Neko Case: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

[@davidtalbot9325]

Neko Case continues to amaze me. We celebrate the songwriting and vocal talents of far lesser artists, but she has a spectacular body of work that will endure.

[@garethburnell615]

ha, who is "we" - I worship Neko!!!

[@ChrisHampton-c5d]

Possibly the most under appreciated songwriter of....ever?

[@debrapoole7671]

Case and Hogan's harmonies are a slice of heaven here on earth. They give me the chills every single time.

[@gergsar]

Neko is one of the best songwriters, ever (yes, ever) - and her voice is simply unbelievable. Plus, she's highly intelligent.

[@bobleglob162]

correct on all counts.

[@esaltes]

her voice makes me tear up...goes right into my soul

[@sallybowles2781]

maybe the latter part can be a problem in the industry?

[@scottyreifsnyder2842]

This live version of Calling Card is just perfection!

[@chrismowbray4437]

God, she has such a beautiful voice! haunting,sweet, and soulfull

[@er219]

Neko Case and Kelly Hogan where have you been all my life?! So incredibly talented!!!

[@summermoon]

The harmonies on Calling Cards are just *SWEET*.

[@drewhickum]

Dude, Kelly Hogan is a badass.

[@charlesmanges6637]

The baddest.

[@0HARE]

This is my favorite Tiny Desk Concert. Totally in love with Neko & her music, Kelly, et all. Thanks, Bob.

[@hotkachina49]

An amazing performance. These 4 musicians made magic. The vocals were incredible. I love Neko Case's art and I have a greater appreciation for Kelly Hogan. Amazing!

[@aaronwimberleymbamsf5776]

Classic and timeless =]. Songbird of our generation. I can’t imagine the late night writing that made these tracks and art medium possible =]

[@dextermcgrubbin]

Neko's singing partner is always on point

[@ickerish]

beautiful! i also lol'd when the camera scanned down to the dog in her lap.. ahh.. animals.. theyre lovely

[@mwtillotson]

Neko Case is incredible and this is my favorite Tiny Desk Concert of them all. I wish we could've gotten a few more songs.

[@esaltes]

same this should have been at least an hour...can't wait to see her live one day

[@BurmaShane]

If I puked up some sonnets would you call me a miracle. Great line !

[@fiorellaconstanza4722]

I am so disappointed that bringing Neko for Halloween hasn't become a Tiny Desk tradition.

[@mikebostic4361]

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[@Sassmouth4.0]

I love Neko and Kelly's voices together! Go Kelly Hogan! Met her a long while ago in Chicago - such a sweetheart!

[@Travypooh1]

Neko case has one of the purest tones I've ever heard. Love everything she does. XX

[@historiando2149]

Time for a new Neko Case tiny desk.

[@MrAverageD]

I loved that she played the 3 best songs from the album too. One of my top Tiny Desk concerts for sure.

[@KarenFraserAustinite]

Kelly Hogan's costume is amazing.

[@sandrafrancisco1980]

I just adore this brilliant artist

[@sucioyruidoso]

1:04 Night Still Comes 5:23 Calling Cards 8:49 Local Girl

[@christophschmeler2744]

Soothing, leaves you with a peaceful soul :) A big Thank You to everyone who contributed to this masterpiece!

[@emf2007]

This voice... and mind. I have recently subscribed to Entering The Lung. I do recommend it.

[@lenderpro]

Wow! Sweet vocals Neko and Kelly. And Eric's and instrumentation is amazing. Did I say wow? Thanks Neko and friends! Thank you NPR Tiny Desk!

[@downriverguy52]

Neko, kelly and the band are the best out there. Cant think of anyone better right now

[@RonnieMarler]

Love the creative use of garden tiller tines in Calling Cards Neko Case: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

[@reallyhappytrees]

is that what those are?

[@joshthebasil]

I guess you could say that this performance was pretty haunting. Awesome vocals, awesome folks. Thanks, NPR.

[@gitaivinshtok5012]

I realized, she must have perfect pitch, she sings the first note perfectly with no reference.

