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Raveena: Tiny Desk Concert

"I just want you to know," Raveena told the NPR office, "that in this space that we're in, you're extremely, extremely loved."
Raveena performs during a Tiny Desk concert, on Oct. 8, 2019.

From the moment stepped into NPR's Music Department and looked at the Tiny Desk for the first time, she was ready. The Queens, N.Y. singer-songwriter and her team showed up early happens) to meticulously arrange her stage props of homemade mushrooms and flowers, in the already endearingly cluttered space. These extra touches were meant to make clear that this performance would be all about community and safe spaces.

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