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These Tiny Desk Contestants Extend Compassion 'To Honor This Heartbreak' Of Addiction

Amanda Gustafson and Eric Olsen of Swale's song "If You Get Lost" is a standout entry from this year's Tiny Desk Contest.
Amanda Gustafson and Eric Olsen of Swale.

Quinn Christopherson is the winner of the 2019 Tiny Desk Contest, but there were many other outstanding performances among this year's 6,000-plus entries. Weekend Edition will highlight just some of those over the coming months.

For this year's contest, the band Swale of Burlington, Vt. submitted a video that extends, a 30-year-old victim of opioid addiction and the sister of Gustafson's close friend.

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