent. Gold was beautiful

[@TheDragonlady08]

A well disciplined singer. No scandals or bad headlines like other popular singers. I admire Andra Day and I really like her style. Wishing her lots of success. ✌🎹🎻🎼🎥

[@thekey6083]

She is truly blessed with an extraordinary gift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@theOstenHugo]

Just love knowing I can click *ANY* NPR Tiny Desk concert video x it's gonna be something new fresh and worth the 10-20 mins watch

[@shrimpospy]

Rise up was simply an experience, so beautiful

[@justagirl713]

Her voice and EYES

[@mayaj291]

How does one have a voice sooo damn indescribable because it is so amazing

[@jerryletshoo8111]

Her Voice Is An Instrument, Wow

[@Raquel-Dean]

her song rise up is my anthem song - absolutely one of my favorite artists.

[@RobertoCarlosPintopy2kwo]

Most beautiful woman in the world with a most beautiful voice! What combination, what talent, what eyes, pure emotion, what love!

[@beverleyreid7572]

Yes. She absolutely reminds me of Eartha Kitt!!!

[@sona7444]

her voice is literally salve for the soul. how on earth can someone so beautiful exist??

[@ThaBigB]

I LOVE finding new music.

[@TahariBlue]

I always knew she could really sing, but I just realized how beautiful she is inside and out

[@caroljackson4093]

Andra did an absolutely superb job in her role as Billie Holiday. Lady Day did Lady Day justice without a doubt 🙌🏾👏🏾🤛🏾👍🏾💕.

[@edecoteau9712]

Oh I adore her! This is authentic music! Utterly moving.... Orgasmic.

[@isras6702]

Tears listening to this woman... Goddess.

[@penelopepare9660]

Gives me chills to hear her sing Rise Up

[@desertedham37]

the pianist makes me happy :)

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

like a teddy bear!! :)

[@roberto48135]

sharkiesha is that you who whooped that other girls @ss last year !? lol. they didnt lock you up!? :-) love you andra !!

[@ghostie7790]

+Sharkiesha Thomson me too! he's so fun

[@kgabs]

Sharkiesha Thomson hehe! specially with the first song when he just casually hit the keys of the toy piano. :)

[@kazidecuir3404]

K GABS A

[@fireyflower6643]

She has a stunning looking face, and in the 2nd song shows what a stunning voice she has

[@DyreStraits]

I just can't get enough of Andra Day, what a talent and love her musicians too.

[@jordanh6760]

Losing Amy Winehouse left a void in my music heart. finally someone to fill it.

[@tinicoleofficial]

✨✨✨

[@anajadorcas5113]

She's so talented and beautiful!! That voice!!🌋🌋🌋💖 And that Lipstick!!!!

[@gursexy01]

She did a awesome job and the group is on point loved this performance thoroughly.

[@daR2daO2daZ]

Thank you NPR for the artists you present And thank you Andra for the talent and desire to deliver "soul" music

[@fedepite]

As NPR said: Set List "Forever Mine" 00:00 "Rise Up" 03:42 "Gold" 08:00

[@kentgarland5868]

I rarely watch a video more than once or twice. I come back to this a LOT.Maybe 20 times and counting.Killer performance. So much feeling.

[@brujofran]

Andra Day , quiero agradecerle a todos ustedes por los temas, me gustaron mucho y los escucho habitualmente, tu timbre de voz, la música y el complemento que se forma...es perfección. Gracias por compartir (desde Concepción Chile)

[@PlushPlume]

Wow what a DIVA full of sensibility !!! The pianist's smile at 7:19 means a lot ! Her emotion at 7:42 too !

[@davidmcleod1098]

Wow, what an incredible talent! And she appears to be beautiful on the inside as well as on the outside. Beautiful and humble.

[@DinaRegine]

Stunning performance by Andra, and band. Watched it a couple of times already... and I'm not done yet

[@MyPat00]

Meu Jesusssss! Não tem como não se apaixonar por essa mulher .Linda,guerreira,voz esplendida e carrega essa cor maravilhosa na veia.

[@rogeriosousa9474]

Concordo. Ela é incrível E meus deus, a voz dela lembra demais a da Rihanna.

[@TheGooinureye]

She's such a nice person it's so refreshing to listen to her.

