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Watch: Noah Kahan makes his NPR Tiny Desk debut ahead of new album release

A look at the singer-songwriter's X (Twitter) history reveals years of manifesting this very moment.

By Heather Alterisio

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With the release of his fourth studio album “The Great Divide” just days away, singer-songwriter and New England native Noah Kahan made his NPR Tiny Desk Concert debut Tuesday.

“Been waiting my whole life for this,” Kahan shared via an Instagram story Monday.

A look at his X (Twitter) history reveals years of manifesting this very moment.

“Can’t f***ing believe I’m on tiny desk it feels like every dream is just coming true,” Kahan posted on X in a full-circle moment Tuesday morning.

“It took us long enough,” NPR’s Stephen Thompson wrote. “Noah Kahan’s music has been rattling around on the Internet for the better part of a decade — in TikTok and YouTube snippets, as well as on a string of albums that culminated in his 2022 breakthrough Stick Season. The Vermont singer-songwriter became a superstar so gradually, it was easy not to fully notice him until he was selling out stadiums. Only now, in the days leading up to his tremendous fourth album, The Great Divide, is he finally making his Tiny Desk debut.”

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Kahan’s set list for his Tiny Desk Concert featured three songs off the new album – “American Cars,” “The Great Divide,” and “Paid Time Off” – and “Orange Juice,” a familiar favorite from his breakthrough 2022 album “Stick Season.”

Noah Kahan’s NPR Tiny Desk set list:

  • “American Cars”
  • “The Great Divide”
  • “Orange Juice”
  • “Paid Time Off” 

Kahan has an exciting year ahead: his documentary, “Out of Body,” streaming now on Netflix; a new album releasing Friday; a scheduled “SNL” musical guest appearance comng May 9; and “The Great Divide” Tour kicking off this summer with four sold-out shows at Fenway Park in Boston in July.

Early album listening parties

Fans can get an early preview of the album at record store listening parties across the world Tuesday night. In Massachusetts, there are events scheduled at Newbury Comics in Boston and Braintree, Vinyl Index in Somerville, and Wanna Hear It Records in Watertown.

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Plus: Check back for an early album review from Boston.com this week.

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Heather Alterisio

Senior Content Producer

Heather Alterisio, a senior content producer, joined Boston.com in 2022 after working for more than five years as a general assignment reporter at newspapers in Massachusetts.

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