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Lucky Daye: Tiny Desk Concert

Hailing from New Orleans with a love of sticky, bass-bumping funk, Lucky brought along a 10-person band, including a quartet of horns, to capture the full flavor of his debut album Painted.
Lucky Daye performs a Tiny Desk Concert on March 25, 2019 (Amir Alfiky/NPR).

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Sometimes, a Tiny Desk is just meant to be. NPR Music's and I have been checking for since last year when we dubbed him." Then, after seeing Lucky perform live in Washington D.C., we knew his charisma and control, even for a new name, would translate well to the Tiny Desk. The same week we saw him live for the first time, we knew he was ready for the challenge.

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