npr: After months of searching, the fourth annual Tiny Desk Contest winner has been announced! Naia
npr:After months of searching, the fourth annual Tiny Desk Contest winner has been announced!Naia Izumi is a 34-year-old musician from Columbus, Ga. who now lives in Los Angeles and busks on that city’s streets. With a plethora of self-released music on Bandcamp and a skilled, soulful Tiny Desk Contest submission, he impressed our Contest judges enough to stand out from nearly 5,000 entries.Izumi’s submission for the contest, “Soft Spoken,” showcases both his undeniable talent and charismatic personality. Izumi was assigned male at birth and — though he currently identifies as male — identified as a woman for about seven years (and originally titled the track “Soft Spoken Woman”). The song of his winning entry was written in order to try to address dealing with prejudices both social and artistic.“I was experiencing a lot of people [who would] just kind of over-talk me, or downplay my abilities because of how I presented myself,” Izumi says.Meet Naia Izumi, The 2018 Tiny Desk Contest WinnerPhoto: Courtesy of the artist -- source link
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