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Alex Ferreira: Tiny Desk Concert

From jazz and Tejano to norteño and ska, 'El Tiny' returns with a takeover from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 for Latin Music Month.

Anamaria Sayre | September 24, 2026

Alex Ferreira's lyrics are a tide swishing with his own musical moon. Lapping and twisting and flowing in tandem with a steady guitar and tropical-leaning percussion, there's an alignment with the natural world of his island origins.

A poet in his own right, the Dominican singer has spent years quietly establishing himself as a true master of the songwriting craft. At the Tiny Desk, his mastery is on candid display. Some artists shrink under tungsten office lights, unable to hold up to the rawness of a stripped down set. Ferreira's brilliance shines in the simple — guitar, bass, drums, and piano — just enough sound to illuminate an unbreakable melody.

He sings of love mostly, heartbreak sometimes, but the day to day-ness of the comings and goings of life is always present. He raises the everyday to a level of artistic beauty, yet manages to make life feel breathable. In Ferreira's musical landscape, hardship washes in and out with the shifts of an ocean breeze and we're all made to flow in a sweetest dance celebrating honest life.

SET LIST

"Ven Que Te Quiero Ver"

"Monte Adentro"

"Un Cariñito"

"Me Pierdo Contigo (feat. Silvana Estrada)"

MUSICIANS

Alex Ferreira: vocals, guitar

Silvana Estrada: vocals

Luisber del Rio: guitar, sax

David Lizmi: bass

Jos Parker: piano

Jose Andres Marquez: drums