Kirk Franklin Tiny Desk Home Concert

NPR Music's Tiny Desk series will celebrate Black History Month by featuring four weeks of Tiny Desk home concerts and playlists by Black artists spanning different genres and generations each week The lineup includes both emerging and established artists who will be performing a Tiny Desk concert for the first time This celebration highlights the beautiful cornucopia of Black music and our special way of presenting it We hope you enjoy Kirk Franklin set up with his band and choir in a corner of Uncle Jessie's Kitchen makes a declaration I know you're at home right now in your draws listening to some Jesus music It's ok Jesus loves you in your draws The Arlington Texas studio named after a long time close friend features a large photo of the iconic I AM A MAN protest signs from the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike on the wall The jubilant energy that Franklin and company emit juxtaposed with a visual reminder of the strife that Black people have endured is illustrative of the importance of gospel music in the Black community For nearly 30 years Franklin has been widely regarded for revolutionizing gospel He incorporated secular music particularly hip-hop while preserving the message and integrity of traditional gospel Here he and his powerhouse choir pace through a decades-long sixteen Grammy award winning discography of faith praise and encouragement while cracking plenty of jokes I cannot recall a more moving Tiny Desk home performance All month long we've presented artists that speak to the diversity and complexity of Black music--where we've been where we are and where we're going For the final show we take it back to the spiritual roots and there's no one more fitting to cap things off than Mr Kirk Franklin SET LIST Love Theory Silver and Gold Melodies From Heaven I Smile MUSICIANS Kirk Franklin vocals keys Melodie Pace vocals Darian Elliot vocals Michael Bethany vocals Eboni Ellerson vocals Deon Yancey vocals Tia Rudd vocals Shaun Martin keyboard Matthew Ramsey bass Terry Baker drums percussion CREDITS Video Clear Scope Media Audio Michael Havens Reese Brooks TINY DESK TEAM Producers Bobby Carter Video Producer Morgan Noelle Smith Audio Mastering Josh Rogosin Art Director CJ Riculan Tiny Production Team Bob Boilen Kara Frame Maia Stern Executive Producer Lauren Onkey Senior VP Programming Anya Grundmann

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