According to The New York Times, jazz violinist Regina Carter's new album Reverse Thread is "ready-made for NPR." One: c'mon man, NPR isn't that predictable. Two: except in this case.
That said, we're all in agreement that Carter has created something really interesting and satisfying with this new set of music, which interprets lots of different African songs (both contemporary and traditional) with a modern jazz frame of mind. So when her tour swung by Washington, D.C., NPR Music invited her to our office to play a Tiny Desk Concert for us. Our radio colleagues at All Things Considered preceded us when Robert Siegel spoke with her.
Today, the interview aired on radio: click here to hear the chat and a few in-studio recordings. And as an encore of sorts, check out the Tiny Desk Concert video above: it's a stripped-down performance of two tunes from the album, featuring Will Holshouser on accordion and Yacouba Sissoko on kora (more info here).
Related At NPR Music: The complete Regina Carter archive.
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