Maggie Rogers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Stephen Thompson | August 7, 2017 — Maggie Rogers became a viral star on the strength of a video in which Pharrell Williams raves about a demo of what’s become her signature song, “Alaska.“ Since then, Rogers has signed a label deal, toured extensively and released a sweetly approachable, inventively arranged EP called Now That The Light Is Fading. For her Tiny Desk debut, Rogers performed all three of the EP’s best-known songs, opening with the recent singles “On Off“ and “Dog Years,“ the latter of which she calls “a song for all the pups.“ Then, after dismissing her band, she treated us to a few warm words about public radio before introducing “Alaska“ — a song whose buoyantly clever arrangement translates beautifully to the solo acoustic treatment she gives it here. She needn’t have buttered us up; we were already all in. Now That The Light Is Fading is available now