Jeremy Dutcher: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

May 22, 2019 | Bob Boilen -- Jeremy Dutcher came to the Tiny Desk with sparkling, purple streams of glitter draped around his shoulders. Then he set his iPad on our Yamaha upright piano, not to read his score as pianists do these days, but to play a centuries-old wax cylinder recording of a song sung in the incredibly rare language of Wolastoq. Jeremy Dutcher, along with cellist Blanche Israel and percussionist and electronics wizard Greg Harrison, wove that old recording into a remarkably passionate performance that was very 21st-century, with a deep nod to a century past.
There is no one making music like this 27-year-old, classically trained opera tenor and pianist. He's not only a member of the Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick, Canada, but one of fewer than 100 people who still speak - and in his case also sing - in Wolastoq. His Tiny Desk performance illustrates his deep respect for his heritage, even as he sings through vocal processors and looping devices of the very present. It's a dialog with the past that earned him a Polaris prize for his 2018 album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (one of NPR Music's top albums of that year). But more importantly, he stresses awareness of a people nearly extinct, to a culture often too steeped in the present.
Watch this remarkably artful performance and take a moment to reflect on those who inhabited our recent past and remain a part of who we are.
SET LIST
"Mehcinut"
"Pomok naka Poktoinskwes"
"Koselwintuwakon"
MUSICIANS
Jeremy Dutcher: lead vocals, piano; Blanche Israel: cello; Greg Harrison: percussion, electronics
CREDITS
Producers: Bob Boilen, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineers: Josh Rogosin, Patrick Boyd; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, CJ Riculan, Nick Michael ; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter; Photo: Michael Zamora/NPR

[@atabutter440]

Just beautiful. It is so sad to think there are only 100 people that speak Wolastoq, and how many centuries/millennia of experience of a world, life, love, a culture will disappear with the words. This was so moving too. It is fortunate that Jeremy Dutcher has the passion and talent to preserve the beauty of this language/lifestyle with his music and voice.

[@dexterlathangue3779]

This guy performed at my university in the fall. Immediately became obsessed with his music following it. So much passion and skill. Groundbreaking.

[@jcims]

I always geek out about the production quality of Tiny Desk. Trying not to overstate this, I don't know that I've ever heard a piano sound better in a recording...it's so spacious and live.

[@TheEnabledSecondary]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2Gak3xrp99pfLs

[@jcims]

@@TheEnabledSecondary Very cool! That wide stereo setup makes sense, if you close your eyes you can hear the tones walking across the sound board. They've flipped L/R though so it matches the keyboard (which makes sense of course), highs on the right lows on the left.

[@neensaur]

Yes, so happy to see Jeremy Dutcher here! His music, spirit, message deserves to be amplified as much as possible!

[@nataliedalea3423]

I rewatch this about once a week. These songs help me articulate feelings I couldn't find within me before.

[@martinpagedequercy8032]

I am one of the privileged ones who attended his show at Club Soda Montréal yesterday July 3rd. He is an accomplished artist, a symphonist. From some noble musical notes, he makes magnificent symphonies.

[@rubyhye5267]

hey i was at this show too! i've never cried so hard as when he asked the audience to sing with him

[@grzaulina479]

Holy experience. Thank you very much. I still deeply cry moved, even after many times listening to this beautiful concert. Please, share your masterpieces more.

[@strangersbyethelcain]

CANNOT WAIT TO SEE JEREMY'S LONDON DEBUT NEXT MONTH!!!! he is an absolutely incredible musician

[@CiderSessions]

It's nice to hear music with the breath/pause near the end and the audience get that they're still in the performance and not bust out in applause until the musicians give the go ahead, speaks volume on the energy they carry and emotion in the music to be able to do that so well

[@marilynhaverly570]

I haven't kept count of the number of times I've listened to this concert. I'm moved deeply by all of it but the last song--the love song--is compelling. It calls to a very deep place and fills me with longing, peace, sadness, hope, and gratitude for being part of something much larger than me. One of my favorite tiny desks!

