The mynabirds: tiny desk concert
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According to singer-songwriter Laura Burhenn, she'd long imagined a band that sounded like Neil Young playing Motown. After recording some songs with friends from Omaha, Neb., she named
her new group The Mynabirds — only later, she says, did Burhenn discover that Neil Young had made music with Rick James in 1960s Motown. The name of that band: The Mynah Birds. Here at NPR
Music, we remember Burhenn from her previous group, Georgie James. She and then-partner John Davis came to NPR to participate in Project Song, for which they wrote and recorded a terrific
song in two days. You can watch that video here. Burhenn's singing with Georgie James was more pop-oriented, but in The Mynabirds, her voice has more soul and a bit more grit on the
group's debut, _What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood_. With the aid of her full band — including some glorious backing vocals — Burhenn performs three of the album's songs
in this, her return to the NPR Music offices. _To watch the most recent Tiny Desk Concert, featuring Zuill Bailey, click here_. Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.