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“We’re Goldwing, and this is a fisherman’s desk.” The Juneau band was one of 25 from Alaska to submit videos of original music to NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest.

Anchorage-based singer-songwriter Sophia Street and James Goodreau dropped into KTOO’s arts room to play a Red Carpet Concert.

Her pottery features a technique called Mishima that allows her to etch fine dark lines onto the surface of her porcelain pieces, marrying her background in drawing and illustration with organic three-dimensional forms.

Whether people like his work or not, Jacob Higgins is proud of it. “You cannot create something new without having it sort of rub people the wrong way,” he said.

While David Bowie remembrances poured in, a group of folks from Juneau and Seattle had already made a fan tribute in May reimagining one of the late singer’s top singles.