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SDPB Music: Tiny Desk Contest 2020
by SDPB
SDPB Chooses our local favorites. See them all at tinydeskcontest.npr.org/2020/open
Artist: Mato Wayuhi + Treehorse, Sioux Falls — Song: “Knots”
Sioux Falls-based Wayuhi and guitarist Jacob Lemme score again after NPR selected their 2018 “Wildberry Poptart” as a Tiny Desk Contest standout. Slinky, chill, rap-R&B with smooth horns and synth, “Knots” melds musicians recorded in quarantine from L.A. to Philadelphia, but South Dakota ultimately represents: “Yeah, I’m turnin’ Pine Ridge into Fashion Week/Native Americans are the world’s greatest masterpiece.”
Artist: Chris Huisenga, Spearfish — Song: “Homecoming Comets”
“I have got my own orbit, you know/Time gives us the distance to grow” Mournful reverb and wistful lyrics sung plaintively in Huisenga’s rich voice, “Homecoming Comets” has been on pandemicrepeat for SDPB Marketing Manager Matti Smith.
Artist: Kimberly Kaye, Belle Fourche Song: “Sing That Song”
Blessed with classic country twang and guts, Kaye presents a softer side with this sweet, slower tune.
