This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk is giving the women their flowers. We’re releasing 9 Tiny Desk live shows from Black girls artists, from veterans who’ve paved the way in which for what we hear in the present day in Black music, to those that are carving out their very own paths.

We conclude 2024’s Black Music Month celebration on the Tiny Desk with the catalyst for the all-female lineup, SWV. 12 months after 12 months, I’ve begged who I take into account the best lady group ever to return play the Desk. Like the opposite Black girls we’ve hosted this month, SWV has but to obtain the correct acknowledgment for its affect over the previous three a long time. There was a second, much like the sing-along portion of Chaka Khan’s present, when Coko, Taj and Lelee have been shocked whereas the viewers stored the occasion going after the band stopped taking part in “I’m So Into You.”

Sisters With Voices originated within the church earlier than the group began recording R&B music. It broke by way of within the Nineties, a decade that was the top of lady teams. In a panorama together with En Vogue, TLC, Xscape and dozens extra, SWV remained in entrance of the pack, topping the charts, amassing gold and platinum plaques and breaking new floor in music, fashion and sexual liberation. Earlier than taking part in “You’re The One,” Lelee launched the tune, reminding us that they “kinda took a beating for the workforce as a result of our music was a bit risqué.”

As a brand new appreciation for ’90s R&B has emerged over the previous a number of years, SWV has reigned supreme. Watching the viewers sway and sing to songs like “Weak” and “Rain,” I’m reminded of the lasting high quality of SWV that continues to attach us.

SET LIST

• “I am So Into You”
• “Proper Right here (Human Nature Radio Combine)”
• “You are the One”
• “You are At all times On My Thoughts”
• “Rain”
• “Weak”
• “Something (Previous Skool Radio Model)”

MUSICIANS

• Coko: vocals
• Taj: vocals
• Lelee: vocals
• E. Will: keys, musical route
• Shago Elizondo: guitar
• CJ Mercer: bass
• Toussaint Lipton II: drums
• Curtis Jones Jr.: trombone
• Theljion Allen: trumpet
• Brent Birckhead: saxophone
• Anisa Stoot: vocals
• Donisha Berryman: vocals
• Jayye Michael: vocals
• DaNell Daymon: vocals

TINY DESK TEAM

• Producer: Bobby Carter
• Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
• Audio Technical Director: Josephine Nyounai
• Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Maia Stern, Kara Body, Alanté Serene
• Audio Engineer: Valentina Rodriguez Sanchez
• Manufacturing Assistant: Ashley Pointer
• Photographer: Estefania Mitre
• Animation: Jackie Lay
• Florist: Kelanda Edwards
• Tiny Desk Copy Editor: Hazel Cills
• Govt Producer: Suraya Mohamed
• Sequence Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
• VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins