Episodes

Apr 14, 2022

The reggaetón superstar kicks off our "El Tiny" takeover of the Tiny Desk (home) concert series. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 12, 2022

The pop singer premieres new music with family and friends for her "El Tiny" home concert. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 7, 2022

The Colombian indie rock band performs a colorful and funky four-song set from their home country's capital, Bogotá. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 5, 2022

The Mexican singer returns to the instrument workshop that started it all, performing a stunning set from her parent's home in Veracruz, Mexico. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 15, 2022

The Cuban vocalist and her parents perform a three-song set from Havana for this stop of our "El Tiny" tour of Latin music. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 9, 2022

Watch Linda Diaz's Tiny Desk concert, recorded atop New York City's Javits Center. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 18, 2022

Wayne Coyne has been preparing for this era of social distancing for 10 years. Watch The Flaming Lips perform in bubbles for our Tiny Desk quarantine series. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 13, 2022

The Austin-based rock band is nominated for the album and record of the year at next year's Grammys. See why in this Tiny Desk quarantine concert. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 11, 2022

Benny The Butcher, one third of Griselda, performs a short set in his living room, with help from BSF labelmates Rick Hyde and Heem. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 11, 2021

The bohemian rock icon performs a Tiny Desk quarantine concert from his home in the Bahamas. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 9, 2021

The Brazilian-born guitarist performs a peace-inducing concert from his home in Los Angeles. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 4, 2021

The Boston-born, Los Angeles-based rapper does it all in this performance for our Tiny Desk quarantine series. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 2, 2021

The pop-meet-classical duo perform a quarantine concert from their New York City apartment. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 14, 2021

Listen to D Smoke perform a riveting Tiny Desk (home) concert. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 11, 2021

John and T.J. Osborne turn up the intensity in a Tiny Desk quarantine set that features music from the duo's 2020 album, Skeletons . Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 7, 2021

The 21-year-old McKenna performs a four-song quarantine concert with a full band. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 24, 2021

Nick Hakim premieres new music from a dark corner of his bedroom in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 22, 2021

The Alt.Latino favorite comes together virtually to perform a handful of songs from the band's latest album, Invisible People. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 20, 2021

The talented Canadian composer and songwriter creates an ensemble in their bedroom for our Tiny Desk quarantine series. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 16, 2021

The drummer and activist perform three songs for our Tiny Desk quarantine series. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 2, 2021

Ani DiFranco delivers a beautiful and powerful performance from her home and studio, Big Blue in New Orleans. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 30, 2021

The Nickel Creek fiddler makes a magical return to Tiny Desk. Watch Sara Watkins and her band perform five songs in quarantine. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 18, 2021

Americana's most famous couple perform a Tiny Desk quarantine set in their barn, backed by gorgeous stain-glassed windows. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 16, 2021

Burt Bacharach, one of pop's historic melody makers, is still performing at age 92, as you'll see in this Tiny Desk quarantine concert with lyricist Daniel Tashian. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 30, 2021

Watch four different Jacob Colliers perform simultaneously in the same studio in this unprecedented Tiny Desk quarantine concert. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 26, 2021

Bill Callahan has a deep pocket of stories to tell. Standing outside his home, he performs a few of them with guitarist Matt Kinsey and trumpet player Derek Phelps. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 23, 2021

One of our favorite indie rock lyricists performs a four-song concert for our Tiny Desk quarantine series. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 21, 2021

The most popular band in the world performs three songs with a live band for Tiny Desk's quarantine series. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 19, 2021

The country singer performed four songs from her latest album, Never Will , including one of our top 25 songs of 2019. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 16, 2021

Lucinda Williams and her guitar mate, Stuart Mathis, set up shop for a Tiny Desk home concert at Thirty Tigers' headquarters in Nashville. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 14, 2021

The pop group took to the biggest little stage in New York City to record its Tiny Desk quarantine set. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 12, 2021

One of the shining lights of Americana music recorded a Tiny Desk concert at her home in Nashville. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 9, 2021

Clem Snide and Scott Avett play spiritually searching songs from Forever Just Beyond while maintaining social distancing for their Tiny Desk (home) concert. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 2, 2021

Watch the hip-hop group perform a stripped-down set from a house in Los Angeles for Tiny Desk's quarantine series. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 26, 2021

The Nashville-based rock musician recorded a five-song set for our Tiny Desk quarantine series. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 25, 2021

The American guitarist met Adele Pappalardo years ago while touring Italy. They perform droning psych-folk songs together from their Bergamo home. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 23, 2021

Thao is joined by two cellists in this remarkable set for our Tiny Desk quarantine series. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 20, 2021

The indie rock band performs four songs while quarantining in five separate homes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 6, 2021

The acclaimed guitarist (and masculine half of She & Him) performed seven songs in his Tiny Desk quarantine concert. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 31, 2021

After performing for us last year, Nilüfer Yanya rejoins the Tiny Desk team from afar, performing three works from her last album and debuting a new song. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 25, 2021

The Seoul-based sextet performs music that blends Korean traditional music with modern sounds. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 24, 2021

The Polish rock band performed a Tiny Desk quarantine concert in Gdańsk basement. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 9, 2021

Lianne La Havas plays a Tiny Desk from her cozy London space. Her set includes two songs from her upcoming, self-titled album. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 17, 2021

John Fogerty plays three Creedence Clearwater Revival classics with some help from his family for his Tiny Desk home concert. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 21, 2021

From Kevin Morby's tiny desk in Kansas City, Kevin Morby and Waxahatchee duet. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 19, 2021

From Margo Price to Nathaniel Rateliff, watch five artists perform their favorite John Prine tunes from their homes (and bathtubs) in honor of one of the greatest songwriters of any generation. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 23, 2020

Rodrigo y Gabriela play a relaxed Tiny Desk home concert from their studio in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 18, 2020

The Death Cab For Cutie frontman performs a new song and pays tribute to Fountains of Wayne songwriter Adam Schlesinger in this quarantine concert. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 17, 2020

Laura Marling delivers an intimate performance of songs from her just-released record Song For Our Daughter in her living room. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 10, 2020

The singer and songwriter plays four new songs from his home in Cornwall, accompanied by a modular synthesizer and fronted by Adams' gifted falsetto. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 9, 2020

The jazz singer and guitarist has multiple Grammy nominations to his name. He performed five songs for our Tiny Desk quarantine series. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 6, 2020

No joke: The Doobie Brother took to his studio to record a special quarantine concert for Tiny Desk fans. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 2, 2020

One of Nashville's most talented couples took to their attic for a three-song set, including an unrecorded song that speaks to what so many of us our feeling right now. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 30, 2020

The New Normal includes some Tiny Desk concerts without the Tiny Desk. Sophie Allison, aka Soccer Mommy, performed a short set while quarantining in her Nashville home during the coronavirus crisis. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 24, 2020

Sudan Archives draws inspiration from Irish and African traditional music. Watch her channel both in this Tiny Desk concert. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 15, 2020

The pop superstar premiered a new song, "Gramercy Park," and revisited a classic during her Tiny Desk performance. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 1, 2020

The cast and musicians of the hit Broadway musical Hadestown pack into the Tiny Desk for a truly glorious performance of its greatest songs. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 27, 2020

More than 40 years after forming, the British post-punk pioneers finally visited the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 18, 2020

The award-winning Irish quartet performs three songs from its latest album, The Livelong Day , at the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 13, 2020

The frontwoman of the indie-rock band Hop Along made her second appearance at the Tiny Desk, this time performing songs from her debut solo album. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 11, 2020

Grammy-winning fiddler Augustin Hadelich brings one of the finest violins in the world to the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 4, 2020

Jon Batiste premieres new songs and takes us through some of the many sides of his rich musical history at the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 29, 2020

Alexandra Sauser-Monnig returns to the Tiny Desk with her band Daughter of Swords, showcasing new music as well as songs from 2019's gorgeous Dawnbreaker album. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 28, 2020

The harpsichord is alive and well. Watch Mahan Esfahani give the first solo harpsichord recital at the Tiny Desk, playing music that spans over 250 years. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 21, 2020

The Free Nationals and Anderson .Paak make their triumphant return to the Tiny Desk along with some other special guests. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 15, 2020

With a great deal of "Salva-Mex-American" pride, Angelica Garcia performs three songs from her album, Cha Cha Palace at the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 13, 2020

Alex Toth, who played the Tiny Desk back in 2015 as a member of Rubblebucket returns front and center with his own band, Tōth. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 8, 2020

Ho hey! Look who turned up at the Tiny Desk. Watch The Lumineers play a four-song set for the smallest crowd in ages. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 3, 2020

You'll want to watch this deeply reflective and personal Tiny Desk concert. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 30, 2020

The soul singer demonstrated a commitment to the Tiny Desk that we rarely, if ever, see. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 23, 2020

Chris and Rich Robinson revisit songs from their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker . Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 18, 2020

Watch the low-key British pop star perform "Sunflower," "Loving Is Easy" and more at the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 16, 2020

The former One Direction singer gave a charming performance of "Watermelon Sugar," "Adore You" and other cuts from his latest album, Fine Line. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 13, 2020

The 23-year old rapper from Alabama went for a stripped-down set anchored by a Peruvian cajón. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 12, 2020

Watch the award-winning pianist play a hit by Chopin, a premiere by Thomas Adès and a cherished song by Gershwin dressed in a virtuosic arrangement. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 6, 2020

Within the first moments of Taimane's magical set, we hear her play fiery flamenco, a famous phrase from the opera Carmen , a touch of Bach and more than a nod to her Hawaiian homeland. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 4, 2020

The veteran jazz drummer is joined by special guests that include producer and percussionist Kassa Overall and actor Malcolm Jamal Warner, for a potent and deeply moving set. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 3, 2020

Robby Grant, Pat Sansone (Wilco), Jonathan Kirkscey and John Medeski (Medeski, Martin & Wood) give an all-Mellotron performance, making music of magic and mystery. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 2, 2020

Weir, along with Don Was and Jay Lane, play a set rich in Grateful Dead lore, including an emotional take on the sing-along, "Ripple." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 28, 2020

The band from Havana brings its intoxicating mix of Afro-Cuban dance music and 1970s funk-and-soul to the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 26, 2020

The Australian singer transforms the NPR Music offices with a voice that, at moments, comes as a whisper. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 24, 2020

A consummate storyteller, going as far back to her days with her band Rilo Kiley, the words of Jenny Lewis comfort and inspire. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 24, 2020

