From the newsroom: South Shore singer Lee Zangari is our local Tiny Desk favorite

Team Common is taking some time off to rest and recover over the holidays. In the meantime, we’re sharing some of our favorite stories from WBUR’s newsroom in 2022.

Every year, one lucky independent musician is launched into the national spotlight as the winner of NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest. In Massachusetts, nearly 150 local artists entered songs into this year's competition.

Arts reporter Amelia Mason listened to them all. For WBUR's Sound On music series, Mason and four other panelists chose their favorite local submission: "A Man Is A Man" by Lee Zangari.

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