[@suredmond1239]

Have viewed this before, but can never get enough of Jeremy Dutcher and his music. So wonderful!

[@meunomeerique]

Thank you so much NPR, I'm from Brazil, loved when Liniker went there and just loved this the same amount. I'm so grateful !!!

[@sovietlemon]

If you enoy this you should watch his polaris prize performance, it's incredibly powerful

[@jaguartony]

thanks for the tip! :)

[@mmayer1558]

Easiest 20+min Tiny Desk I've watched. So captivating. Love the voice, the instrumentation, and the meaning

[@silasac1996]

Holy potato, this is incredibly good, what did I just witness? Thank you NPR/Bob for expanding my horizon once again!

[@amosbehavedcalm]

I like how the last part in his set was interactive. This is such a wonderful performance- probably one for the books in Tiny Desk Concert history.

[@PLinden17]

I saw him in an amazing small concert auditorium and he got us involved in the same song. It was the single greatest live music experience I've ever had.

[@quentincherrier]

Very surprised and happy to see this artist on NPR. The project is original and the album is very good, I recommend it.

[@roblesr.6878]

This is such an amazing performance! Love love love their pieces and how they honor heritage! Definitely will listen!

[@voicedrifter]

Absolutely floored. This was one of the most spiritual experiences I've had in a long time.

[@wendyilla]

Wow, this is beautiful! What a lovely tribute to his heritage.

[@dylanm3519]

Let us hope it is more than a tribute. Rather a revival.

[@darkdragonnasir]

I read the description while listening to Mehcinut and the performance became so emotional for me that I had to pause the video before the second song. I'm about to press play

[@ninjastah]

What a way to start my morning. Incredibly moving.

[@ashleighblair6317]

This was beautiful. Thanks for sharing their music

[@walterthemusician8741]

Something new, something different, and something wonderful! That's what creativity is!

[@chinita_777]

When I watched his Juno Awards performance, I immediately purchased his album! 💕

[@sarahjane6213]

Same!

[@wes4439]

Beautiful! 🙌🙌🙌

[@jaredstephenson6468]

How do you guys get the sound of the piano to come through so clear and full?! It’s total magic. Nobody else can put together a video like you guys.

[@TheEnabledSecondary]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2Gak3xrp99pfLs This is how

[@mpoir911]

this so beautiful please post more like this

[@samson338]

Wonderfully surprised by every piece! Great twist of modern new elements with traditional language. I really like how they put a clever twist on all their songs.

[@CoffeeCupLuv]

this is honestly incredible, wow wow wow

[@RichardCharter]

Thank you so much Jeremy, your composition is breathtaking and touching. Much love.

[@josmulder3060]

What awesomeness, thanks NPR!

[@rio197]

This is beautiful in so many ways.

[@brandonshaffner8970]

Wow. Incredible.

[@nicktaylor1902]

The second tune caught me and carried me out-that was fantastic! If you find the first song a little too out there, please give the rest of the performance a chance.

[@vellichor]

Not something I would normally listen to, but these songs are hauntingly gorgeous and captivating, it would be incredible to see them live Also, no one's workin a purple streamer shirt like Jeremy is, what a star ❤️❤️

[@celestialreasoning4018]

soooooo gorgeous!

[@dylanm3519]

You can tell everyone in that room cares about music. Jeremy and the two musicians working with him are in sync.

[@keykiyox]

Thank you very much. This is the first time ever I say so watching NPR.

[@cheddarbaby]

man this is great.

[@tanner9012]

This is awesome

[@reginadavis1028]

Pretty dang dope!

[@behcjax-lynx411]

I love you Jeremy Dutcher

[@leonardbonarek3229]

Thanks for exposing us to this fantastic artist Bob. One note: The language may go "extinct," but not the people. They may be partially assimilated into the dominant european culture that surrounds them, but they (like the Lenape here in Philadelphia) will surely survive, as indigenous identity involves much more than language. I'd also avoid using this word to refer to humans.

