RDGLDGRN: Tiny Desk Concert
The D.C.-area band crafts a striking mix of rock, hip-hop, funk, go-go and Brazilian sounds, fused with energy and humor.
Category: Concerts
First Listen Live: Drive-By Truckers, ‘American Band’
Filmed live at OPB in Portland, Ore., the long-running rock group tackles social and political issues with firebrand zeal. Watch Drive-By Truckers perform American Band in its entirety.
Common: Tiny Desk Concert At The White House
It was an offer we couldn’t pass up: The veteran rapper fronting an all-star band at the White House, for the very first Tiny Desk Concert to take place outside NPR’s offices.
Palehound: Tiny Desk Concert
Ellen Kempner and her band perform three tense and evocative songs from last year’s Dry Food, set amid the pin-drop silence of a rapt crowd.
Wilco: Tiny Desk Concert
Bands don’t typically get to play the Tiny Desk more than once, but Wilco is a natural exception. Watch the group perform “The Joke Explained” and three songs from its late-’90s catalog.
Chelsea Wolfe: Tiny Desk Concert
Last year’s Abyss saw Chelsea Wolfe make her metallic tendencies explicit. At the Tiny Desk with just an electric guitar, she takes three songs back to their primal form.
Shakey Graves: Tiny Desk Concert
When Alejandro Rose-Garcia, aka Shakey Graves, breaks out his guitar and suitcase kick drum/hi-hat, a palpable rush of swooning adrenaline hits the room.
Oh Pep!: Tiny Desk Concert
The band’s clever, thoughtful, infectious, harmony-filled music fits in everywhere from Nashville to its hometown of Melbourne.
Kacey Musgraves: Tiny Desk Concert
Before closing with the go-your-own-way anthem “Follow Your Arrow,” the country singer showcases four songs from her terrific second album, Pageant Material.
Terence Blanchard Feat. The E-Collective: Tiny Desk Concert
The New Orleans trumpeter wasn’t thinking about Eric Garner, Michael Brown or #blacklivesmatter when he first assembled this funky new band. But then it became a way to ward off despair.
Shamir: Tiny Desk Concert
The singer’s disco-infused funk and soul gets stripped down to a lone voice with a guitar, surrounded by an admiring throng of NPR staffers, interns and friends.
Kate Tempest: Tiny Desk Concert
A celebrated English playwright and rapper connects with her audiences through storytelling and poetry.
opbmusic Presents: Angel Olsen
Olsen showcases her impressively agile voice before an enthralled audience at the Pickathon 2014 Woods Stage. Watch her perform “Stars.”
tUnE-yArDs In Concert
See tUnE-yArDs recorded live in concert from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
Sylvan Esso, Live In Concert
The duo crafts an intoxicating mix of dance grooves and heady electronics. See one of 2014’s most captivating new bands, recorded live at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
SXSW 2014: Eagulls, Live In Concert
Not to be confused with Glenn Frey or Don Henley’s middle-of-the-road soft rock, British post-punk act Eagulls did anything but take it easy at our SXSW showcase. Watch the entire concert here.
Jason Moran’s ‘Live: Time On The Quilts Of Gee’s Bend’ Suite On JazzSet
Composer and pianist Jason Moran ushers in his era as Artistic Advisor for Jazz at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., with this performance, captured by JazzSet in honor of Black History Month.
Sing Out: A Concert Celebration Of Pete Seeger
Scott Simon hosts a special concert, recorded in 2005, with interviews and performances by Seeger and a cast of gifted artists. Participants include Judy Collins, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Cockburn, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Natalie Merchant, Janis Ian, Holly Near and more.