Chris Dave, your favorite musician's favorite drummer, takes listeners on a journey through a virtual record store, picking up different genres along the way and putting them in your bag. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 24, 2020

The Canadian singer-songwriter gives a deep, soulful performance against a sometimes moody backdrop of bass saxophone and bowed guitars. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 18, 2020

The Iranian-Swedish singer draws her musical cues from Brandy and Sade while racking up a list of collaborators such as Vince Staples, James Fauntleroy and, most recently, Pharrell Williams. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 14, 2020

Backed by a small string section, Stevenson performed three songs that sounded so gorgeous, an actual marriage proposal broke out shortly after her set ended. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 12, 2020

Phil Elverum shares his open wounds — of death, love and the loss of love — in close harmonies, accompanied only by electric and nylon-string guitars. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 10, 2020

At 25, she mixes the bluesy melisma of Nina Simone and the deep register of Sarah Vaughan — two of her influences — with songwriting as devastating as her delivery. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 9, 2020

Here's a first: Steelpans at the Tiny Desk. It's true. Nearly a thousand performances into the series and the instrument has never been featured, until now. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 5, 2020

The strength of this London band is matching message with music. There's intensity and clear intention in their use of rock as an art. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 4, 2020

The R&B singer from Inglewood, CA made his performance a family affair, dedicating it to his late godson, with his mother and older brother on backup vocals. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 4, 2020

The Atlanta-based band came to NPR in a van packed with a bodhrán (Irish drum), an ngoni (West African harp) a huge gourd, a cello, a baritone guitar and more. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 29, 2020

Jimmy Eat World showed up to the NPR Music office all smiles and no guitars. They borrowed a couple acoustics, a gong and a tambourine for a heartfelt set that included "The Middle." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 27, 2020

The fast-rising teenager from Jamaica just won a Grammy for Best Reggae Album, making her the first woman and youngest artist to ever win in the category. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 27, 2020

After first trying to win our annual Tiny Desk Contest, the singer-songwriter from Nairobi decided to put out a record, got nominated for a Grammy and wound up here anyway. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 23, 2020

The eclectic composer joins members of the ACME ensemble for some of his most affecting music, which moves the audience to tears. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 17, 2020

The singer who once sang backup for Massive Attack, Iggy Azalea and The Chemical Brothers, is front-and-center at the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 15, 2020

Watch the celebrated opera star deconstruct old Italian love songs with her signature flair, backed by a crack jazz ensemble. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 15, 2020

Despite some unexpected gear problems, the soulful R&B artist and his band locked-in and played a phenomenal set behind the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 10, 2020

The Austin, Texas band brought old-school R&B horns, bongos and deep grooves to the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 8, 2020

The irrepressible harpist proves that the instrument can be as tempestuous as a tango, as complex as a Bach fugue and sing as serenely as a church choir. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 3, 2020

The Swedish singer sways and writhes as he and his band create a dream state calming enough to slow the day's hectic pace to a crawl. Take a seat on a comfy couch and have a listen. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Dec 31, 2019

Spanglish Fly is one of the pioneers of the boogaloo revival scene happening on the East Coast. For about sixteen minutes, they turned the NPR Music offices into the hottest Latin dance club in D.C. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Dec 30, 2019

It's impossible to not be drawn in by the visual specter of Balún as the band mixes traditional instruments and electronics, set against a rich tapestry of voices. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Dec 18, 2019

When Los Lobos gathered behind the Tiny Desk, it felt like they were cramped in the back room of a family Christmas party, calling up tunes from the Latin holiday song book. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Dec 16, 2019

The LA-based trio makes an intricate blend of jazz, R&B and hip-hop. For their Tiny Desk set, they pulled out all the stops: flutes, flugelhorns, saxophones, keyboards, ukuleles and more. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Dec 13, 2019

The Comet is Coming is a force of nature. The British trio makes the kind of instrumental jazz that takes music lovers out of their comfort zone and into a musical realm they may never have explored. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Dec 11, 2019

Watch the band perform a blissed-out, gently sweeping set featuring three songs from its latest album, Titanic Rising. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Dec 9, 2019

"I just want you to know," Raveena told the NPR office, "that in this space that we're in, you're extremely, extremely loved." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Dec 6, 2019

The enigmatic and reclusive producer Madlib joins hard-hitting emcee Freddie Gibbs for one of the most memorable Tiny Desks of the year. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Dec 2, 2019

The influential reggae group, whose name means "black freedom," brought songs of solidarity and love to the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Dec 2, 2019

A nomadic storyteller with a cross-genre style ranging from folk to rap, Mereba slays the devil in her solo set behind the Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 25, 2019

The singer brought a sparkling, pop-disco vibe and a lot of swagger to the sun-filled Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 22, 2019

The insightful pianist offers a Beethoven bonanza, ranging from the mesmerizing pulse of the popular "Moonlight" Sonata to flashes of wry humor and tender beauty. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 20, 2019

The jazz, funk and gospel improv group brought jams and joy to the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 18, 2019

The Nigerian singer and songwriter is one of the biggest African artists in the world and a pioneer of Afro-fusion, an inescapable sound this year. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 18, 2019

KOKOKO! are sonic warriors. They seized control of the Tiny Desk, shouting their arrival through a megaphone, while electronic sirens begin to blare. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 13, 2019

