Tiny Desk Live performance : NPR

This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk is giving the women their flowers. We’re releasing 9 Tiny Desk concert events from Black ladies artists, from veterans who’ve paved the way in which for what we hear right now in Black music, to those that are carving out their very own paths.

After a second of reward in her set, Kierra Sheard stated jokingly, “I don’t wanna make this Tiny Desk Sunday morning service.” That potential to unapologetically communicate on religion in any location, even the Tiny Desk, is a trademark of Gospel music and a energy of Sheard’s. Since her solo debut at 17, Sheard has launched music that retains God’s phrase on the forefront, whereas being packaged to achieve audiences who won’t be within the church pew on Sunday mornings. That music has garnered her a number of Dove and Stellar awards, in addition to a number of Grammy nominations. She and her brother, producer and drummer J. Drew Sheard II, realized music ministry below the tutelage of their mom, Karen Clark-Sheard, and aunts, who make up the legendary gospel group The Clark Sisters.

In our assembly previous to filming her Tiny Desk, Sheard requested “Can I get no less than one run?” To which our group replied “Completely — a couple of!” These soul stirring runs are current on this uplifting medley of latest cuts from her newest album, All Yours, and tracks from her 20 yr catalog. “You Ain’t Seen Nothing But” aptly introduces Sheard’s presence on the Tiny Desk. I discovered myself frequently singing “All Yours” and “Cling On” for days after the efficiency. Her testimony in “It Retains Taking place” and “One thing Has To Break” moved many in our workplace as Sheard declared, “What I can’t do, God can do!” And in basic church “flip to your neighbor” trend, she implored the viewers to “Flip to any person and say I’m purported to be right here!” There isn’t any doubt Sheard is meant to be on the Tiny Desk.

SET LIST

• “You Ain’t Seen Nothing But”
• “You Don’t Know”
• “Sure”
• “Love Like Loopy”
• “Reward Providing”  
• “It Retains Taking place”
• “Indescribable” 
• “One thing Has To Break” 
• “All Yours”
• “Cling On” 
• “Miracles”

MUSICIANS

• Kierra Sheard: lead vocals 
• Justin Brooks: keys, musical path
• J. Drew Sheard ll: drums, musical path
• Aaron Draper: percussion 
• Tony Stanford: guitar 
• Alan “Snoop” Evans: bass 
• De’Sean Jones: saxophone 
• Frank Walton: trumpet 
• Zacharia El-magharbel: trombone 
• Marcus Johnson: vocals 
• Kevin Stewart: vocals 
• Johnyce Jackson: vocals 
• Jemika Ferguson: vocals

TINY DESK TEAM

• Producers: Mitra I. Arthur, Bobby Carter
• Director/Editor: Maia Stern
• Audio Technical Director: Josephine Nyounai 
• Videographers: Maia Stern, Kara Body, Joshua Bryant, Sofia Seidel
• Audio Engineer: Josh Newell 
• Manufacturing Assistant: Alanté Serene
• Photographer: Michael Zamora
• Animation: Jackie Lay
• Florist: Kelanda Edwards
• Tiny Desk Staff: Hazel Cills, Ashley Pointer
• Government Producer: Suraya Mohamed
• Collection Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
• VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins