NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

Pilih Musim

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E1

Lucius

One minute, Lucius sounds like a '60s girl group; the next might conjure images of Emmylou Harris.

E2

Black Prairie

With members of The Decemberists, the band lends a snappy, lilting quality to songs of alienation.

E3

Of Montreal

Frontman Kevin Barnes uses the intimacy of the NPR Music offices to try out some quiet new material.

E4

Cantus

The a cappella ensemble sings widely divergent songs from American, European and Sufi traditions.

E5

The xx

In The xx's songs, all the calm chilliness in the world can't quite contain an exposed heart.

E6

Night Beds

Winston Yellen's arresting voice propels a lighthearted but deeply affecting set at the NPR office.

E7

Mary Halvorson Quintet

The guitarist brings a decidedly non-standard approach to jazz's standard practices.

E8

The Lone Bellow

The fast-rising Brooklyn trio sings beautiful, heartfelt, impeccably harmonized folk-pop songs.

E9

Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill

Watch one of the best fiddlers on the planet and a subtle guitar master work their magic.

E10

Efterklang

The Danish band ransacks the NPR Music offices looking for sound-making material and new ideas.

E11

Yo La Tengo

To coincide with the release of the band's 13th album, Fade, Yo La Tengo performs an acoustic set.

E12

Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu

The duo's quietly energetic performance hangs over the the NPR Music offices like a soft mist.

E13

Father Figures

Zany, brainy and danceable, these guys' music mixes rock and jazz like King Crimson at its fiercest.

E14

Nicola Benedetti

Watch the violinist spin out music by John Williams and Bach in sweet, soulful tendrils of sound.

E15

Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale

The veteran country players mix corny humor, musical merrymaking and timeless vocal harmonies.

E16

Mohammad Reza Shajarian

The 73-year-old Iranian icon unleashes torrents of swooping, soaring sound that elicit goosebumps.

E17

Imani Winds

Imani Winds' members shrink Igor Stravinsky down to size in a quintet take on The Rite of Spring.

E18

OK Go

OK Go helps us transport the Tiny Desk from NPR Music's old headquarters to our new facility.

E19

The National

Watch the band perform acoustic arrangements of four songs from its new album, Trouble Will Find Me.

E20

NO BS! Brass Band

An 11-piece brass band turns up the funk and flies the flag high for its native Richmond, Va.

E21

Billy Bragg

One of the world's finest folksingers channels the spirit of Woody Guthrie at the NPR Music offices.

E22

Patty Griffin

Watch the singer-songwriter and her band perform three songs from her fine new album, American Kid.

E23

Maya Beiser

A brilliant cellist with a stunning command of her instrument, Beiser performs at the NPR offices.

E24

Laura Mvula

The U.K. singer performs some of her most intimate material in a short set at the NPR Music offices.

E25

Cheick Hamala Diabate

The Malian musician and his band craft melodies and rhythms that cut across age and ethnicity.

E26

Skinny Lister

The rowdy English folk-punk band brings its barely controlled mayhem to the NPR Music offices.

E27

Frank Turner

Two men with unplugged instruments convey the bawdy rowdiness of a full band.

E28

Alice Russell

When the British singer performs, her emotionally fiery music just gets hotter and grittier.

E29

Cheyenne Mize

The singer, instrumentalist and music therapist plays slinky, forceful songs at NPR Music.

E30

Guards

Hear three sturdy pop songs from In Guards We Trust, performed live at the NPR Music offices.

E31

Time For Three

Hear the "classically trained garage band" perform with staggering technique and contagious energy.

E32

Dana Falconberry

Watch Falconberry and five bandmates perform three delicate songs from her recent album Leelanau.

E33

Keaton Henson

Henson's voice is so fragile and hushed, if you were 10 feet away from him you'd barely hear a peep.

E34

Jim Guthrie

Guthrie and his band drove 18 hours round-trip from Ontario to perform three songs for NPR Music.