Sunny War has been homeless, busked on city streets and Venice Beach, left home feeling she was a burden to her mother, battled addiction and still found a way to bring joy to others thru her music. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 8, 2019

The British rapper made a trip all the way from the UK just for this Tiny Desk performance and powered through a set that made the personal political. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 6, 2019

The 34-year old R&B mainstay used his moment at the desk to fit in as many of his most cherished songs as possible — Nine songs in 17 minutes to be exact. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 25, 2019

Rio Mira's music celebrates life along the river that separates Ecuador and Colombia: soft breezes, loving friends, the embrace of Africa and lots of festejando! Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 23, 2019

The group from Japan is on a mission to expand the conventional meaning of "cute." Their performance included synchronized dancing, pom-poms and matching pink uniforms, with a heavy, angular sound. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 21, 2019

Along with his trio, the pianist, multi-instrumentalist and composer cast a spell over the NPR Music offices in this joyful turn behind the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 21, 2019

One week after releasing a record-shattering studio debut, the Atlanta native brings a glowing R&B set to the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 16, 2019

As she settled in for this stripped-down set, Taylor Swift looked out over the office. "I just decided to take this as an opportunity to show you guys how the songs sounded when I first wrote them." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 15, 2019

The Alabama Shakes singer and guitarist brought an eight-piece backing band to the Tiny Desk for a set of deeply personal and affecting songs. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 9, 2019

The vibrancy of the band can feel childlike and candy-coated. But the group's songs are more about the pain of entering adulthood and leaving some of that sweetness behind. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 7, 2019

Nearly a decade after her first appearance at the Tiny Desk, Sharon Van Etten returns with a full band and a bigger, bolder sound. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 4, 2019

After performing at the Tiny Desk as one third of the group Mountain Man, Molly Sarlé returns for a soul-stirring solo performance. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 30, 2019

The brothers and their backing band gave a playful performance of three tracks from their latest album, Happiness Begins. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 30, 2019

In his second visit to the Tiny Desk, Josh Ritter had America on his mind. "We all have to fight against this notion that we're not all human beings." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 25, 2019

The R&B singer performed songs from her debut full-length, Shea Butter Baby. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 23, 2019

Y La Bamba returns for its second Tiny Desk performance with a revised musical vision. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 18, 2019

There's a hush to the music of Nilüfer Yanya that made the Tiny Desk the perfect stage for her sound. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 16, 2019

Giddens shares songs from her latest album, There is No Other, in an emotional and transfixing performance at the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 11, 2019

Sixteen performers from the Broadway cast crammed behind the Tiny Desk to sing songs and share stories about thousands of airline passengers who were stranded in Newfoundland after 9/11. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 9, 2019

With eyes shut, Marley dug deep into the healing power of music with songs from his 2017 album Stony Hill . Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 9, 2019

The Tallest Man On Earth's second appearance at the Tiny Desk comes almost 10 years to the day after his first. He returns with a touch of grey and a beard, but no less intense or moving. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 3, 2019

The three Israeli sisters in A-WA mix Yemenite and Arabic traditions with splashes of reggae and hip-hop. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 30, 2019

The singer and mega-hit songwriter showcases three of his own tracks, including "I Luv Your Girl" and two songs from Ménage à Trois: Sextape Vol. 1, 2, 3. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 29, 2019

The pianist and programmer has transformed the acoustic piano into his duet partner. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 26, 2019

47SOUL's message of equality is meant for the world. It's music without borders, mixing old and new, acoustic and electronic from a band formed in Amman Jordan, singing in Arabic and English. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 23, 2019

Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz made everything seem so easy, with just a few acoustic instruments and a single microphone behind the Tiny Desk, performing songs full of joy and thoughtfulness. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 21, 2019

Nicole Bus' sound is reminiscent of vintage R&B, yet still feels current and capable of transcending age and demographics. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 19, 2019

The Houston-based rapper's mindful words are like a life hack for anyone seeking guidance, with pleas to look past inherent hardships and evil and to stay focused on life's ultimate prizes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 16, 2019

Watch a young cellist on the rise, offering music of virtuosity, sweet lyricism and a little fire from his Persian roots. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 12, 2019

How does half•alive, known for funky earworms and synchronized dancing, translate to such a cozy space? Have the dancers sit. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 12, 2019

Among Authors' music isn't casual; there are songs within these songs, and they're not always catchy. They'll take you on a journey worth following. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 7, 2019

David Crosby, Becca Stevens, Michelle Willis and Michael League are The Lighthouse Band, and together they harmonized the heck out of the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 5, 2019

Bas came to the Tiny Desk to get it, and — in a breathless four-song set — he did exactly that. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 5, 2019

The Calle 13 veteran, fresh off her appearance at demonstrations in Puerto Rico, performs three songs that rage with revolutionary intensity. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 1, 2019

The two bands just released Years to Burn , their first album together since 2005. Now, they've performed three songs — two new, one old — for Calexico's Tiny Desk debut. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 29, 2019

Tamino possesses one of the most remarkable and memorable voices to ever grace the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 29, 2019

Backed by a band assembled just for this occasion, the breakthrough pop icon performs three joyfully showy songs from Cuz I Love You . Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 24, 2019

The spirit of Cab Calloway lives on in Masego, the singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist who surprised NPR's Tiny Desk audience with a zany sense of showmanship. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 23, 2019

As the NPR staff gathered to watch his performance, Jacob Collier sprinted full bore down the hallway for his set, hardly able to contain his creative energy or enthusiasm. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 23, 2019

The punk-infused art band from Washington, D.C. brings a kinder, gentler and sparer version of the group's music to the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 12, 2019

Every time she performs live, Erin Rae transforms her quiet storms into different hues of squalling introspection. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 10, 2019

The two musical legends brought plenty of joy to the Tiny Desk, with an unexpected collaboration that works surprisingly well. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 8, 2019

Miya Folick was raised a Buddhist in Santa Ana, Calif., and is of Ukrainian and Japanese descent. She sings of conviction, not fiction. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 8, 2019

Who would've thought that American Football's fruitful reunion would not only include some of the emo band's best songs, but also a children's choir at the Tiny Desk? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 3, 2019

The group from Ireland makes music that mixes the organic with the electronic, starting with a large, 34-string lever harp. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 1, 2019

On Broadway, Be More Chill is a playful burst of frenetic energy and silly, stealthy sweetness. At the Tiny Desk, it holds onto that rowdy, generous spirit while stripping down the arrangements. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 26, 2019

Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Elmo, Grover, Rosita, Count von Count, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster and other surprise guests gather at NPR's headquarters to celebrate 50 years of love, learning and joy. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 26, 2019

Betty Who brings Roséwave, sun's-out pop to the Tiny Desk with all the usual studio production stripped away. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 24, 2019

Tasha Cobbs Leonard is widely regarded as one of the best gospel singers performing today. Her set at the Tiny Desk moved many at the NPR offices to tears. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 20, 2019

Imogen Heap takes us through her many musical talents, from her Frou Frou musical partner, Guy Sigsworth — and their first new song in 17 years — to an extraordinary performance with musical gloves. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 19, 2019

The British madmen brought fury, cathartic rage and deep thoughts to the Tiny Desk for one of the loudest, most raucous performances in memory. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 12, 2019

Foxing is at the forefront of an emo revival, heavily influenced by late-'90s and early 2000s groups like Sunny Day Real Estate and American Football. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 7, 2019

Tomberlin is the daughter of a Baptist pastor, grew up singing in the church and, since her teens, has questioned her own beliefs in God and faith. Her songs are delicate and vulnerable. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 4, 2019

Quinn and his musical partner, guitarist and singer Nick Carpenter, arrived from the cool of Anchorage to the swelter of D.C. and performed with remarkable confidence and grace. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 30, 2019

The group unites sounds from Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, with a dash of New York City thrown in. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 28, 2019

Hailing from New Orleans with a love of sticky, bass-bumping funk, Lucky brought along a 10-person band, including a quartet of horns, to capture the full flavor of his debut album Painted. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 22, 2019

There is no one making music like this 27-year-old, classically trained opera tenor and pianist. Watch and see why. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 20, 2019

Watch members of the New York-based group give the world premiere video performances of two recent pieces by Radiohead guitarist and composer Jonny Greenwood. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 16, 2019

Watch what happens when the smoky-voiced jazz singer from Mexico conspires with an adventuresome string quartet for songs steeped in Latin American traditions. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 13, 2019

These classically trained artists fill the NPR Music offices with shrieking, rhythmic noise that redefines what an electric guitar can do. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 7, 2019

This is probably the quietest you'll ever hear the first metal band to play the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 2, 2019

Laraaji is best known to some for his ambient work with Brian Eno in the late '70s. He brings his meditative calm to the Tiny Desk in this hypnotic performance. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 29, 2019

Toro y Moi loses the voice processing, synths and other heavy effects for a stripped-down acoustic set at the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 24, 2019

Tiny Desk alums Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers surprised us all with their stunning collaboration this year as Better Oblivion Community Center. Together they radiate joy at the desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 22, 2019

The Calidore String Quartet confirms that the centuries-old formula – two violins, a viola and a cello – is still very much alive and evolving. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 17, 2019

The music of Theodore is dark and transformative, with the kind of spare elegance you can hear in Sigur Rós or Pink Floyd. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 16, 2019

These three songs, from Clark's incendiary new album This Land , roar with the assurance and force of a showman at the top of his game. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 10, 2019

Scottish singer, songwriter and essayist Karine Polwart seldom comes stateside, eschewing air travel to reduce her carbon footprint. But on a rare, recent visit, she stopped in D.C. for a Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 8, 2019

The R&B singer from Los Angeles is all about showing and spreading love. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 3, 2019

It was a day when sunlight drenched the office and the songs of heart from Courtney Marie Andrews felt right at home. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 1, 2019

Performing unplugged, the band forgoes its usual meticulousness in favor of a shaggy, entirely acoustic mix of new songs and '90s-era deep cuts. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 27, 2019

The singer from Puerto Rico is part of a movement on the island that emphasizes largely acoustic instruments and a folk-based approach to interpreting life before and after the hurricane of 2017. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 25, 2019

Philadelphia Rapper Chill Moody and singer Donn T, along with their crew known as &More, were one of the standout entrants in last year's Tiny Desk Contest. They bring a message of hope and love. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 20, 2019

