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July 18, 2016 by BOB BOILEN • Gregory Porter's healing soul music sends a message of compassion, and he's got a baritone voice that resonates love. When Porter visited NPR, we'd just learned that our colleague, photojournalist David Gilkey, had been killed while working on a story for NPR in Afghanistan. When Porter began singing the calmly beautiful "No Love Dying," he may not have known how much it would mean to us. Yet this song of compassion and hope, from his Grammy-winning 2013 album Liquid Spirit, was just what we'd needed.
Porter and pianist Chip Crawford continued their thoughtful, entrancing set with "Take Me To The Alley" (the title track to Porter's new album), a song about how we treat and think about those who live on society's margins. Closing this Tiny Desk concert is "Don't Be A Fool," another new song of love, loyalty and trust. For us, Porter's set provided a timely reminder that we can all use comfort, counsel and guidance — and that music can be serious and heartwarming without losing its sense of wonder and delight.
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Always soulful Gregory Porter on vocals and Chip Crawford on piano in an NPR Tiny Desk concert.
Gregory Porter brings that simplicity we crave in music, the soulful sounds and melodic tones his songs have given the lyrics extra power behind them. Soul music is underdog in the music industry, but the genre still remains to inspire new artists and songs.
*National Public Radio (NPR) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit organization founded in 1970. Looking over 1,000+ other public radio stations it often distributed news and cultural programming. I can be said to be a credible source of musical information.