E35

Alpine

The Australian sextet crafts busily impeccable, harmony-intensive pop music with a danceable sway.

E36

Mother Falcon

The 17-member chamber-rock collective uses its size in the service of great, snappy, stirring songs.

E37

The Front Bottoms

The community that's formed around The Front Bottoms speaks to the band's passion and compassion.

E38

Buika

Concha Buika's voice comes from Africa and the past. Watch her perform in the NPR Music offices.

E39

Steve Gunn

Watch Gunn's trio perform a set of hypnotic long-form jams that are perfect for taking it easy.

E40

Baths

Watch Baths' Will Wiesenfeld perform mysterious, textured electronic music in the NPR offices.

E41

Bombino

For our 300th Tiny Desk Concert, we showcase a Tuareg guitarist's fierce, hypnotic, alluring jams.

E42

The 1975

Performing solo, singer Matthew Healy doesn't hesitate to transform both his songs and himself.

E43

Arturo O'Farrill

With an eye on both the past and the future, O'Farrill has jazz and Afro-Cuban music in his DNA.

E44

Shovels & Rope

The husband-and-wife duo mixes rowdy folk-rock and rootsy ballads, with the help of a canine friend.

E45

The Cristina Pato Trio

A Galician bagpiper and her trio take Celtic sounds in an entirely wild and wonderful direction.

E46

Hem

Hem makes a homey, fireside kind of music, with songs that feel as if they've always been there.

E47

Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi

The Zimbabwean legend performs songs from the mournful but celebratory Sarawoga for NPR Music.

E48

Lawrence Brownlee

The operatic tenor, acclaimed for his Rossini, circles back to his roots as a singer of spirituals.

E49

Superchunk

Watch the venerable band translate its electric sound to acoustic instruments in an intimate way.

E50

Valerie June

Short of seeing her live and in person, this is the best way to encounter June's heartfelt sound.

E51

Okkervil River

The band performs three songs from a record inspired by the childhood of singer Will Sheff.

E52

Matt Ulery's Loom

The bassist composes beautiful, unpretentious music for an unusual jazz band with accordion.

E53

Daughter

Pretty and melancholy, the Londoners' music conjures a perfect mix of gloom, desire and hostility.

E54

Typhoon

The dozen members of this Portland, Ore. band crammed behind the Tiny Desk for a transcendent set.

E55

San Fermin

The orchestral folk-pop band's little song-worlds burst with ambition, talent and extreme joy.

E56

Neko Case

Watch a Halloween Tiny Desk Concert in which Case performs with Kelly Hogan and Eric Bachmann.

E57

Ashley Monroe

This three-song set in the NPR Music offices captures a nice cross-section of Monroe's appeal.

E58

Gary Burton

The jazz vibraphone pioneer is 70 now, but that hasn't slowed his flying four-mallet technique.

E59

Debashish Bhattacharya

Bhattacharya draws on North Indian classical music, but blues also pours out of his stunning work.

E60

John Legend

The soul singer retains the easygoing grace of a performer fit for any stage — even a tiny one.

E61

Waxahatchee

This is Katie Crutchfield as Waxahatchee, playing intimate music for an intimate setting.

E62

Kronos Quartet

The intrepid champions of new music bring a lullaby, rare blues and a work by Bryce Dessner to NPR.

E63

The Dismemberment Plan

The band exudes playfulness and wry charm throughout these three songs from Uncanney Valley.

E64

Sarah Jarosz

Jarosz and her small backing band craft a careful mix of technical proficiency and poppy warmth.

E65

Dessa

The whip-smart rapper, singer, poet and songwriter performs three tracks from Parts of Speech.

E66

Christine Salem

Salem sings work songs and chants from the maloya tradition on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean.

E67

La Santa Cecilia

The video here provides just a hint of the L.A. band's dynamic live shows, albeit a spectacular one.

E68

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

The hot and historic New Orleans band brings a tuba-wielding Santa and some original holiday cheer.