Quinn Christopherson joins host Stephen Kallao

Quinn Christopherson is the winner of this year’s Tiny Desk Contest, which saw over six thousand applicants all vying for the chance to perform their own Tiny Desk Concert – A video series launched in 2008 by NPR Music’s Bob Boilen. We’ll hear what happened when Quinn got the call that he had won, and what’s happened since. Plus, Quinn performs live, but chose not to play his winning song, “Erase Me,” about his experience as a transgender man. We’ll learn why in today’s conversation with host Stephen Kallao.

*Sharon Van Etten”Seventeen (feat. Norah Jones)” Seventeen (Single)
Quinn Christopherson “Loaded Gun” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Quinn Christopherson “Erase Me” Tiny Desk Contest Submission
Quinn Christopherson “Mary Alee” Tiny Desk Contest Submission
Patti Smith ”Because The Night” Easter
Prince “When Doves Cry” Purple Rain
Grace Potter “Love Is Love” Daylight
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats “A Little Honey” Tearing at the Seams
Michaela Anne “By Our Design” Desert Dove
Emmylou Harris “Wrecking Ball” Wrecking Ball
Kings Of Leon “Use Somebody” Only By The Night
The Black Keys “These Days” Brothers

Hour Two
*U2 “Stay (Faraway, So Close!)” Zooropa
The Lone Bellow “Count On Me” Half Moon Light
The National “The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness” Sleep Well Beast
Marcus King “The Well” El Dorado
Susan Tedeschi “Gonna Move” Wait For Me
Beck “Uneventful Days” Hyperspace
Mood Swings “State Of Independence” Mood Food
Logan Ledger “Starlight” Logan Ledger (e.p.)
The Mavericks “What A Crying Shame” What A Crying Shame
Etta James “Tell Mama” The Essential
Leif Vollebekk “Hot Tears” New Ways
Stevie Wonder “He’s Mistra Know It All” Innervisions
Clairo “Bags” Immunity
The Velvet Underground “Who Loves The Sun” Loaded

*Optional Song