{"id":62962,"date":"2026-04-21T16:41:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/noah-kahan-plays-nprs-tiny-desk-debuts-new-great-divide-songs\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:41:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:41:53","slug":"noah-kahan-plays-nprs-tiny-desk-debuts-new-great-divide-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/noah-kahan-plays-nprs-tiny-desk-debuts-new-great-divide-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Kahan Plays NPR&#8217;s Tiny Desk, Debuts New &#8216;Great Divide&#8217; Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The singer-songwriter included &#8220;American Cars&#8221; and &#8220;Paid Time Off&#8221; in his four-song set, which also featured an old <em>Stick Season <\/em>favorite<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/noah-kahan-out-of-body-documentary-interview-1235537740\/\">Noah Kahan<\/a> rolled up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/npr\/\" id=\"auto-tag_npr\" data-tag=\"npr\">NPR<\/a>\u2019s Tiny Desk for a four-song performance that featured the debut of two tracks from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/noah-kahan-announces-album-the-great-divide-1235506141\/\">upcoming album, <em>The Great Divide<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tKahan opened his performance with one of those new cuts, \u201cAmerican Cars,\u201d which he previously shared a snippet of online. The full version found Kahan and his band singing in delicate multi-part harmony, \u201cYou know that I miss you, you always come running back\/Whenever I ask, whenever I ask.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tNext, Kahan played the \u201cThe Great Divide,\u201d then followed it up with \u201cOrange Juice,\u201d a standout from his 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/noah-kahan-porch-light-single-1235529819\/\">breakthrough album<\/a>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/noah-kahan-stick-season-viral-hit-1234779989\/\">Stick Season<\/a><\/em>. Afterward, Kahan joked about the somber tone his music often hits, quipping, \u201cThe songs are really sad, I know that, so thank you guys for keeping your smiles on your faces. I\u2019m leaving my Lexapro for you guys \u2014 I figure we can treat it like a take-one, leave-one penny system. Ten milligrams, severe side effects.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Noah Kahan: Tiny Desk Concert\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M34D3Ktovfw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tKahan then closed his set with the second previously unreleased song from <em>The Great Divide<\/em>, \u201cPaid Time Off,\u201d which he called \u201cone of my favorite songs\u201d from his new record. While the tune also began on a more mellow note, it quickly settled into a plucky, backporch groove with Kahan singing, \u201cSpent a damn near perfect day\/Just getting high at the outlet mall\/People grow up and they move away\/But you don\u2019t care and I don\u2019t mind at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<em>The Great Divide <\/em>is set to arrive April 24. Kahan will embark on a North American tour in support of the record in June, with dates scheduled through August.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/noah-kahan-tiny-desk-new-great-divide-songs-1235551292\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The singer-songwriter included &#8220;American Cars&#8221; and &#8220;Paid Time Off&#8221; in his four-song set, which also featured an old Stick Season favorite Noah Kahan rolled&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":62963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}