{"id":18,"date":"2012-02-08T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/patmwells\/?p=18"},"modified":"2012-02-08T11:01:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T19:01:00","slug":"npr-tiny-desk-concerts-thao-nguyen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/patmwells\/2012\/02\/08\/npr-tiny-desk-concerts-thao-nguyen\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR: Tiny Desk Concerts: Thao Nguyen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NPR (or National Public Radio) is a privately and publicly funded, non-profit \u00a0Network of public radio stations that stretch across the United States. \u00a0One of the aspects of NPR is the exploration of new artists and their music. \u00a0Therefore NPR, in order to incorporate this theme into their broadcasting network, has created the &#8220;Tiny Desk Concerts&#8221; podcast that can be accessed on their website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/series\/tiny-desk-concerts\/\">Here<\/a>. \u00a0This podcast, supplemented with videos of the artists&#8217; performances, provides listeners with a space in which they can explore different genres of music and artists that may not be &#8220;mainstream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One such artist is Thao Nguyen, who performs for a Tiny Desk Concert session. \u00a0Thao, who began playing the guitar at age 12, was born in Falls Church, Virginia and is currently a part of the indie band, Get Down Stay Down. \u00a0Her performance on the Tiny Desk Podcast was nothing less than spectacular. \u00a0Her distinct vocals and catchy melodies provide for an extremely entertaining acoustic session, with the host of the Tiny Desk Concerts describing her as &#8221;\u00a0raw and infectious, her voice has a distinctive swagger, and she&#8217;s a remarkably nimble guitarist.&#8221; \u00a0Check out her performance at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/event\/music\/94282059\/thao-nguyen-tiny-desk-concert\">Little Desk Concerts:Thao Nguyen<\/a>. \u00a0You wont be disappointed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPR (or National Public Radio) is a privately and publicly funded, non-profit \u00a0Network of public radio stations that stretch across the United States. \u00a0One of the aspects of NPR is the exploration of new artists and their music. \u00a0Therefore NPR, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/patmwells\/2012\/02\/08\/npr-tiny-desk-concerts-thao-nguyen\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":1696,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"patmwells","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/patmwells\/author\/patmwells\/"},"qubely_comment":1696,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/patmwells\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"NPR (or National Public Radio) is a privately and publicly funded, non-profit \u00a0Network of public radio stations that stretch across the United States. \u00a0One of the aspects of NPR is the exploration of new artists and their music. \u00a0Therefore NPR, &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/patmwells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/patmwells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/patmwells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/patmwells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/patmwells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/patmwells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/patmwells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/patmwells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/patmwells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/patmwells\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}