Laufey — Tiny Desk (NPR Music), 2023

Live performance recorded on December 13, 2023 at NPR Music’s Tiny Desk in Washington D.C. Accompanied by a string quartet, Icelandic-Chinese artist Laufey Jónsdóttir unfolds a chamber jazz-pop that brings the vocal-jazz tradition closer to a young, contemporary audience. Classically trained, the singer and multi-instrumentalist alternates between piano and guitar across four songs: “From the Start” with its Chet Baker-like scats, “Let You Break My Heart Again,” “Promise” and “California and Me.” Carried by elegant strings and a velvety voice, this intimate performance illustrates the bridge Laufey builds between jazz standards, bossa and modern pop songwriting. Keywords: Laufey live, Tiny Desk, jazz, jazz-pop, live performance 2023.