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Baton Rouge Bands Take on Tiny Desk

89.3 WRKF Baton Rouge | By Ann Marie Awad

Published February 12, 2015 at 7:17 AM CST

While Oakland, California-based musician Fantastic Negrito has been declared winner of NPR's Tiny Desk contest, we wanted to take a moment to shine a light on all of the entries that came out of the Baton Rouge area. See all their videos below.

David Randall

Less Talking

Nathan Smith

Zac Maras and Matt Young

Jodi James and Clay Parker

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Ann Marie Awad

Ann Marie came a long way to WRKF. Originally from Buffalo, NY, where she was a freelance print reporter, she moved to New York City to get a masters in journalism from the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. During her time at CUNY, she interned with Brooklyn's Heritage Radio Network and Philadelphia's WHYY FM. When she's not wielding a microphone, Ann Marie loves comic books, politics and a great cup of coffee.

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