[@danielao9585]

Bravo , bravi ! I vostri canti guariscono nostra Madre Terra…❤

[@zachlombardi3137]

Love me some strings, and his voice is definitely somethin. I also love the lo-fi / mono sounding recording of the voice that comes in during the first track. Really neat.

[@nicktaylor1902]

Zach Lombardi mono isn't quite the right word, but it certainly has that lovely gentle ambiance of cutting the bass and treble from a signal which is v v lo-fi

[@zachlombardi3137]

Nick Barker right on, good looks brother. Thank you.

[@stanervin6108]

Bet you're easy to cook for. 🧀🍽

[@Lpearse]

@@nicktaylor1902 It's a more than 100 year old recording on wax cylinder of one of his ancestors. For real.

[@DDRwoodwork]

tbh, npr is one of my better subscriptions

[@diaspo]

Much love to the Tobique First Nation

[@dominusstyx]

You're amazing.

[@jmckimmie3]

incredibly moving

[@GrimalAccordion]

Absolutely stunning! So grateful to Jeremy for his talent and humanism.

[@ms.capricesalas-woodall116]

I love this

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

Jesus, he starts "Koselwintuwakon" and I'm like, "I have NEVER heard you do this live before." FRICK he's brilliant. This is how I'd want to see him if I ever could. Little more cosy than the one and only time he came to my city for the Junos, but I didn't know he existed back then. If I'd known, I'd have been there.

[@ssunami_love1909]

Chills.

[@EloCLima]

12:25 OMG!

[@TheJUNOAwards]

🙌🙌🙌

[@katherine6068]

Love Love Love

[@maregarcia130]

HELL YESSSS

[@connorp3030]

Somehow I this came on in my sleep, amazing way to wake up

[@funkymusic5749]

AWESOME 💘ThaNk Y❤U🎵🎶 🎵🎶🎶🎤😎❤TiNy DeSK🍃🌹🍃

[@lilahg.9007]

Love this so much :) What Inspires you to create?

[@MrsJFWard]

woliwon 🙏

[@ajesco]

Jeez, these dislikes.

[@composerdorianbell]

Honestly, what's up with that? Jeremy did an amazing job.

[@Owndirlimo]

I personally love this but not everyone likes the same things. I frequently dislike things that others seem to love because it helps KZbins recommended algorithm display videos I'll enjoy. The world would be incredibly boring if everyone enjoyed the exact same stuff.

[@nicktaylor1902]

Andrew B let's not ignore the obvious "he looks gay"

[@jordisanabravalle9248]

Hay gente pa to!!!

[@BreakbeatD17]

🤙🏻

[@defacto2256]

sounds bjork to me

[@MALikeThis]

Amé

[@ThomAvella]

the homophobia jumped out down here, scroll up immediately

[@eschelar]

