Jul 30, 2021
Bob Boilen
The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It s the same spirit stripped-down sets, an intimate setting just a different space.
The first time I saw shame singer Charlie Steen, he was stripped down to nothing but his Racing Green brand underwear
(which he had wedged up his behind), as guitar, bass and drums punctuated his emphatic vocals. In this Tiny Desk (home) concert, we find Charlie in a full suit, tie and hat, sitting in a living room atmosphere backed not only by the rest of shame (also seated), but a compendium of violins, horns and more.
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After a yearlong delay, the WVU World Music Performance Center celebrated the release of its first album with a virtual showcase concert on Apr. 23.
Under the direction of Professor Michael Vercelli, director of the WVU World Music Performance Center, the concert featured the work of over 80 students, including graduate assistant Joseph Boulo, from four different ensembles.
Vercelli was a recipient of the WVU Office of Global Affairs  Virtual Exchange Faculty grant, which made the production possible.
âThe World at West Virginia Universityâ was originally set to release in April 2020, but health and safety restrictions imposed by the University caused a delay in production.
Drunk Tank Pink, all about isolation and internal conflict. And then COVID happened.
Charlie Steen remembers it well. He and his bandmates were in the luxe surroundings of La Frette Studios, a 19th Century mansion-turned-recording facility outside of Paris, ten days into recording their second album, alongside prolific producer James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Simian Mobile Disco). “I remember [guitarist] Sean [Coyle-Smith] looking at the news on his phone,” Steen recalls. “It was talking about this coronavirus in China. And we didn’t really even think about it at the time.”
Like everyone else, Shame had to grapple with plans upended and an uncertain future. Once restrictions lifted, they created a string of imaginative music videos, released monthly throughout autumn; showcased many of the new songs in a live performance shot at London’s Brixton Electric; and played a secret, socially-distanced gig to support their home base, Brixton’s The Windmill.
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