Sasha Keable: Tiny Desk Concert

By Bobby Carter

Published July 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM EDT

Many artists who've played the Tiny Desk have come on the strength of their children. Most recently, Marvin Sapp told us, "My kids said that I had to do this." In Sasha Keable's case, it was her dad who introduced her to the Tiny Desk way back when Tom Jones played in 2009. Despite Keable's early goals, she faced a series of music industry setbacks that could have led her to quit. However, her Tiny Desk performance stands as a testament to her resilience, a victory lap in a race that's only just begun.

I discovered Keable through 2019's MAN EP; it instantly took me back to when I first heard Amy Winehouse. The music was raw and her delivery was brash, but the effortless power and range separated her from anything I was listening to. I invited her to the Tiny Desk a few months later, then COVID-19 hit, curbing the opportunity. In 2021, the British Colombian singer-songwriter released Intermission, but last year, everything seemed to click with a long string of singles that connected her with audiences across the pond and in the United States, including Beyoncé, who dropped her name in a GQ magazine interview.

Keable flew over from South London, enlisting the Slim Wav-led Band of Brothas to arrange a medley of bangers from her upcoming EP, act right, as her dad proudly watched on.

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