The veteran rocker and a backup band from Italy play songs from their album The Crossing, chronicling an American Dream of rock and roll and Beat poetry. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 19, 2019

The U.K.-based singer-songwriter takes the Tiny Desk on a cosmic journey through her Saturn return. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 14, 2019

Multi-hyphenate artist Kaia Kater uses the architecture of roots music, which she studied in West Virginia, to establish a simultaneous dialogue with both the present moment and her own past. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 11, 2019

The artist came to the Tiny Desk masked up, as always, the better to catch a glimpse of her soul. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 6, 2019

Myers replaces her album's roaring electric guitars and electronics with a pulsing string quartet, piano and brushed drums — and uncorks a cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Mar 4, 2019

The Brooklynites stand out for their inventive and seamless blend of jazz, R&B and hip-hop. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 28, 2019

The Atlanta trap super-producer and son of a preacher man saved the day with a soulful Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 25, 2019

Decked out in matching, cobalt blue outfits, the singer and her band had a clear vision: If you want to overcome the times, find strength in numbers. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 21, 2019

The Afro-Cuban percussionist mesmerizes with his almost otherworldly talent on congas. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 21, 2019

Scott Mulvahill has been trying to win the Tiny Desk Contest for each of its four years. And while he's never won, we all loved him so much we had to invite him to play. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 14, 2019

The voices of Amelia Meath, Molly Erin Sarlé and Alexandra Sauser-Monnig come together behind the Tiny Desk, with songs that conjure a simpler life: dogs, friends, moonlight or skinny dipping. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 11, 2019

There's a magical aura that surrounds Lau Noah as she sits behind the Tiny Desk and unspools thought-provoking story-songs. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 6, 2019

Kurt Vile and his musical mate, Rob Laakso casually lose themselves in complex guitar lines that are effortlessly beautiful and lyrical. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Feb 4, 2019

Chan Marshall and her band perform a brisk and beautifully orchestrated medley of Cat Power songs: "Wanderer," "Woman" and 2006's "The Moon." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 30, 2019

This Blood Orange Tiny Desk is a beautifully conceived concert showing off the craft and care that has made Devonté Hynes a groundbreaking producer and songwriter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 23, 2019

Watch the Australian singer-songwriter perform three new songs from her upcoming full-length debut, Beware of the Dogs. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 16, 2019

The multi-instrumentalist says he only wishes he had more limbs; but Wood still manages to simultaneously play a bass guitar, keys and drums, all while singing into a wearable microphone. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 15, 2019

Aaron Lee Tasjan arrived in an ascot and mustard-colored shirt, sporting red, round sunglasses and mutton chops. It was a fashionable nod to the psych-pop and rock sound he brought to the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 14, 2019

Carolina Eyck, the first artist to bring a theremin to the Tiny Desk, plays the air with the kind of lyrical phrasing and "fingered" articulation that takes a special kind of virtuosity. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 10, 2019

The preacher's son from Compton brought his flair for the dramatic, and an air of rebellion, to the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jan 7, 2019

The saxophonist is a big thinker whose mesmerizing compositions chronicle the music of his native Puerto Rico with the help of an adventurous jazz quartet. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Dec 17, 2018

Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa, along with his brother Ruy on drums and bassist Gaston Joya, deliver a set of danceable jazz explorations rooted in Afro-Cuban musical traditions to the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Dec 17, 2018

Amy Grant maps her fabulous, four-decade career with some of her coziest and heartfelt Christmas songs, not to mention a delightful version of "Jingle Bells." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Dec 12, 2018

The singer stuns in her second appearance at the Tiny Desk, showcasing not only her vocal mastery, but her skills as a captivating multi-instrumentalist. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Dec 5, 2018

The Clan celebrates its 25th anniversary with an old-school cipher at the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Dec 4, 2018

The band takes its quirks of production, rhythm and rhyme and brilliantly arranges them to work behind the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 30, 2018

No one in the NPR offices could have imagined how remarkable this 15-year old pianist would be at the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 29, 2018

The Innocence Mission, ever the most careful cultivators of quiet, encouraged us to come closer, to discover the "thing beautiful enough" in the moment it's delivered. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 26, 2018

The Toronto-based R&B duo bathed the Tiny Desk in vibrant blue, purple and orange light to make it feel more like a concert hall. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 26, 2018

Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers are all Tiny Desk alumae, but here they play together at NPR for the first time as boygenius, one of this year's best surprises. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 13, 2018

The story of Bernie and the Believers is the story of Bernie Dalton's diagnosis of Lou Gehrig's disease and compassionate friends making his dream come true and his songs come to life. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 9, 2018

The band's songs, stripped here to their essence, are particularly peaceful and calm — and sometimes chilling. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 8, 2018

No matter how dark or disastrous, there's always been an undercurrent of grace to the music of David Bazan. He returns to his Pedro the Lion moniker for this memorable Tiny Desk performance. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Nov 2, 2018

After back-to-back performances in South Africa, Argentina, Chile and New York, Payton hit the Tiny Desk, where he dazzled the audience, simultaneously playing his trumpet and a Fender Rhodes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 29, 2018

Liniker e os Caramelows are from Brazil but steeped in the tradition of soul from here in the U.S. Watching this performance is to witness a spell being cast, note-by-note. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 29, 2018

