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Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch what happens when the smoky-voiced jazz singer from Mexico conspires with an adventuresome string quartet for songs steeped in Latin American traditions.
Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider perform a Tiny Desk Concert on March 6, 2019 (Amir Alfiky/NPR).

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When the intrepid string quartet known as first visited the Tiny Desk nine years ago, no one knew what the musicians might play. They're, or one of their own compositions.

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