Although the ultimate irony of this is that if Jeremy doesn't reproduce, he is contributing to his culture dying. How many of his listeners are going to hear this and say "well absolutely, I'm going to learn that extremely simple and practical language and use it for my everyday communication"? I'm going to wager the number is zero. How did he learn this language though? He learned it by living with it in a family environment. In fact, this is how most people learn languages. I am a polyglot myself with a humble 4 languages under my belt. I can also follow conversations to some degree in a local dialect as well. I was going to keep going and learn Japanese as well, but I realized there was little purpose and decided to stick with what I've got. But truthfully, only one of those languages is truly expert - my mother tongue. I learned that language at home from my family. I don't give two shits about his makeup or glittergear. I just hope he understands that when it comes to preserving our ancient cultures, the battle is against time and the only way to win that battle is to keep people growing up in that environment. As he is a gay person, I don't think it matters if he is raising his own child or someone else's. Adoption is just fine, but building a long-term stable community in evolutionary terms is about actually procreating - popping out babies and giving them a stable family environment. I think it is well within his ability to do this... and who knows, maybe he is doing this. But from an outside perspective, you should understand that this is the FIRST thing that will jump to people's minds when the guy wears glittergear and makeup. Nothing wrong with being flashy. Nothing wrong with drawing attention. Nothing wrong with makeup. Heck, even his culture probably has makeup for ceremonial uses and if you think about it, this is what his glitter clothing looks like - some kind of glitterfied version of an animal skin shawl. Personally, I found him to be kind of a low-grade Freddie Mercury. It didn't bother me at all that he had some purple glitter motif for him and his band members. It bothered me that he was pre-occupied with your typical "millennial mindset", which thinks that "awareness" somehow correlates with "doing something about an issue". I think it would be foolish to interpret that as homophobia on any level. And I don't think I am the only person who makes these associations. He clearly puts a lot of thought into his music and presentation. But I can't help but feel like he's drawing more attention to himself than his culture. It feels more like he is wearing his aboriginal culture like he wears his glitterfied "animal skin" shawl. Sort of the typical "virtue signal". When I see him, I don't think of his culture. I think more of someone who enjoys basking in the attention of the grand spotlight. The good news is that if you listen carefully, you can see how he's actually working at balancing that in his performance. Listen to how he attenuates his voice against the ipad. He deliberately dials back to let the recorded voice sing. If anything, the fact that people see homophobic ideas popping up is a proof that the way he is presenting himself is more focused on himself and is distracting from his messages about his culture.

[@ruthgoldman9791]

@@eschelar One's gender identity and sexuality have nothing to do with whether or not one chooses to have kids.

[@eschelar]

@@ruthgoldman9791 So that's ignorant on two fronts, maybe more. The most obvious is that *having kids* and *choosing to have kids* are not the same thing. You are conflating choices in child bearing with choices in child rearing. Vulnerable cultures require a population of a sufficient size in order to continue. They also need to have the ability to generate their own value to remain self-sufficient. #1 - many children happen "by accident", especially in more primitive cultures living more traditional lifestyles. Zero children happen by accident as a result of homosexual sexual lifestyles. So that's a major factor in the "yes homosexual people do in fact have a lot less children" idea. It may be entirely possible for homosexual couples or individuals to raise a child as a result of another coupling, but it doesn't increase the overall number of children in a particular group. #2 - Gender identity and sexual identity do in fact have a major influence in the desire to raise children. While it is true that many people have a desire to raise children at some point in their lives, it's a considerably stronger desire for women. This is not gender based entirely, but hormonally based, which is usually driven primarily by gender. It is far from absolute because many men do in fact desire to have children, but the statistics point to it being significantly more frequent in women. www.jstor.org/stable/41342814?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents "Both sexes report having felt an intense longing to have a child of their own at least once or a few times in their lives. A higher proportion of men say they have never longed for a child, while a higher proportion of women report having felt this longing frequently." Note as well that statistically, there is a hugely disproportionate number of men who sire a child and then leave, while women are almost always left as child-rearers. There are other factors here, but the strongest factor is the fact that women tend to have stronger maternal instincts which make them want to raise the child, while the male follows his urges to impregnate more women. These are normal urges associated with high estrogen (nesting and raising children) and high testosterone (searching for various sexual partners). When men are in stable sexual relationships (typically longer than 6-weeks), their testosterone starts to drop. If they remain in that relationship for a few more months, they become inclined to nest and raise children. This is also true for homosexuals, so it's definitely within the realm of possibility for long term homosexual couples to have strong urges to raise a child. But the biological mechanics for this are not there, so it is necessary to find another way, typically by adoption, but sometimes by surrogacy. However, for surrogacy, the woman who is the surrogate uses her body for carrying a child that is not otherwise her own, so this does not generally have a significant impact on increasing overall birth rates - especially for a small tribal group which may have only a few dozen to a few thousand members. So yes, a homosexual lifestyle does in fact work counter to the idea of preserving a culture by strengthening the society. Once the population reaches a point where it is too small to have a self-sustaining society, the death of the language is inevitable. There is a BuNeng Tribal village in the mountains here that I visited where they have a few hundred people. They teach the young men the ways of their tribe, including how to hunt. They have churches and I was really surprised to see how well they had grabbed the attention of the children in that area. The kids hung out at the church as their "hangout" area. The kids were involved in the kinds of things you would expect. The girls learned how to weave and sew, how to tend plants and make food, dyes, and cooking vessels. They all learned to sing. They all had names in their tribal language and could speak the language. They learned Chinese as well, so they could communicate with others, but they were totally fine without any interference from the outside world. The chief of the village told us about how hard they have to fight to keep their way of life going and the fact that they are well aware that the larger culture is watering down the smaller culture. Everyone in the village knows it. They are a smaller tribe than the Amis, but while I have visited Amis tribes in the mountains as well, I didn't see that much of a focused drive to keep their way of life distinct and alive. Perhaps what it needs is for the tribe to get small enough that they see it starting to disappear, and then a leader steps up to try to bring it back together and build it up in size. But make no mistake. Population size is absolutely critical to the long term preservation of a culture. And that means getting boys to spend time with girls and eventually make babies. Lots of babies.

