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The Crossrhodes: Tiny Desk Concert

The Crossrhodes showed up to the Tiny Desk with game faces on, bringing with it a locally cultivated, globally appreciated energy.
The Crossrhodes performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Dec. 1, 2017 (Jenna Sterner/NPR).

Witnessing The Crossrhodes perform at the Tiny Desk instantly snapped me back to their early beginnings, just a few miles away from NPR headquarters. In 2001, on any given Monday night on U Street, music lovers would be treated to a magic show.

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