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Lau Noah: Tiny Desk Concert

There's a magical aura that surrounds Lau Noah as she sits behind the Tiny Desk and unspools thought-provoking story-songs.
Lau Noah performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Jan. 10, 2019 (Amr Alfiky/NPR).

There's a magical aura that surrounds Lau Noah as she sits behind my desk and embraces her guitar with one foot propped unnaturally high on a stool. As melodies pour from the strings, she sings these words in Spanish: "On the verge of."

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