[@hay9164]

​@@eschelar Wow ok, you clearly think you have all the answers here. His presentation isn't "virtual signalling" His presentation is actually embodying the culture you think he is distracting from. Two-spirit is part of his culture that was oppressed and beaten and murdered out of people. He is reviving that aspect of his culture by living through it. Literally his existence is "doing something" about the issues you talk about.

[@eschelar]

​@@hay9164 I don't claim to define reality. I am just describing it. When talking about having kids and not having kids, the reality is that if he is living a particular lifestyle today, it is meaningless on a larger scale because the culture he is talking about is not relegated to a single person's lifespan. Creating a culture is about creating something that lasts more than a single person's lifespan. So no, his existence and identifying as a two-spirit is not doing anything meaningful if he's not contributing biological content to his culture. This is not homosexual or heterosexual. The same is true for heterosexuals who do not bear children and raise them to be strong individuals. If he's not contributing in a substantial way (that goes beyond a single generation), but he's cashing in on the people who enjoy the illusion of his contribution, which is not substantial, then yeah, that's pretty much the exact definition of virtue signaling. Further, how is "two-spirit" something that can be beaten and murdered out of people if it's a real thing? That's like saying "male" was beaten and murdered out of their culture. Well OK then, that just means that they killed all the men. But eventually, those women will raise children, some of whom will become men. So that doesn't work. All you're doing there is admitting that two-spirit is just some made up silly thing that means nothing in reality. Like I said, this is pretty much the definition of what virtue signaling means. The reality is that people of non-typical sexual orientation have existed for a very long time and there are many different ways these have manifested themselves. Each different culture has handled this in their own way. Ancient cultures often came up with creative ways of describing things that happened when they had little understanding of how things worked. That's how religion started, the idea of God, the idea of the Great Spirit and other spirits. It's just the way that primitive peoples described things they didn't understand. That's OK. But it doesn't mean that they are correct. Just because there are ancient stories about things doesn't mean that is what actually happened. At some point, you have to just sit down and look at reality the way it actually is. The idea that it is some kind of "greater" presence is not surprising and is in fact predictable through behavioral science. There's nothing wrong with people in the Native community wishing to identify themselves as such, but the idea that it's somehow different from LGBT in any other part of the world is ridiculous and pompous - which is not surprising and is in fact predictable through behavioral science. But I'm just describing things the way they actually are. I'm not changing the way things are.

[@backstagepasswkar8758]

His singing reminds me of a fiction fantasy language, but it is real! So cool!

[@benwillis6512]

Please get Chris Crack on tiny desk!!!

[@xxbustdatnut100]

U guys gotta invite Steve lacy

[@orange1326]

DROP THE SMINO TINY DESK

[@Phonerepairandmore]

Tried it, not for me. Very chill dude though.

[@wildchild2866]

You guys need to get Alejandro Aranda on!! Aka Scarypoolparty

[@sallysmith9733]

Critique. I will see you later. Bein

[@EliCDavis]

Is that girl's instrument made out of carbon fiber?

[@blancheisrael9283]

Sure is :)

[@hopewilson7918]

The description on this really throws me. When did Dutcher say his people were nearly extinct????? That's right - he didn't. Wolastoqiyik, and Indigenous people in general, are very much still here. They and their language have apparently taken great hits (I don't know anything about this nation specifically but I do assume colonialism attacked it much as it attacked other First Nations), but "nearly extinct" is a big stretch. And he's clearly doing what he can to preserve the language so it just feels like it's spitting on his efforts to say that the people - not even the language, but the people - are nearly extinct. The idea that Native people in North America are "basically gone," while completely false, is nonetheless somewhat common, and is probably a big part of the reason their sovereignty is frequently dismissed. The erasure has real legal and policy ramifications. So it sucks seeing that narrative bolstered in the description here. It's wild that Dutcher, at the time 27 (NOT old, not dying, literally full of life), came onto your show and sang and explicitly encouraged everyone to reach out to and build relationships with Indigenous people and your response was "wow, his people are almost gone", thus basically absolving everyone of that responsibility. Like let me know if I'm somehow reading this wrong but this is kinda disappointing on NPR's part. Also, no people is stuck in the past. Respecting your heritage isn't even slightly mutually exclusive with using new technology. I wish people would stop acting surprised when Native people engage with tech

[@k.a.a.s.5776]

YOU HAVE TO DO MAC AYRES NEXT PLEASE LORD JESUS

[@justkuro4842]

They should get Steam Powered Giraffes. 😊😂

[@NovelteeMusic]

first one here

[@stanervin6108]

I wouldn't brag

[@sherilynn]

Hey NPR, please remove hateful comments like the one I reported below.

[@found1me]

fuck off

[@connorp3030]

What good will removing it do?

[@leedsmanc]

Never read the comments section

[@sherilynn]

@@found1me fuck yourself

[@rd4660]

Sheri wants to be the speech police!

[@anouk8551]

you should have bruno major!!

[@tomalcolm]

“Centuries old wax cylinder”? Edison invented it in 1877, so how about we check our hyperbole.

[@jacklavin6405]

Einstein was born in 1879

[@tomalcolm]

Jack Lavin whoops, Edison not Einstein.

[@Lpearse]

More than a century old, and the recording has been in 3 different centuries...how would you say that?

[@TPJN777]

I do love where Jeremy is coming from, and I find the language beautiful too, but as much as I try I just don't enjoy his vocal tone

[@icontrolthespice]

why does this man sound like he bouta curse me

[@AquaMarino]

Read the description please.

[@jamessimon3433]

exploitative pompous nonsense

[@eschelar]

It is fascinating to me that people think that they can preserve a culture by drawing a few people's attention to it. This is not a pathway to preserving a culture. It is a pathway to watching the culture fade away. Less than 100 people left? What you need to be doing sir is raising a family with a LOT of kids, teaching them the ways of your culture - not dressing up in glitter and purple makeup for a bunch of millennials who think it's "so culturally aware" and will be super-interested... for 15 minutes or so... Languages don't survive because of a handful of people who heard a cool song or two. Languages survive by creating a culture and a society and a long family chain who values that and actively tries to grow it. Anything less than that is just ignorant of how cultures function.

[@bencollins2259]

hey everyone, gather 'round, a search engine expert has an opinion about how to save endangered cultures! Praise be.

