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David Greilsammer
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts - S10 - E88
With a knack for cunning juxtapositions, the adventurous pianist stitches together a baroque sonata, a slice of French serenity and a quirky portrait of a mysterious barn owl.
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts: Season 10 - 61 Episode s
10x38 - Violents & Monica Martin
June 5, 2017
While her band was on hiatus, Monica Martin joined Jeremy Larson's project Violents, yielding a lush record of electronic pop, translated into a quieted set at the Tiny Desk.
10x39 - Perfume Genius
June 12, 2017
The band's long-awaited performance at the Tiny Desk was both beautiful and, at times, intense, featuring three deeply personal songs by frontman Mike Hadreas.
10x40 - Penguin Cafe
June 16, 2017
Penguin Cafe folds in sounds from around the world and throughout music history — Africa, Kraftwerk, Brazil and Franz Schubert.
10x41 - Tigers Jaw
June 19, 2017
The duo strips down to acoustic guitar and keyboard for a strikingly intimate set, illuminating their close harmonies that tangle like garlands.
10x42 - Holly Macve
June 23, 2017
Backed by a suitably low-key band, Macve would sound subtly radiant just about anywhere, from your nearest country bar to the most dreamily lit stage in Twin Peaks.
10x43 - Ravi Coltrane Quartet
June 26, 2017
Artistic legacy, evolution and studied ease coalesced at this Tiny Desk Concert, with Coltrane offering four interpretations of his and others' works.
10x44 - Helado Negro
June 30, 2017
Helado Negro ditches his bank of electronics for alto and tenor saxophones, bringing his utterly unique style to a intense, perfectly balanced Tiny Desk Concert.
10x45 - Chance The Rapper
July 5, 2017
Chance The Rapper, fresh from a 23,000-strong, sold-out show the night before, brought a thoughtful and fresh take to his Tiny Desk concert.
10x46 - Jay Som
July 10, 2017
Melina Duterte may have played all the instruments on Jay Som's newest record, Everybody Works, but her touring band brought a rougher edge to those silky recordings.
10x47 - Fragile Rock
July 14, 2017
Fragile Rock is a band that relies on the boogie of The B-52s, the melancholy of The Smiths and the humor of Kermit the Frog. Oh, and they're all puppets.
10x48 - Tuxedo
July 17, 2017
Tuxedo, the unlikely-on-paper funk-soul duo of Mayer Hawthorne and Jake One, brought a left-of-center sonic approach and a sharp sense of style to their Tiny Desk Concert.
10x49 - Rare Essence
July 19, 2017
Rare Essence has been bringing go-go to the world since 1976 — the group brought that pedigree, and the genre's massive meld of funk, rhythm and blues and soul, to this raucous hometown Tiny Desk.
10x50 - Albin Lee Meldau
July 20, 2017
Albin Lee Meldau possesses a thunderous, deeply affecting voice, which he uses to tell some utterly dark, but demonstrably cathartic, tales.
10x51 - The Shins
July 24, 2017
James Mercer, the emotional and creative heart of The Shins, gives a moving performance at the Tiny Desk, with two new songs and a classic from the band's 2003 album Chutes Too Narrow.
10x52 - Aldous Harding
July 28, 2017
Intensity in songs often expresses itself as volume – a loud guitar, a scream, a piercing synth line. But in the case of Aldous Harding it's in the spaces, the pauses, and her unique delivery.
10x53 - Diet Cig
August 2, 2017
Diet Cig's songs crackle like Pop Rocks, but with a confrontational honesty and striking gravity — and on top of Bob Boilen's desk.
10x54 - Maggie Rogers
August 7, 2017
The rising pop star performs three of her best-known songs, including a sweet solo take on her career-making “Alaska.”
10x55 - ALA.NI
August 14, 2017
ALA.NI captures and conveys a reverent love of early-20th-century music, while injecting those sounds with charisma and charm well suited for any era.
