Of the 30 million individuals who have watched Daniel Caesar‘s Tiny Desk from 2018, loads of them raved in regards to the band, particularly the bass participant. Little did we all know that the younger, unassuming musician named Saya Grey could be taking part in on the Desk seven years later, this time entrance and middle.
Grey’s pop songs are experimental in nature, so I used to be keen to listen to how her music would cozy as much as our house. That inclination to stretch out and check out something comes from her musical household: Her mom, who moved from Japan to Canada, based Toronto’s Uncover By means of the Arts music faculty and her dad, a jazz trumpeter, studied on the Berklee School of Music.
Grey leans into the problem of the Tiny Desk and strips parts away. Like magic, she provides us these gentle and soulful interpretations of songs from SAYA, plus a throwback to “IF THERE’S NO SEAT IN THE SKY (WILL YOU FORGIVE ME???)” from her 2022 debut 19 MASTERS.
SET LIST
- “SHELL ( OF A MAN )”
- “..THUS IS WHY (I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE)”
- “IF THERE’S NO SEAT IN THE SKY (WILL YOU FORGIVE ME???)”
- “LIE DOWN..”
MUSICIANS
- Saya Grey: vocals, guitar, bass
- Lucian Grey: guitar
- John Mavro: drums, bass, guitar
- Ace G: keys, background vocals
- Kola Rai: background vocals
- Taj Sapp: background vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Bobby Carter
- Director/Editor: Maia Stern
- Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
- Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Wendy Li
- Audio Engineer: Andie Huether
- Manufacturing Assistants: Ashley Pointer, Dora Levite
- Photographer: Michael Zamora
- Tiny Desk Crew: Lars Gotrich, Kara Body
- Govt Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Collection Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