A single voice can send a powerful message - and that's just what Jim James did at the Tiny Desk, with just his voice and an acoustic guitar. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 24, 2018

The charismatic singer and saxophonist brought a group of longtime friends to play a warm, thoughtful and chill set at the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 22, 2018

The self-proclaimed "Funklordz" normally perform as a duo, but played with a live band for the first time at the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 22, 2018

The Cuban pianist thrilled the NPR office with an intense performance that was as melodic as it was rhythmic. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 17, 2018

"I'm sorry I'm shy," Florence Welch told the crowd of NPR family and friends gathered for her Tiny Desk performance. "If this was a big gig, I'd probably be climbing all over here and running around." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 15, 2018

The pioneering Mexican band recreates the adventurous musical energy of their massive stadium shows behind Bob Boilen's desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 10, 2018

The OutKast star performs "So Fresh, So Clean," "The Way You Move" and his solo single "All Night" with the help of singer Sleepy Brown and an eight-member backing band. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 5, 2018

Henry and his band would have sounded right at home on Stax Records in the '70s — no small accomplishment. Watch them perform three funky, soulful jams. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Oct 1, 2018

Before embarking on a tour of Australia and Asia, the Chicago native brought the squad that helped make Care For Me one of 2018's best — along with a very special guest. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 25, 2018

The jazz singer, who used to be into radical feminist punk, now composes and sings beautiful jazz ballads. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 21, 2018

Watch the ambitious countertenor sing music that spans more than 250 years, connecting the dots between David Byrne, George Frideric Handel and Philip Glass. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 19, 2018

Julie Byrne's transporting music can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 17, 2018

Brooklyn-bred hip-hop duo Smif-N-Wessun – consisting of partners in rhyme, Steele and Tek – illuminated the Tiny Desk with their signature, 80-proof poetry: straight, no chaser. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 17, 2018

This trio has become a reference point of their own for new school instrumentalists, a coveted achievement for any jazz group, though their appeal stretches far outside the jazz ecosystem. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 13, 2018

While this Sacramento, Calif. band didn't win this year's Tiny Desk contest, their video entry, for the song "Peach Scones," was among the more memorable we've ever seen. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 10, 2018

Jupiter Bokondji and his band Okwess play music that feels both African and American, with Jupiter's early musical tastes inspired by The Jackson 5, James Brown and the sounds of Motown. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 5, 2018

The band makes life-affirming music that singer Kalmia Traver created over the past few years, filled with the triumph of being cancer free. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Sep 4, 2018

Watch the young Harvard grad dispatch some of the most "knuckle-busting" piano repertoire with uncommon panache and precision. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 29, 2018

Two of Kansas City's finest — and indie hip-hop's trailblazers — deliver a dose of Strange Music. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 27, 2018

In the fifteen years since he released Trap Muzik , Tip Harris has reinvented himself a thousand times over. But the stories he recounts from that era make his Tiny Desk a memorable one. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 27, 2018

Backed for the first time ever by members of the Howard Gospel Choir, the Irish singer-songwriter shows off a voice built to fill stadiums in more ways than one. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 22, 2018

The Australian band uses tiny moments of introspection to illuminate life's bewildering, terrifying, isolating aspects — especially as they apply to women. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 17, 2018

Watch the 19-time Grammy winner return to his lifelong passion for J.S. Bach, playing music from the Cello Suites and offering advice on the art of incremental learning. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 15, 2018

The singer's performance at the Tiny Desk was an almost spiritual experience, leaving many at the NPR Music offices in awe. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 13, 2018

Even from its beginnings in late-60s Oakland, the band has always stood out. Fifty years later, its devotion to classic horn-driven soul remains unmatched, its passion and precision unchanged. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 10, 2018

DAWN has a breathless enthusiasm for shape-shifting pop music. She strips three songs to just the essentials, illuminating the impeccable songwriting behind her wild combination of sounds. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 6, 2018

Mac Miller reflects on his journey's peaks and valleys in a boisterous set of songs from Swimming , featuring special guest Thundercat on "What's the Use?" Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 3, 2018

One of our favorite new artists of 2018 visits the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Aug 1, 2018

Del McCoury has been performing, and updating, his take on bluegrass for some 60 years. At the Tiny Desk, he brought three traveling songs and some good yarns to share from his ample time on the road. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 31, 2018

The precise serrations of Washington, D.C. band Flasher get softened for a visit to the Tiny Desk — their vocals, normally side-by-side rushing electric instruments, get the center stage treatment. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 25, 2018

The veteran singer showcases her soaring powerfully expressive voice in a performance that bridges several generations of classic soul. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 23, 2018

The storied vocal ensemble brings close harmony singing to a diverse set list that includes a Beatles tune and a bawdy madrigal from the 1500s. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 19, 2018

The Icelandic composer is joined by two "ghost" pianists, making mysterious and memorable music at the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 18, 2018

A Tribe Called Quest's Ali Shaheed Muhammad and composer Adrian Younge brought their Luke Cage -inspired collaboration to the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 11, 2018

Occasionally a new voice emerges so rich in experience that the only way to describe it is old soul. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 10, 2018

Rev. Sekou and the Seal Breakers gave one of the most rousing Tiny Desks we've ever had, opening with one question: "Do you want to get free?" Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 9, 2018

Come for the jokes, stay for the French harmonica player who's toured with Stevie Wonder, Prince and Ed Sheeran. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jul 2, 2018

