Featured Tiny Desk Concerts
Intimate concerts, recorded live at NPR Music headquarters.
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Kevin Parker takes the less-is-more approach at the Tiny Desk: an all-acoustic set of Tame Impala songs, brilliantly reimagined.
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As Gloria Estefan embarks on a 50-year retrospective of her career, this Tiny Desk takes on the same tone, heart and air of reflection.
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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."
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Four singers, four boleros. Angélica Garcia, Mireya Ramos, Trish Toledo and iLe each offer something distinct in these songs written and performed by Adrian Quesada.
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Every aspect of a Lido Pimienta performance is intensely intentional. Her turn behind the Tiny Desk is, as expected, rich with symbolism and musical beauty.
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Ty Segall pushed the limits of the space with stadium-sized vibes, resulting in some of the most glorious shredding you'll ever see at the Tiny Desk.
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Guster always finds new ways to weave sonic landscapes, tell meaningful stories and deeply engage with its fan base.
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Roseanne Cash has been making great records for forty years, but she's never played or written better music than she's doing right now.
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The world is doomed, but at least we've got the Mekons. The British punk band rumbles through its down-but-not-defeated songs with rowdy defiance.
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From the party anthem "Banquet" to the quiet "Blue," the English rock band spans its catalog at the Tiny Desk.
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The mandolin virtuoso captivates with her deep storytelling and incredibly fast fingerpicking.
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When we finally got Wet Leg into the office to record, we weren't surprised by the amount of playful swagger the band brought.
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The Pittsburgh emcee reimagines tracks from his classic mixtape, Kush & Orange Juice, with the help of Tiny Desk veterans, Pennsylvania natives and DJ Bonics.
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The gospel singer's Tiny Desk is a moving journey through the many eras of her monumental career.
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The venerated string quartet makes a stop on its 50th anniversary tour to play music from the dawn of the string quartet era right up to the present.
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The duo's music leans into small moments in order to make the outsized ones seem surmountable.
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Did we really squeeze the big sound of Living Colour behind the Tiny Desk? Yes, we did. And, yet, the band lost none of its intensity.
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Stanley Clarke and his band 4EVER perform a locked-in set of classics from the bassist's catalog while also giving them new life.