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Julie Doiron: Tiny Desk Concert If you see Canadian singer-songwriter Julie Doiron perform live, you'll hear a good deal of distorted guitars and intense drumming. Well, at least when she's not performing at the NPR Music offices.
Tiny Desk

Tiny Desk

Intimate video performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen
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Julie Doiron: Tiny Desk Concert

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Set List

  • "Heavy Snow"
  • "Ce Charmant Coeur"
  • "Tailor"
  • "Consolation Prize"

It isn't easy playing music in an office; it's intimate, but it's also a bit awkward. I know Julie Doiron would agree. But in spite of a few mistakes and retakes, Julie Doiron played a memorable set in the NPR Music offices.

You may know Doiron's work from the '90s, when she played bass in the New Brunswick-based band Eric's Trip, and she was nominated for a Polaris Music Prize for her 2007 release Woke Myself Up. Her new album is titled I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day.

If you see her on stage, as I did in Austin at SXSW in 2009, you'll hear a good deal of distorted guitars, mixed with sometimes-intense drumming from Fred Squire. Both have worked with American musician Phil Elverum and his Mt. Eerie project. But here at my desk, it was just Doiron and her songs: very bare and very stark. It all worked well — though it may have taken a few years off Doiron's life.

Tiny Desk

Tiny Desk

Intimate video performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen