Sarah McLachlan -- Tiny Desk Concert

David Dalton <[email protected]> Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:30:53 -0330
Newsgroups alt.feminism, soc.women, alt.gossip.celebrities, alt.showbiz.gossip, alt.celebrities, alt.music.lilith-fair
Organization Eternal September
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Sarah McLachlan’s Tiny Desk Concert is available at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-NDZ31pXmM .

Here are some of the notes from that page:

Ann Powers | February 12, 2026
During a Sarah McLachlan performance, the chills come when you least expect 
them. One of the most expressive singer-songwriters of her generation, 
McLachlan makes the goosebumps happen with her gloriously gentle, iridescent 
voice — particularly through her negotiation of the break between its 
registers. She does just that in the first song of this Tiny Desk, an almost 
country-fied version of her 1997 hit “Building a Mystery.” With Luke 
Doucet’s impossibly delicate guitar arpeggios as her guide, McLachlan takes 
the song beyond its edge at the very last minute, gliding into a high note 
that remains unresolved. It’s one of several moments here that feel 
miraculous.

McLachlan has long been a purveyor of such small graces. Despite her renown 
as founder of the Lilith Fair tour, she has been underestimated as a major 
player in the reinvention of pop balladry, when she updated a folk-based 
sound with modern-rock flourishes and a fresh, feminist perspective. Here, 
playing alongside her longtime collaborators Doucet and Melissa McClelland 
— a husband-wife duo who’ve made many beautiful albums under the name 
Whitehorse — she highlights the side of her art that’s grounded in deep 
feeling and unassuming virtuosity. At one point, she apologizes to those 
watching because her back is to them while she’s at the piano. But from 
whatever angle experienced, this is one of the Tiny Desk’s warmest and most 
poignant sets.

SET LIST:
“Building a Mystery”
“Reminds Me”
“Only Human”
“Adia”
“Angel”

MUSICIANS:
Sarah McLachlan: vocals, guitar, piano
Luke Doucet: guitar, background vocals
Melissa McClelland: bass, background vocals

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