New Orleans' native son brought his musical Gumbo — and a 10-piece orchestra — to the Tiny Desk for some well-seasoned soul and a lesson in creative freedom. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 29, 2018

Join the "Children of the Sun" - or sit back and enjoy the spectacle - in this Tiny Desk experience. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 27, 2018

The star sheds his band for a warm, winning, utterly game, happily overstuffed five-song performance of songs from across his long career. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 25, 2018

Watch the New York rap icon perform "Paid In Full" and "Know The Ledge," as well as a new song for Marvel's Luke Cage , at the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 22, 2018

A handful of teenagers, and a 12-year-old violinist, from the radio show From the Top , give sparkling performances, proving there's a bright future for classical music. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 20, 2018

The bassist and drummer from D.C.'s pioneering punk band Fugazi join guitarist Anthony Pirog for a set of thrilling, sometimes loud and frenetic instrumentals. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 18, 2018

Watch the 20-year-old star perform acoustic versions of "Location," "Saved" and "Young Dumb & Broke." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 18, 2018

Come for one of Havana's most talented acts. Stay for García's incredible mohawk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 13, 2018

The D.C. rapper brought quite the crew to his Tiny Desk performance. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 12, 2018

Watch the rising U.K. star perform intimate renditions of "Blue Lights," "On My Mind" and "Teenage Fantasy" with a full band. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 8, 2018

The one-woman riot who made headlines during the inaugural Women's March On Washington visits the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 6, 2018

The 14-year-old singer who signed to Columbia after winning America's Got Talent , dazzles the Tiny Desk with her breathtaking voice. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 4, 2018

Watch the R&B star-in-the-making perform three songs, including a guest appearance by H.E.R. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Jun 1, 2018

This 22-year-old Brit has soul for days. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 30, 2018

We squeezed 12 go-go musicians behind the Tiny Desk. Watch what ensued. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 30, 2018

Watch the Chicago-based ensemble conjure otherworldly sounds from steel pipes, tuned cowbells and a bowl that sings. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 30, 2018

The Los Angeles rapper and Kendrick Lamar collaborator performed four songs from her excellent album, Heirloom . Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 30, 2018

The Colombian pop star and Chilean rising star brought their duet tour to the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 21, 2018

Tony Shalhoub, Katrina Lenk and the cast of the Tony-nominated play The Band's Visit marked the first Broadway performance at the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 18, 2018

The dream of the '90s is alive in this Canadian rock band. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 16, 2018

This trio from Houston, Texas makes trance-inducing music heavily inspired by 1960s and '70s funk and soul from, of all places, Thailand. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 14, 2018

The winner of this year's Tiny Desk Concert Contest makes his official debut performance behind the desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 11, 2018

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn are two American musical treasures. This husband-and-wife banjo duo write original tunes steeped in the roots of folk music. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 7, 2018

In three songs from Reservoir , Gordi keeps her voice both unadorned and centered within warm, cool arrangements that include piano, guitar, pedal steel, a harmonium named Barbara, and more. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 4, 2018

Even if the world came to an end, there's still beauty and hope in all of us and in song. That about sums up the wistful mystery that is the music of Darlingside. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

May 2, 2018

Most rap fans would name RZA as the head of the Wu-Tang Clan. But Wu purists know that GZA, or The Genius, is the crew's unspoken elder statesman. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 30, 2018

Bedouine is Azniv Korkejian, a singer and guitarist who echoes sounds from the 1960's North American folk songwriters, but with vocal inflections closer to Leonard Cohen than to Joni Mitchell. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 27, 2018

ÌFÉ isn't playing anything new. In fact, the band takes on something quite old: ritual Afro-Caribbean music that takes a lifetime to absorb and master. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 25, 2018

The multinational band of theatrically fun and talented musicians in Superorganism mix melody and mischievous with almost Seussian folly. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 23, 2018

Hear a triumphant fusion of jazz, rock and blues that moves with momentum and fresh anticipation. Logan Richardson plays with a lyrical intensity that is both focused and free. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 20, 2018

When you hear John Moreland's sweet voice, it's hard to believe he spent years singing in punk, metal-core and hardcore bands. He plays acoustic guitar now, but his songs are still full of passion. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 19, 2018

The veteran Brooklyn rapper was an underground star during hip-hop's golden era. At the Tiny Desk, O.C. made it clear that he hasn't lost his edge. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 16, 2018

The Breeders' dreamy scuzz sounds more wizened and frazzled at the Tiny Desk, featuring the same lineup behind the band's breakout, 1993 album Last Splash. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 16, 2018

The Uruguayan singer-songwriter is one of the finest lyricists operating today. Watch his stunning performance behind the Tiny Desk. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 11, 2018

Tyler Childers writes songs about hard lives and hard love with direct heart and a soulful Kentucky drawl. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 10, 2018

Flamenco, jazz and classical share the stage in this Tiny Desk from one of our favorite Spanish composers. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 9, 2018

See the band perform a rare evening Tiny Desk concert, illuminated by flickering lights Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

Apr 4, 2018

The guitarist and singer for The Black Keys and The Arcs brings his Easy Eye Sound Revue to the Tiny Desk, recalling a time and sound from the '60s when southern R&B, including Nashville, was a force. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy