J Noa: Tiny Desk Concert

13:20

Tom Jones: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

02:54

Shakira, Rauw Alejandro - Te Felicito (Alternate Video)

13:18

Alt-J: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

17:18

Lightspeed Champion at SXSW 2008

03:01

GAYLE - don’t call me pretty (diy music video)

15:21

J Balvin: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

550,356 views

J Noa: Tiny Desk Concert with tags npr, npr music, national public radio, live, performance, tiny desk, tiny desk concert, tony desk, tiny concert

This Latinx Heritage Month Tiny Desk is celebrating with an 'El Tiny' takeover, featuring a wide array of artists from all corners of Latinidad.

Anamaria Sayre | Septemeber 22, 2023

J Noa buzzes with power. Standing cara a cara with the 17-year-old Dominican rapper, it's clear that spinning life experiences into buttery smooth, striking bars is as natural for her as it is for most of us to take a breath.

This Tiny Desk concert was her first time ever leaving her barrio to perform, and yet she transmitted the confidence and charisma of an artist who invokes generations of fuerza into every word she breathes. Setting the tone with "No Me Puedan Parar," she brought captivating energy to the cool anthem. Switching to "Autodidacta," she backed her self-taught narrative with mind-blowing verbal sprints. Gliding through the jazz-backed "Paranoia" to story-driven "Betty," her delivery was so powerful that even the stories she told in between tracks felt like carefully placed poetry.

Desde el DR para romper el Tiny Desk. Don't get it twisted — J Noa came to the Tiny Desk to show the world what a girl from her barrio is capable of. Respira, romper — desde DR pa el mundo, the world isn't ready for her.

SET LIST

"No Me Pueden Parar"

"Autodidacta"

"Paranoia"

"Betty"

MUSICIANS

J Noa: lead vocals

Marcos Rijos: guitar

John Samnson (Jun Blaze): drums

Jason Mathews: keys

Andres Ferret: bass

Nathalie Rodriguez (Gaiya): background vocals