10x56 - DJ Premier & The Badder Band
August 21, 2017
One of hip-hop's most revered producers brings his songs to life behind the Tiny Desk, with the help of a four-piece band.
10x57 - Jason Isbell
August 28, 2017
The Alabama singer-songwriter and his band perform three songs from The Nashville Sound, but their set includes a few surprises, too.
10x58 - Jidenna
September 5, 2017
The Nigerian-American MC and his band perform three reworked selections from Jidenna's impeccable debut album, The Chief.
10x59 - Frances Cone
September 8, 2017
The Brooklyn-based band crafts infectious pop music that builds dramatically before giving way to a quiet calm.
10x60 - Bleachers
September 12, 2017
Jack Antonoff re-arranged three songs from his band's latest album, Gone Now, for the Tiny Desk.
10x61 - L.A. Salami
September 13, 2017
The story songs and poetry of Lookman Adekunle Salami, who writes and records as L.A. Salami, recall the brilliant and epic ramblings of Bob Dylan.
10x62 - Snail Mail
September 15, 2017
Snail Mail's sleepy songs have a way of waking you up. Watch the band perform music from its quietly stunning Habit EP, plus a new song played solo by Lindsey Jordan.
10x63 - SsingSsing
September 21, 2017
It's safe to say this Korean, cross-dressing rock band looks and sounds like no one who's ever performed at the Tiny Desk.
10x64 - Bomba Estereo
September 22, 2017
Bomba Estereo is not known as a hushed band. Member Simon Mejia said this Tiny Desk performance was the group's quietest, a stripped-down treatment that illustrates the inherent quality of the music.
10x65 - Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers
September 25, 2017
It's hard to think of an artist who's brought more joy to more people, across more generations — and in more ways — than Steve Martin.
10x66 - Chronixx
September 27, 2017
The Jamaican reggae star proudly carries the torch of his country's roots reggae legends.
10x67 - Dawg Yawp
September 29, 2017
Welcome the world of Dawg Yawp, the musical concoction of Rob Keenan and Tyler Randall, where drones and toy pianos are likely to collide with heavy metal electronics and a well-placed melody.
10x68 - Paramore
October 2, 2017
Paramore captures the moment between rapture and its comedown. Watch the band rearrange songs from its sparkling pop album After Laughter.
10x69 - Landlady
October 6, 2017
Landlady's music is more than sonic exploration, it's an adventure. The songs can feel a bit drugged-out – a bit high and full of curiosity – but never overly intoxicated or out-of-touch.
10x70 - Randy Newman
October 10, 2017
Watch the six-time Grammy winner go solo behind the Tiny Desk.
10x71 - Hanson
October 16, 2017
Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson just celebrated their 25th anniversary as a band. To celebrate, watch them perform three of their post-“MMMBop” career highlights.
10x72 - Thundercat
October 18, 2017
Thundercat is willing and able to shape-shift to fit into just about any box you show him, but he won't stay in there for long.
10x73 - The Perceptionists
October 20, 2017
Watch hip-hop veterans Mr. Lif and Akrobatik team up behind the Tiny Desk.
10x74 - Shabazz Palaces
October 23, 2017
Hip-hop's otherworldly lot touches down on Bob Boilen's desk for some Afrofuturistic mind travel.
10x75 - Japanese Breakfast
October 25, 2017
For this Tiny Desk concert, Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner replaced her gauzy synths with a string quartet. The result is something to behold.
10x76 - Natalia LaFourcade
October 27, 2017
The Grammy-nominated singer's Tiny Desk is an ode to a magical time in Mexican popular music.
10x77 - The Roots Feat. Bilal
October 30, 2017
Yes, it happened. Black Thought, Questlove and the entire crew packed in behind the Tiny Desk to perform a new song called “It Ain't Fair.”
10x78 - Gracie and Rachel
November 1, 2017
Gracie And Rachel mix piano pop with darker, classic violin arrangements to make songs full of mystery and tension. They're joined in this Tiny Desk performance by percussionist Richard Watts.