[@eschelar]

@@bencollins2259 Uhm, I actually am currently the head of an IT department at an international company. What are you saying exactly? Just because someone said something in a comment section about something you can't understand (wasn't talking about search engines as a hint) means that you have a license to mock that person with zero substance and non sequitur? How many ancient languages have you been involved in preservation efforts for? My sister is a linguistics major who has worked with a Canadian First Nations tribe on projects with their language and I am currently in Asia, where I have worked with 3 of the local tribes with their languages during my two decades in the area (although not currently). I started a small group of youth doing tribal language readings of news for the seeing impaired almost 20 years ago. It did not last, but that was kind of my point above. If you don't create a living, breathing society which can function entirely with that language, the language will disappear. "We don't see others as they are, we see them as we ourselves are." - Anais Nin. In your rush to ad hominem the "internet commenter" with baseless mockery, you forgot to check the mirror.

[@bencollins2259]

@@eschelar OMG did the tribes give you and your sister special names for saving them and their cultures and languages and hoist you up as their saviors, too?! Try being less of an arrogant prick to get your point across. Also there's no panacea approach for saving a language but nice going on your original comment that denigrates someone who's actually FROM a people with an endangered language who's fighting in his own way for its survival. But tell me all about them 'Asian tribes' whose language you couldn't save. Dickwad internet commentator correctly identified. BYE FELICIA.

[@ruthgoldman9791]

The Wolastoq people and many other indigenous cultures have survived for thousands of years despite everything they've been subjected to by white colonizers telling them how they should be living their lives. You know nothing about this person! Jeremy Dutcher did archival research and has brought his people's language around the world through these songs. He has performed his music live for thousands of people (including at the Kennedy Center) and won multiple awards. I have linguist friends who have shared this music with their students. Jeremy himself has met with members of the Mohawk Nation who are actively working to preserve their Mohawk language and he has shared what he's learned with his Wolastoq nation. Also, he identifies as 2 spirit and there have been 2 spirit people since long before the Europeans invaded North America.

[@eschelar]

@@bencollins2259 No Ben. I didn't say anything like that. I said that your comment was ignorant. You were claiming that I have no knowledge of what I'm talking about in a passive aggressive way and doing so without any knowledge of what I was talking about or who I am. I am Canadian, so I'm well aware of passive aggressive personal attacks. It's a sign of mental weakness and is rampant in Canada. Especially among the "arrogant prick" groupset. Because now we have a situation where you've challenged my claims with absolutely nothing more than a personal attack. I made a reasonable rebuttal using actual facts showing that I have actually done something substantial in the effort to encourage the strengthening of cultures and preservation of tribal languages. Now you're right back on your high horse making passive aggressive strawman arguments, accusing me of being an arrogant prick. If you want to present that argument, how about you bring up how much you have done towards preservation of heritage cultures more than just watching "sensitive" KZbin videos and whinging at people on the comment section. Otherwise, I refer you to Anais Nin, "We don't see others as they are, we see them as we ourselves are."

[@jezz4khd785]

Errm.... No.

[@johnedward8352]

The drummer's collar matches the singers blouse... uh yeah, not a fan of this too much

[@nicktaylor1902]

John Kaitlyn colour matching is essential to good music

[@johnedward8352]

@@nicktaylor1902 apparently

[@zevirex14]

Let my band play, we got these clowns

[@axgreenious9400]

@Josh Hall my dick makes sounds. Dont judge

[@nicktaylor1902]

Ax Greenious imagine not understanding classical influence and then being proud of your ignorance

[@raysunlimited]

Fuck you

[@dylanm3519]

@@axgreenious9400 You're an idiot. Every piece of music you think you like came out of classical roots.

[@slluch]

Seriously...tiny desk concert is becoming a place where chickens and donkeys are allowed to scream. You should advise of this terrible videos!

[@RaptorFaceRumble]

If you don't understand that Tiny Desk Concert is a place for ALL types of music then you do not deserve TDC at all.

[@slluch]

@@RaptorFaceRumble you are right. I dont understand how chick corea and a couple of epileptic chickens can share the same stage. I will never understand it.

[@raysunlimited]

Fuck you