Lars Gotrich
Lars Gotrich is the editor of Tiny Desk and Tiny Desk Radio, a nationally broadcast program based on the beloved live concert series. He's produced performances at the Desk by Paramore, GWAR, Amy Grant, Turnstile, and Goo Goo Dolls.
After years writing about music for zines and working in college radio, Gotrich started his career at NPR as an intern for the All Songs Considered podcast in 2006, where he's been a regular presence ever since. He's produced several different series for NPR Music, including First Listen, Song We Love, #NowPlaying and the Listening Party. While Gotrich covers all kinds of music, he is best known as the creator of roséwave, the pop-forward summer music series, and Viking's Choice, a curatorial free-for-all that emphasizes the loud and the weird. And, once upon a time, Gotrich hosted #WAXnEGGS, a live cooking show filmed in his home, featuring live sets by the likes of Waxahatchee and Speedy Ortiz.
When he's not behind the mic or editing stories, Gotrich has appeared as a talking head in the music documentaries Welcome to Deathfest, Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury, and No More Punk Time. He's also penned liner notes for vinyl releases by Sixpence None the Richer, Mary Halvorson, and Roadside Monument, among others. He is the world's okay-ist guitarist.
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Brìghde Chaimbeul expands the language of the Scottish smallpipes behind the Desk with a quiet, yet demonstrative presence. -
How do we find beauty in a broken world? This is the question that Ganavya's music asks, but lets you answer. At the Tiny Desk, she sings the poems of today in the language of today. -
The band's mystical approach to improvisation never bends to one sound at a time. -
The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled over 100 times. -
The shoegaze scene never made another record like Starflyer 59’s surfy bummer Gold… until now. A new album inspires this playlist of artists returning to old bands, former sounds and beloved songs. -
Madlib's music feels like a magic trick. On this edition of 8 Tracks, we bow down to Madlib's mastery, plus check out new music by Charly Bliss, Fana Hues and reminisce on an old Ted Leo record. -
In Jim White's drumming, there's a restless wonder. On this 8 Tracks, we lead off with a sprawling rocker by his band Dirty Three, but also feature new music by Chappell Roan and Amber Mark. -
What do New Jazz Underground, Black Sabbath and Remi Wolf have in common? According to NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, they put out the best tracks of the week. -
Music can shift, uplift or even subvert a scene. This week on 8 Tracks, we play music supervisor, imagining songs by Kamasi Washington and Carin León on the big screen. -
Can you taste color or hear pictures? You might have synesthesia. This week on 8 Tracks: A few songs that pirouette and paint, plus new music by Charli XCX, Mdou Moctar and TikTok shoegazer Wisp.
