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NPR Tiny Desk Winner Chats With WFAE

Gaelynn Lea is a classically trained violinist, singer songwriter, and the winnerof this year's NPR Tiny Desk Contest. She performed at the Evening Muse on October 29 with musician Jess Klein. At the end of the show, Gaelynn sat down with WFAE's Sarah Delia to talk about life, her career, and how things have changed over the past year.

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Gaelynn Lea sings "The Parting Glass."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6oSeODGmoQ

Sarah Delia is a Senior Producer for Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins. Sarah joined the WFAE news team in 2014. An Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist, Sarah has lived and told stories from Maine, New York, Indiana, Alabama, Virginia and North Carolina. Sarah received her B.A. in English and Art history from James Madison University, where she began her broadcast career at college radio station WXJM. Sarah has interned and worked at NPR in Washington DC, interned and freelanced for WNYC, and attended the Salt Institute for Radio Documentary Studies.