Oddisee: Tiny Desk Concert
The charismatic Brooklyn-via-D.C.-area rapper creates just the right amount of space in his music. Here, he performs three songs live in the NPR Music offices.
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Strand Of Oaks: Tiny Desk Concert
Timothy Showalter’s music is filled with bite and sometimes regret, but also a good deal of warmth. Here, he plays three songs from HEAL, performed with just his voice and a guitar.
As D.C.’s Only Malian Griot, Cheick Hamala Diabate Can Get Lonely
Cheick Hamala Diabate is a griot — a storyteller, poet, community historian, counselor and player of the n’goni, a stringed…
Genevieve: Tiny Desk Concert
See a singer with a powerful voice and extremely encouraging message — words to be not just sung but shouted from the rooftops.
All Songs At 15: When The Tallest Man On Earth Played The Tiny Desk
For this week’s Throw Back Thursday we go back to the summer of 2009 and a stirring set of songs by The Tallest Man on Earth.
José González: Tiny Desk Concert
Performing his first new solo songs in seven years, this soft-spoken Swedish singer left an imprint at the Tiny Desk that was gentle and long lasting.
Listen To Boon, One Of Our Favorite Tiny Desk Contest Entrants, Lose Their Minds
D.C. indie-folk band Boon takes atmosphere seriously: Its recent Rome EP boasts more than 70 different instrumental layers. Frontman and…
Sylvan Esso: Tiny Desk Concert
Performed softly in the light of day, the duo’s year-old material feels fresh and lovable when performed outside of a dark, loud club setting.
Fantastic Negrito: Tiny Desk Concert
The singer beat out nearly 7,000 other submissions to win NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert Contest. See why in this passionate three-song set.
Phox: Tiny Desk Concert
The Wisconsin band performs three of its warm, accessible songs in the NPR Music offices.
Dan Deacon: Tiny Desk Concert
The Tiny Desk becomes a DJ booth for an office space dance party. See Deacon perform three songs from his new album for an assortment of joyfully writhing public media personnel.
The Tiny Desk Concert Contest Winner Is …
Out of thousands of submissions, one soulful musician came out on top.
These Are The Best D.C. Submissions To NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest
I’m using both the terms “D.C.” and “bands” loosely when I say that 130 D.C. bands submitted videos to NPR’s…
Bobby Bare Jr.: Tiny Desk Concert
The Nashville singer writes with acidic wit in lines worthy of his old mentor, Shel Silverstein.
Daniel Lanois: Tiny Desk Concert
The producer presides over an all-instrumental, free-form trio with drummer Brian Blade and bassist Jim Wilson. Lanois never says a word, but he sculpts some serious, hypnotic sounds.
Tiny Desk Concert: HMSTR
Watch our favorite hamsters Joni and Nash rip up the floors of the Tiny Desk and play their twee-as-all-get-out holiday pop-punk song, “Snow Day.” You can’t handle the cuteness.
St. Paul And The Broken Bones: Tiny Desk Concert
The band’s got heart and soul and flair, with a well-worn sound buoyed by strong, fresh songwriting.
J Mascis: Tiny Desk Concert
The Dinosaur Jr. frontman, one of the world’s loudest musicians, performs unplugged and acoustic in the NPR Music offices.
Banks: Tiny Desk Concert
On record, Banks is at the center of lavish productions, each suitable for throbbing remixes and banks of swirling lights. Here, though, she serves notice as a powerful singer in her own right.
T-Pain: Tiny Desk Concert
We asked the King of Auto-Tune if he’d grace the Tiny Desk without any embellishment or effects to show what’s really made his career: his voice, and those songs.