[@JessMCarey]

She's a queen, so beautiful 🥰

[@tabugif]

I see her soul through her songs...I'm in love 😍

[@amberparker9883]

Love her laugh! And that keyboard players energy is infectious ❤👍👏👏👏

[@carinm.bonifacino]

The song “Gold” - Whaaattt??? Such a VIBE

[@Honeylvr]

Love, love, looooove this rendition of "Gold"! Fave song on the album!

[@aggedyran]

What a stunningly gorgeous woman! My Goodness! She is extraordinary......unearthly!

[@iamkingsis]

Def shouldn't compare her to rihanna... If anything her style is most similar to amy winehouse, likely because they were inspired by the same classic jazz & soul singers (and bcuz of her eyeliner 😉)

[@EliteCitrus]

+King Sis i think it's the looks

[@iamkingsis]

EliteCitrus true

[@codypower4298]

stylistically on the same spectrum music wise

[@lauriejean9306]

Sis - it's her timbre it is very close to Rihanna, but she does something entirely different and even more skilled than Rihanna

[@christianharbin7979]

Laurie Jean I totally agree!

[@wickyhendy74]

Soul nourishing, symbiotic with the human soul, thank you Madame Andra Day! Pure Gold!

[@sibahleseptember3150]

Beautiful. Absolute gem. N her style is a hands down 10, voice phenomenal ❤️💎

[@juansalmeronnoficial9065]

A mix of Rihanna, Amy anyhousse and Billie Holiday. How talented and what a firm voice! Thank you Andra for your music 🤩❤️

[@v.g.5185]

2019 still here, still good and smooth as a hug from a loved one in a sunday morning

[@putus18]

I cannot for the life of me understand why she hasn't won more awards! Her voice is undeniably exquisite and underrated, I'm glad she's been certified Platinum and Silver though. I cannot wait to hear more of her and see where her career goes.

[@farrahwhite6524]

That voice my God ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 She is so humble.

[@natashaday6739]

I love her voice, unique beautiful lyrics. I love her sweet tone. Great video's and good song's.

[@NkirukasWrld]

I loved her debut album I’m waiting for another album!!!

[@ReGenMed83]

Love her..... Simply the best without question.

[@naobrasil-tv2528]

ANDRA DAY "ONE OF THE BEST AND TALENT SINGERS OF ALL TIME! "

[@LaurenAndersonMusic]

I love how bold she is! In so many different ways.

[@l1m1n4l]

Wow! Super classy woman and really tight band. The backing vocals were spot on, too!

[@lisagregory9679]

My God...... Every time I hear her voice❤️. She is the true definition of an artist, a singer and a performer. The first time I heard her I thought I was listening to Etta James. Her voice takes me on an emotional roller coaster. Please continue to sing.

[@richim2326]

Andra is just... pure soul.!!!!... and it's a beautiful thing to hear......

[@lisatowner5407]

LOVE her outfit!!!😊😊🏵🏵🌹

[@lateshiachilds3640]

She is amazing I love her style and distinctive voice. I definitely see singers like Etta James, Nina Simone, Amy Winehouse, and Billie Holiday in her when she sings.

[@Elle-D]

I'm an aspiring singer and I just love her talent!

[@patrinatucker6780]

She is that good! I'm just discovering her music and it's an amazing gift.

[@TWEETYBYRDIE24]

Looooove Andra Day!!!! Love her voice, her style etc. Would love to see her in concert soon

[@lisbethtenorio8372]

todo se resume en una sola palabra ...... Hermoso

[@Lambianz]

OMG. Now I see the uncut raw version of "Forever Mine"... And Rise Up behind that, WoW oh WOW!!!! Andra Day.. No words to say but WOW... and I dare not to compare cause there is NONE!!!!! I hope you got lots of banks accounts, and beautiful as ever... SMILES!!!!!!!!.

[@lindaisabellacurjar8201]

what a hope giving song of love and belief! I looove Andra and the band here

[@d.e.7467]

Her voice...... hypnotic.

[@noelleparris9451]

I love this performance so much, Andra D´s voice moves me ❤ (Super band, too!)

[@JohnCampos062298]

Stunning! Ethereal, and oh, so fulfilling. Thank you for sharing this beautiful moment.

[@DTELMEDIAGROUP]

I am really listening Andra Day for the first time.......shes got IT !!!!!!looking forward to hearing more of Her in the future.........hope it develops........