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The Austin 100: Isa Reyes

Yohance Barton
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Courtesy of the artist

Hometown: New York, New York

Genre: R&B

Why We're Excited: Issa Rae is a comedian and actor whose hilarious HBO comedy, Insecure, doubles as a showcase for tremendous hip-hop and alternative R&B, much of it little-heard nationally. Isa Reyes is a young alternative R&B singer whose tremendous music, all of it little-heard nationally, would double as an amazing soundtrack for the hilarious HBO comedy Insecure. C'mon, universe, make it happen. Available on a Soundcloud page that chronicles Reyes' in-progress ideas and rapidly jelling talent, "Sweet Tooth" is a breezy and irresistible two and a half minutes of synth-driven flirtation — a too-brief swath of blushy, youthful innocence that begs for a full album.


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Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)