Season 2015 (2015)
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Episodes 84
Trey Anastasio
The Phish star was in town to put on a huge show, but the songs here feel more personal than that.
Read MoreDaniel Lanois
The producer presides over an all-instrumental, free-form trio with Brian Blade and Jim Wilson.
Read MoreRubblebucket
Even without its confetti cannon, the band brings a fun mix of brass and brash to the NPR offices.
Read MoreBobby Bare Jr.
The Nashville singer writes with acidic wit in lines worthy of his old mentor, Shel Silverstein.
Read MoreJohn Reilly & Friends
Reilly sings and plays guitar alongside Tom Brosseau and Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark.
Read MoreMucca Pazza
With 23 members, the performance-art marching band is the biggest ever to play the Tiny Desk.
Read MoreUntil The Ribbon Breaks
The band strips down its electronic sound with the aid of a spaghetti strainer and a paint bucket.
Read MoreZola Jesus
With her huge voice and an assist on trombone, Nika Roza Danilova offers up a curious combination.
Read MoreDan Deacon
The Tiny Desk becomes a DJ booth for an office space dance party.
Read MoreFantastic Negrito
The singer beat out nearly 7,000 other submissions to win NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert Contest.
Read MoreMatt Haimovitz & Christopher O'Riley
The duo plays visionary Beethoven, heartbreaking Janáček and Glass that unfolds like a lullaby.
Read MorePunch Brothers
Before the wide-ranging band plays, the audience sings "Happy Birthday" to mandolinist Chris Thile.
Read MoreAnonymous 4 With Bruce Molsky
The a cappella quartet, with banjo and fiddle, offers popular songs from the Civil War era.
Read MoreSylvan Esso
Performed softly in the light of day, these three songs feel fresh and lovable.
Read MoreDeath Cab For Cutie
In a beautifully stark performance, the band plays two songs from Kintsugi and two older favorites.
Read MoreBeach Slang
James Snyder's euphoric punk anthems become raw and uplifting confessionals in this acoustic set.
Read MoreChadwick Stokes
Stokes' songs feel familiar; they're old friends before you're done hearing them for the first time.
Read MoreJessie Ware
The young English singer brings warmth to electronic music and a swooning quality to her own pop.
Read MoreDakhaBrakha
The Ukrainian acoustic quartet's music encompasses sounds and rhythms from around the world.
Read MoreJosé González
This soft-spoken Swedish singer left an imprint at the Tiny Desk that was gentle and long lasting.
Read MoreDiego El Cigala
The singer has been called "the Sinatra of flamenco." His expressive style draws on jazz.
Read MoreVijay Iyer Trio
Iyer's working band transforms selections from throughout the pianist's deep and varied catalog.
Read MoreYoung Fathers
Intense, hip-hop-infused poetry is reduced to just the essentials in this two-song, four-minute set.
Read MoreJason Vieaux And Yolanda Kondonassis
Watch the Grammy-winning guitarist and acclaimed harpist play music influenced by Africa and Asia.
Read MoreMadisen Ward And The Mama Bear
The mother-son duo's songs are memorable and singable even days after you hear them.
Read MoreFrank Fairfield
A young man with an old musical soul has a spellbinding voice and fluid fiddle playing.
Read MoreAnna & Elizabeth
If you've never thought your tastes would lean to mountain music, breathe deep and soak it all in.
Read MoreThe Prettiots
The clever trio shares its love of everything from Law & Order to old-school girl groups.
Read MoreStrand Of Oaks
Timothy Showalter's music is filled with bite and sometimes regret, but also a good deal of warmth.
Read MoreAnd The Kids
The trio's music is full of life, with dissonant sounds that still feel suited for singalongs.
Read MoreChristopher Paul Stelling
Best witnessed live, Stelling's music is steeped in tradition yet filled with vitality and soul.
Read MoreSonghoy Blues
See a Malian band that fuses African music with Western rock.
Read MoreKate Tempest
A celebrated English playwright and rapper deploys storytelling and poetry.
Read MorePaul Weller
See the beloved Britpop veteran perform songs from his new album, Saturns Pattern.
Read MoreTerence Blanchard Feat. The E-Collective
The New Orleans trumpeter's funky new band creates dance music to ward off despair.
Read MoreRestorations
The Philly rock band's big-hearted songs are stripped down to a few guitars and a MiniKorg.
Read MoreKacey Musgraves
The country singer plays four songs from Pageant Material, plus the set-closing "Follow Your Arrow."
Read MoreCaroline Rose
Rose plays music as if she's just met her new best friend: It's fresh, fun and enthusiastic.
Read MoreLeon Bridges
Bridges is easy to love and hard to resist, with purity in his voice that's untouched by modern pop.
Read MoreWatkins Family Hour
With help from Fiona Apple, two Nickel Creek alums gather a band to perform old and new songs.
Read MoreGina Chavez
The Austin singer-songwriter performs with intense openness, directness and warmth.
Read MoreJoan Shelley
As technology rules the day, here's a reminder that a single voice can carry deep emotion.
Read MoreThe Internet
The R&B band might just be the oddest thing to come from the hip-hop collective Odd Future.
Read MoreLianne La Havas
The singer is soulful yet playful, raw and vulnerable in a commanding kind of way.
Read MoreChristian Scott aTunde Adjuah
The trumpeter presents his emotionally charged, jazz-hybridized "stretch music" in performance.
Read MorePaolo Angeli
The Sardinian guitarist has a whole toy shop aboard his instrument.
Read MoreBeauty Pill
In Beauty Pill, life whirs with plunderphonic glee and riffs are funky from the inside out.
Read MoreThe Suffers
The 10-piece band can barely fit all its horns, guitars, percussion and energy behind one desk.
Read MoreDiane Coffee
Conjuring David Bowie, Diane Coffee's Shaun Fleming swaggered and shimmied behind the Tiny Desk.
Read MoreChris Stapleton
With his wife Morgane, the country singer-songwriter sings patient, detailed songs of devotion.
Read MoreRahim AlHaj
The oud player's wordless music tells powerful stories about life's blessedness and fragility.
Read MoreNathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
At the Tiny Desk, Rateliff's body-shaking Southern-style soul takes on a more laid-back sound.
Read MoreThe Wild Reeds
Great singers aren't easy to come by, so finding three in one band is something special.
Read MoreYouth Lagoon
Trevor Powers' new songs are expansive and self-assured, a transition reflected in this performance.
Read MoreTeddy Abrams
Hear a young conductor, composer and pianist play Beethoven and his own jazzy pieces.
Read MoreProtomartyr
The Detroit band's loud, screeching, grousing rock can be profound, poetic and bewildering.
Read MoreThe Oh Hellos
The nine-piece band bursts with anthemic joy, even as its songs convey darkness and loneliness.
Read MoreLand Lines
The Denver band's mysteriously swirling music is singular, new and adventurous.
Read MoreShakey Graves
When the singer breaks out his guitar and suitcase drum, a rush of adrenaline hits the room.
Read MoreSon Little
A modernistic bluesman with a taste for electronics appears with just his acoustic guitar.
Read MoreSharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Watch the soul star perform "Silent Night" and two originals — one for Christmas, one for Hanukkah.
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