10x79 - Nate Smith + KINFOLK
November 3, 2017
The drums take center stage at this Tiny Desk. Watch veteran jazz percussionist Nate Smith dazzle the NPR audience in a transfixing performance.
10x80 - Wyclef Jean
November 6, 2017
The hip-hop statesman walked through our doors greeting and charming anyone within arm's reach. Once in front of an audience, he was in attack mode, including a unique rendition of his signature hit.
10x81 - Ani DiFranco
November 8, 2017
With the help of a backing band that includes Ivan Neville and Jenny Scheinman, the iconic singer-songwriter plays three songs from across her tough and uncompromising career.
10x82 - The Mynabirds
November 10, 2017
Singer Laura Burhenn is joined by Jessica Lea Mayfield and the Umoja Choir for songs inspired by the political and cultural upheaval of 2016.
10x83 - Aminé
November 14, 2017
The Portland artist with the most mispronounced name in hip-hop puts on an unforgettable performance.
10x84 - Now, Now
November 15, 2017
The band has new tools in its arsenal, but even in a stripped-down Tiny Desk performance, its focus on tiny moments between people just outside of love is as sharp as ever.
10x85 - Benjamin Booker
November 17, 2017
Benjamin Booker has a deeply tender voice that, at times, can feel like a whisper But it always cuts to the heart.
10x86 - Billy Corgan
November 20, 2017
Billy Corgan, complicated frontman of The Smashing Pumpkins, has had a tumultuous decade-and-a-half. His visit to the Tiny Desk, with a string quartet backing him, was anything but.
10x87 - Ledisi
November 21, 2017
In person, the master R&B vocalist impresses not just with her exquisite artistry, but with her radiant spirit of contentment and grace. Just ask her makeup artist.
10x88 - David Greilsammer
November 24, 2017
With a knack for cunning juxtapositions, the adventurous pianist stitches together a baroque sonata, a slice of French serenity and a quirky portrait of a mysterious barn owl.
10x89 - Phoebe Bridgers
November 27, 2017
Her songs come laden with finely detailed observations about hypnotherapy, Jeffrey Dahmer and everything in between. They receive a languid, impeccably-phrased performance at the Tiny Desk.
10x90 - Moses Sumney
November 29, 2017
The Los-Angeles-based force of nature, one of the most inspired talents of today, shows off a spontaneous side at (and around) the Tiny Desk.
10x91 - Walter Martin
December 1, 2017
Best known for his role with The Walkmen, as a solo artist he makes unabashedly joyful, sweetly innocent and playful music. And only he would arrive with a barbershop quartet.
10x92 - Ted Leo
December 4, 2017
Leo's work has, more often than not through the decades, addressed an anxious world, growing and shifting with it and with its listeners. Seven years after his last solo album, he's turned inwards.
10x93 - King Krule
December 6, 2017
King Krule, the musical project of English singer, songwriter and rapper, Archy Marshall, brings its twisted, woozy tones to the Tiny Desk.
10x94 - Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile
December 8, 2017
The two singers, songwriters and guitarists bring out the adolescence in each other, poking jabs, goofing around and having fun at the Tiny Desk.
10x95 - Tyler, The Creator
December 11, 2017
Tyler, The Creator performs three songs from his latest album Flower Boy -- and pulls off (at least) two Tiny Desk firsts in the process, while maturing beyond his class-clown image (mostly).
10x96 - Cigarettes After Sex
December 13, 2017
This comes close to the quietest Tiny Desk Concert we've ever had. The music Cigarettes After Sex makes is incredibly hushed. It's a sound so minimal it barely exists.
10x97 - This Is The Kit
December 15, 2017
Effortless storytelling is at the heart of This Is The Kit. And the stories the band's only permanent member, Kate Stables, weaves are profound but sweet with a tone that quietly reels you in.
10x98 - Hanson For The Holidays
December 18, 2017
Frantic time-lapse set decoration. An intrusive snow machine. Ugly holiday sweaters. It's time to hunker down and soak up a raucous and reverent Christmas party, courtesy of Hanson.
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