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Laurie Anderson: Tiny Desk Concert
Tom Huizenga | May 22, 2026
Laurie Anderson has a way of holding our lives up to a mirror, reintroducing us to ourselves, in all our ridiculousness and splendor. Now in her late 70s, the curious-minded visionary maintains her impish smile; her incantations — on everything from the American Dream to Amelia Earhart in this Tiny Desk set — seem more sage-like than ever.
The idea of playing music behind an office desk struck Anderson as just another off-beat idea. She's had hundreds of her own. No