Anna Calvi: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

[89SoloDolo]

this woman is quick with her hands

[dlo693]

Is it wrong for me to think that this music reminds me a bit of The Doors? Anyways, deff loved that solo guitar intro.

[delnuggets]

5:02

[2009ASGJPJ]

@delnuggets

haha! the book. In time!

[MickeyMacaroney]

why do her fingers look so tiny?

[2009ASGJPJ]

@MickeyMacaroney

because she is such a tiny person... I´ve seen her live.. everything around her looks vast

[MScotting]

It irritates me how female musicians like Lana Del Rey are seen as talented and become famous because of it when the real talen like this is just pushed aside.

[jaksspring97]

Play guitar...but good lord stop singing. yikes!

[Pizat19]

She is a great guitarist, and has amazing chilling vocals...but, no troll...

I keep thinking she's William Dafoe from Boondock Saints, and that she is going to kick me in the testicles repeatedly while war-crying. Cannot Unsee.

[pianomatteo]

Marvelous tone.

[handicappedhero]

I almost cried before the first 1:30 and I have no idea why. This rocks.

[LynnWellin]

@handicappedhero Sounds like depression to me. Maybe just emotional instability.

[handicappedhero]

@LynnWellin Hahaha, I wish you knew me to appreciate how wrong that assumption is.

Concerning the music, I'd like to know what Anna's motivation was for the beginning of the song. It has a different kind of substance to it not found in the rest of this performance.

[iliveforthemaga]

shivers up my spine.

fuck.

[Mariekesone]

She moves me with her Style...

Fantastic Artist and Performer!...:-)

[GitgrrL]

guitargirlcity gotta support the cause! she's a girl with a guitar.

[findingnvrland21]

what's the instrument on the right?

[rosserikt]

@findingnvrland21 harmonium

[RubberJoelzilla]

I can't watch without getting annoyed at her dodgy tooth... I'm a bad person.

[aspencrest]

The first 2min and 45sec brought such pleasure and promise,.... and then it all went to hell.

[gitnerd]

Oh my god...That guitar tone...Oh...

I just lost myself there... for a minute. I need to lay down.

[1104zion]

Shes terrifying... 

[AlienShip95]

It's weird seeing her without her hair slicked back...

[mshartz5]

You can make that noise with a snare?!

[FlakeyFreakout]

Significant magnificent.

[nightfrailer]

Six people don't understand why that Tele neck looks like that.

[mikebee02]

Unimpressive.

[mshartz5]

@mikebee02

And your majestic life changing music has cured the world into a blissful orgy of chords.

[32doors]

The worst performance Anna Calvi has ever given. She should fire her manager for booking her such an awful gig.

[gards2]

She's got some tits on here that keyboardist

[jonnykid555]

she looks a bit like freddie mercury did when he dressed in drag for that music video... yet still hot

[flowersarealive]

daaaamnnnn

[timbulb]

She should hire a singer for the band. Great guitar sound though.

[austinha11]

It was ok until she opened her mouth.

[adims654]

@austinha11 but her mouth was open the whole time!

[OrangeCatGlow]

I love her voice

[kootenaylad]

A huge thumbs up on this one. Compelling to say the least.

[Manuelomar2001]

Awesome doesn't begin to describe this.

[reuntes]

I loved "Jezebel." The accordian-like instrument added a nice dimension to the piece.

[Manuelomar2001]

@reuntes It's a Harmonium! They rule!!

[unnisa25]

so captivating...

btw, isn't that a harmonium?

[lonthevideo]

You guys should get King Krule aka Zoo Kid on here.

[fervolic]

what on the earth?!??

[wajessup]

very fortunate to catch her at the Troubador last spring; one of the best shows i saw all year. What struck me the most, & is evident here, is the sense of dynamics. She's not afraid to whisper, and can certainly belt. Utterly compelling...you all captured them perfectly. Thank you!

(loved the falling box...)

[000uncleleslie]

anybody else see that box fall off the shelf and hit the drummer in the shoulder at 5:04?

[Teonareine]

Very beautiful music.

[launderground]

we love anna calvi.

[JMBZ78]

Can we have a new David Lynch movie with this, please?

[ben23232]

its amazing how some artists literally "have you" on the first note.

[taoofdre]

Best female guitarist I've seen in a little while. Blues meets flamenco... meets gypsy jazz... meets an accordion? Too much going on!

[takomaskate]

@taoofdre St. Vincent (Annie Clark) is another great female guitarist of the present.

[MrXtyne]

@taoofdre I do believe that is a harmonium, sick instrument.

[banorgaard1442]

This maybe the sexiest thing I've ever seen.

[mshartz5]

@banorgaard1442

except them nails.

[Chrixtal]

Oh, how I love her.