[@jamesgoudy9580]

see her live and you will have no doubt about it :)

[@vivianintheflesh]

She's talked about this in interviews. She's not, but she's probably close.

[@RickNance]

@@vivianintheflesh yeah, you don't need perfect pitch to hold one in your head for an hour or so or to pick a relative point from a passing piano

[@blakemitchell1150]

I know musicians who have toured and played with her, and in their opinions, she does have it. Close enough. She basically never wants a reference note from what I've heard.

[@austinshoupe3003]

Very likely great relative pitch. A lot of musicians can find pitches perfectly from their aural memory or muscle memory. Perfect pitch means you can identify any isolated pitch by name as easily as most of us do color, which very few westerners can do. But with enough training/experience anyone can develop their relative pitch into something close to perfect pitch.

[@maryellenmcpherson5271]

I love the hand-tiller being used for percussion! Haha whenever I bump mine I always think, hmmm sounds like an instrument.

[@kristinhess1704]

Neko Case makes me homesick.

[@brandonjohnson7163]

Wow Local Girl is fan-freakin-tastic!

[@CNder77]

Love this performance! Cool 7 string guitar in the last song.

[@BaronKimball]

One of the greatest things every recorded

[@TheCheesecakedeath]

Neko & Kelly are Angels

[@MoiraRussell]

Just when I think Neko cannot get any more awesome.

[@Peacecore09]

To hear Neko sing, is to hear the best. Her tone, her range, her ability to bring her voice to a soothing calm from having just wailed, the deep quality and vintage feel of her songwriting, the excellent musicianship of her band, dont even get me started!

[@randomlyinteresting]

oldie but a goodie, I keep coming back.

[@randomlyinteresting]

still

[@mandyborders3744]

...she , impacts me at every chapter of my life ... Even though I've heard the songs AMILLION Times ....a new chapter arises.And it's like she wrote it for that too! ..TRUE ARTIST ..and still easy on the eyes , after all these years

[@canstruct]

her voice is amazing

[@esgee3829]

the pup loved the harmonies

[@jennysimpson3009]

I always adore anything Neko does. This concert makes me feel better about missing Bumbershoot. Almost.

[@BaronKimball]

This is the finest tiny desk ever

[@starparticles6250]

This is sooo much better than studio version of any of her songs.

[@genarocuellar777]

I love this woman so much! Kelly too!

[@uvp5000]

Neko and Kelly remind me of John and Paul. Neko/John and Kelly/Paul for vocal analogs. Neko has an almost nasal edge to her voice when she powers her voice loudly and Kelly has a much "softer" quality even when (I think) her under-appreciated power shines through (the girl has a voice as powerful as Neko). Lennon and McCartney sounded fine on their own and transcendent harmonizing as, I feel, Neko and Kelly do when they harmonize.

[@johns1693]

Ahhhhhhh so good and the harmonies feels so chill

[@Smurfbarbielou]

Amazing voices

[@christopherpesqueira8169]

Amazing! Thank You!

[@mariberdansa1261]

how come i never heard of you guys?! you guys are awesome!

[@Perlene.]

Please take my entire heart and just gobble it up ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

[@lisamackres96]

Neko Case is so very talented. I love the song titled "Local Girl".

[@AnFraRoi97]

the guys working there are the luckiest people alive.

[@danagips6151]

excellent!!!

[@gchesworth]

Fantastic, can't wait to see you in Glasgow next month x

[@KenMohnkern0]

Kelly Hogan, Garden Weasel virtuoso.

[@Hoodylp25]

Kelly Hogans costume looks like it's straight from Kingdom Hearts Sora in Halloween Town. Lol I love Neko! Seen her live at Radio City and let me tell you she's a true musician.

[@Slightlyplump]

probably cried to this more than i know

Neko could sing about bugs crawling around on the ground and it would be good lol

[@NeccoWecco]

+sheltomlee She did! Check out Fever from Middle Cyclone

[@nkflynn882]

One of my halloween traditions is watching this

[@rachelgeddes3574]

Only complaint- NOT long enough! Kelly's vocals around 11:15 -holy!

[@repairdrive]

This was such a great album!

[@Steepways.chadwick]

Deep stuff, resonates with me. Talent in fancy dress.

[@julietaylor3741]

Love Neko and Kelly.

[@luxcrawford7749]

I wish I could leave an additional like

[@kobiemack6542]

Great Cords. 😎👍

[@freshcassettes]

This is some kind of wonderful

[@IkariAin]

Wow, this TNC was EPIC

[@pawkthecawr]

Good set!

[@jude999]

Her voice reminds me of what Yeates said of Maud Gonne---"she could have called over the rim of the world."

[@guillermohernandezmolina4920]

Hey Neko i love all what you do, and the new album its wonderfuckinfull, i hope you come back at El Paso, you have here really fans and you know it! come on here at Tricky Falls again¡

[@ScotchGambino]

Hogan on that harmony like a sunrise on a morning plain.

[@seamusdraed6532]

WTF!? At 11:50, when everyone is applauding, there is a guy with a beard and glasses standing there with his arms crossed, not clapping!! How can anyone not like this?

[@gopher3737]

lol perhaps they had already finished clapping before they showed him?

[@losriosprofundos2113]

I love Neko’s work. A bit disappointed I didn’t know about her before

[@swagalicious34]

At least you get to go and discover her back catalogue and hear it for the first time.

[@heidiannemorris]

brilliant ! ♥

[@Teona.aka.Maria.Tureschi]

I love Neko Case!

[@fredfat1606]

love neko case

[@maximumriffage]

what a goddess

[@ATreeWithRootsMusic]

This is the real deal.

[@jw-vj8ti]

for some reason though i've watched this 100 times, i just now realized Kelly Hogan is holding a dog in Night Still Comes.

[@5k33k]

Just so people know, that drummer is Dan Hunt, thanks to Rachel from Neko's management team for helping me out!

[@adrienne1076]

💕

[@1ElCondor]

"Gorilla-suit-clad-Case" :)). Or how life would be terribly boring and monotonous, if there are no moments of relaxation and fun, And Neko does it in a joking but healthy and imaginative way. But beyond that, let us not be deceived by appearances, spirit of Halloween pantomimes, because Neko Case dont play in service .... and performance of 3 songs is brilliant, taken very seriously, and strictly professional. Worth.

[@BaronKimball]

Neko Case, Marin Starr, Temple Grandin, and Alex Borstein

[@BaronKimball]

And barefoot Josh Brolin

[@AmyDragoInSedona]

Yay ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@J1oh1]

pumkin puuuurrrrfect!

[@Flubly]

Who is that dude with his arms crossed at 11:50? "YOU FAILED TO IMPRESS ME NEKO CASE! THIS WARRANTS A STERN BLOG ENTRY!"

[@leilalh]

+Flubly Haha! One can only pity this sad man.

[@CarlosSanchez-vf8hx]

Asi lo haré, Bendiciones

[@josenavarro8305]

oh hellllll yeaaaaa

[@alynawatersmusic]

Why did Kelly mouth sorry to Neko? I'm so curious! Anyway, I will forever love this TDC.

[@noeljmcampbell]

This is three times Kelly Hogan performed for Tiny Desk, at least that I can count. The most? out of anyone?

[@captainironears]

CARL KASELL PILLOW ON THE SHELF I have one too!

[@KaritKtana]

9:44 - Peekaboo!

[@Press1ToParty]

I wanna know if these sorta Tiny Desk gigs are open to the public or just the NPR Staff. If it's just the staff, they are some lucky folks.

[@Ainennke]

What is that amazing percussion instrument (bells ?) that looks like 2 ninja stars stuck together ?

[@rachelw1076]

I think it's part of a gardening tool called a garden weasel?

[@JivaRiah]

I was sifting through the comments here to find out what it's called, myself. It sounds so heavenly.

[@micahb2627]

I am on her side. It does not matter what that side is.

[@DavidParkin]

Sitting in Sweden, 940 viewers before me, should be three 0's more. Neko, thanks.....

[@WGBHMusic]

The drummer must be a Red Sox fan.