Caroline Rose: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

August 24, 2015 by BOB BOILEN Caroline Rose plays music as if she’s just met her new best friend: It’s fresh, fun and performed with contagious enthusiasm. The title of the first song she played at the Tiny Desk — “Yip Yip Yow“ — hints at the fun to come in this brief, blazing set. Rose’s music is inspired by rockabilly, fast country and traveling from town to town in a van. And, though this set might seem like little more than a fun romp, it’s worth pointing out the T-shirt over her left shoulder that re