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NPR Tiny Desk Concerts - S11 - E17
Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz never fail to mesmerize. Watch the twin sisters perform a four-song set at the Tiny Desk.
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts: Season 11 - 67 Episode s
11x1 - Open Mike Eagle
January 3, 2018
The indie rap denizen behind one of 2017's most inventive albums came to the nation's capital to represent all the Brick Body Kids who Still Daydream.
11x2 - Lo Moon
January 5, 2018
The LA band's signature sound is intimate and demonstrative, haunting yet uplifting, an old-fashioned rock beat under glimmering guitar and keys. And at the Tiny Desk, it was at ease.
11x3 - The Weather Station
January 8, 2018
One of the joys of listening to The Weather station is the tension and release in the group's enchanting music. It's what made the band's most recent album one of Bob Boilen's favorite of 2017.
11x4 - Julien Baker
January 10, 2018
Julien Baker's Turn Out The Lights brought her much-deserved critical acclaim and wider attention in 2017. Before its release we asked her to make a rare return to the Tiny Desk for something special.
11x5 - Daniil Trifonov
January 12, 2018
Watch the young Russian musician, who The Times of London calls “the most astounding pianist of our age,” play a smart, Chopin-focused concert on a grand piano, precisely wedged behind the Tiny Desk.
11x6 - Artists From The 'Take Me To The River' Tour
January 15, 2018
More than a dozen artists gather behind the Tiny Desk to celebrate Memphis soul in a joyful, triumphant performance.
11x7 - AHI
January 16, 2018
The Ontario-based singer has a gruff but sweet voice with openly honest words behind soulful tunes of hope.
11x8 - The Lemon Twigs
January 17, 2018
Brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario seem like they beamed into the Tiny Desk from the year 1971, untouched by the 21st century.
11x9 - Amadou and Mariam
January 19, 2018
The Malian musicians, who've been playing together for nearly 40 years, bring some of the most lyrical melodies and joyful sounds we've ever had at the Tiny Desk.
11x10 - St. Vincent
January 22, 2018
The singer performed at the Tiny Desk without a warmup or soundcheck, with just her acoustic guitar and un-amplified voice, letting the wordplay in her songs shine through.
11x11 - George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars
January 24, 2018
George Clinton brought his family, both immediate and extended, to the Tiny Desk for a set of classic cosmic slop.
11x12 - Barbara Hannigan
January 26, 2018
Eavesdrop on a beautiful recital of German songs from fin de siècle Vienna, when music was transitioning from the swells of romanticism to the uncharted waters of modernism.
11x13 - Jamila Woods
January 29, 2018
In three songs celebrating black ancestry and self-love, Woods demonstrated just how adept she is at creating songs rich with philosophical meaning that also move and groove.
11x14 - Alice Smith
January 31, 2018
The beloved singer-songwriter premiered three new songs while turning NPR's headquarters into a Harlem speakeasy.
11x15 - Vicente García
February 2, 2018
This under-the-radar singer from the Dominican Republic is starting to turn some heads. You'll see why in this Tiny Desk performance.
11x16 - Hurray For The Riff Raff
February 5, 2018
The music of Hurray For The Riff Raff builds bridges, unites people and forms communities. It's a spirit singer Alynda Segarra and the rest of the band bring to this memorable Tiny Desk performance.
11x17 - Ibeyi
February 7, 2018
Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz never fail to mesmerize. Watch the twin sisters perform a four-song set at the Tiny Desk.
11x18 - The Crossrhodes
February 9, 2018
The Crossrhodes showed up to the Tiny Desk with game faces on, bringing with it a locally cultivated, globally appreciated energy.
11x19 - Marlon Williams
February 12, 2018
Marlon Williams has a heart-stopping voice, is in love with a good, traditional blues or country tune, and writes songs about vampires and horror films.
11x20 - Nick Hakim
February 14, 2018
The music of Nick Hakim occupies a space and time that feels out of this world, with songs that explore the quietude of inner thoughts.
11x21 - Betsayda Machado y Parranda El Clavo
February 16, 2018
The Afro-Venezuelan collective brings the boisterous parranda sound to the Tiny Desk.
11x22 - Big Daddy Kane
February 19, 2018
One of the greatest to ever bless the mic treated the Tiny Desk audience to an office block party.
11x23 - August Greene (Common, Robert Glasper, Karriem Riggins)
February 21, 2018
August Greene, Common's new trio with Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins, brought some special guest vocalists to the Tiny Desk.
11x24 - Vagabon
February 23, 2018
Laetitia Tamko, the artist known as Vagabon, is a 25-year-old, Cameroon-born musician with a big, tenor voice just bursting with new musical ideas.
11x25 - Lee Ann Womack
February 26, 2018
The Nashville star brought some good old country music stories to the Tiny Desk.
11x26 - Roy Ayers
March 1, 2018
Watch the 77-year-old jazz-funk icon perform “Everybody Loves The Sunshine” (and more) at the Tiny Desk.
11x27 - Anna Meredith
March 2, 2018
Out of nearly 700 performances at the Tiny Desk over the past decade, this one by British composer Anna Meredith is one of the most exhilarating.
11x28 - Big K.R.I.T.
March 5, 2018
The Mississippi rapper paid homage to his grandmother and performed songs from his new album 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time.
11x29 - Alex Clare
March 7, 2018
Clare's songs ask listeners to probe their own emotions through the lens of life’s bigger pictures. His visit to Bob Boilen’s desk is the perfect setting to bask in the power of his voice.
11x30 - Kuinka
March 9, 2018
Each year we get thousands of submissions for our annual Tiny Desk contest. Seattle's Kuinka was one of last year's entrants. While they didn't win, we loved them so much we invited them to come play.
11x31 - John Prine
March 12, 2018
For more than 45 years, the legendary John Prine has written some of the most powerful lyrics in the American music canon. He brings some of his best to this unforgettable Tiny Desk performance.
11x32 - Raul Midón
March 15, 2018
Raul Midón brought nothing but a guitar and his voice to an extended Tiny Desk set of dense, breathtaking jazz and soul textures.
11x33 - Cornelius
March 19, 2018
Cornelius' Keigo Oyamada deconstructs and reassembles music like it's a neon cubist-pop sculpture. On a rare U.S. tour, the Japanese band brought its complex cool to the Tiny Desk.
11x34 - Väsen
March 23, 2018
The Swedish trio brought a 30-string sonic blast to the Tiny Desk, performing on 12-string guitar, viola and the nyckelharpa (a fiddle with keys — think 15th century keytar).
11x35 - Jenny And The Mexicats
March 26, 2018
Sometimes frenetic, sometimes slow and luxurious, the grooves the band creates are the perfect cushion for Jenny Ball's impassioned singing and engaging stage presence.
11x36 - I'm With Her
March 28, 2018
Aoife O'Donovan, Sarah Jarosz and Sara Watkins are bound by a love for bluegrass, chamber music, jazz, storytelling and singing.
11x37 - Masta Ace
March 30, 2018
The Juice Crew legend brought his biggest hit, "Born To Roll," and a heartfelt recollection of his personal journey to the Tiny Desk.
11x38 - Robin Olson
April 1, 2018
Hear the elusive avant-garde pianist debut a new piece, etched in shimmering chords and dark, lamenting octaves.
11x39 - Dee Dee Bridgewater
April 2, 2018
Bridgewater connects with her roots, her birthplace and the town she's loved all her life, with a set of songs from Memphis.
11x40 - Dan Auerbach
April 4, 2018
The guitarist and singer for The Black Keys and The Arcs brings his Easy Eye Sound Revue to the Tiny Desk, recalling a time and sound from the '60s when southern R&B, including Nashville, was a force.
11x41 - Rhye
April 9, 2018
See the band perform a rare evening Tiny Desk concert, illuminated by flickering lights
11x42 - Lara Bello
April 10, 2018
Flamenco, jazz and classical share the stage in this Tiny Desk from one of our favorite Spanish composers.
11x43 - Tyler Childers
April 11, 2018
Tyler Childers writes songs about hard lives and hard love with direct heart and a soulful Kentucky drawl.
11x44 - Jorge Drexler
April 13, 2018
The Uruguayan singer-songwriter is one of the finest lyricists operating today. Watch his stunning performance behind the Tiny Desk.
11x45 - The Breeders
April 16, 2018
The Breeders' dreamy scuzz sounds wiser and more frazzled at the Tiny Desk, featuring the same lineup behind the band's breakout, 1993 album Last Splash.
11x46 - O.C.
April 18, 2018
The veteran Brooklyn rapper was an underground star during hip-hop's golden era. At the Tiny Desk, O.C. made it clear that he hasn't lost his edge.
11x47 - John Moreland
April 20, 2018
When you hear John Moreland's sweet voice, it's hard to believe he spent years singing in punk, metal-core and hardcore bands. He plays acoustic guitar now, but his songs are still full of passion.
11x48 - Logan Richardson
April 23, 2018
Hear a triumphant fusion of jazz, rock and blues that moves with momentum and fresh anticipation. Logan Richardson plays with a lyrical intensity that is both focused and free.
11x49 - Superorganism
April 25, 2018
The multinational band of theatrically fun and talented musicians in Superorganism mix melody and mischievous with almost Seussian folly.
11x50 - ÌFÉ
April 27, 2018
ÌFÉ isn't playing anything new. In fact, the band takes on something quite old: ritual Afro-Caribbean music that takes a lifetime to absorb and master.
11x51 - Bedouine
April 30, 2018
Bedouine is Azniv Korkejian, a singer and guitarist who echoes sounds from the 1960's North American folk songwriters, but with vocal inflections closer to Leonard Cohen than to Joni Mitchell.
11x52 - GZA & The Soul Rebels
May 2, 2018
Most rap fans would name RZA as the head of the Wu-Tang Clan. But Wu purists know that GZA, or The Genius, is the crew's unspoken elder statesman.
11x53 - Darlingside
May 4, 2018
Even if the world came to an end, there's still beauty and hope in all of us and in song. That about sums up the wistful mystery that is the music of Darlingside.
11x54 - Gordi
May 7, 2018
In three songs from Reservoir, Gordi keeps her voice both unadorned and centered within warm, cool arrangements that include piano, guitar, pedal steel, a harmonium named Barbara, and more.
11x55 - Bela Fleck And Abigail Washburn
May 11, 2018
Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn are two American musical treasures. This husband-and-wife banjo duo write original tunes steeped in the roots of folk music.
11x56 - Naia Izumi
May 14, 2018
The winner of this year's Tiny Desk Contest makes his official debut behind the desk.
11x57 - Khruangbin
May 16, 2018
This trio from Houston, Texas makes trance-inducing music heavily inspired by 1960s and '70s funk and soul from, of all places, Thailand.
11x58 - Partner
May 18, 2018
The dream of the '90s is alive in this Canadian rock band.
11x59 - The Band's Visit
May 21, 2018
Tony Shalhoub, Katrina Lenk and the cast of the Tony-nominated play The Band's Visit marked the first Broadway performance at the Tiny Desk.
11x60 - Juanes & Mon Laferte
May 23, 2018
The Colombian pop star and Chilean rising star brought their duet tour to the Tiny Desk.
11x61 - Ill Camille
May 25, 2018
The Los Angeles rapper and Kendrick Lamar collaborator performed four songs from her excellent album, Heirloom.
11x62 - Third Coast Percussion
May 29, 2018
Watch the Chicago-based ensemble conjure otherworldly sounds from steel pipes, tuned cowbells and a bowl that sings.
11x63 - Trouble Funk
May 30, 2018
We squeezed 12 go-go musicians behind the Tiny Desk. Watch what ensued.
11x64 - Tom Misch
June 1, 2018
This 22-year-old Brit has soul for days.
11x65 - Daniel Caesar
June 4, 2018
Watch the R&B star-in-the-making perform three songs, including a guest appearance by H.E.R.
11x66 - Grace VanderWaal
June 6, 2018
The 14-year-old singer who signed to Columbia after winning America's Got Talent, dazzles the Tiny Desk with her breathtaking voice.
11x67 - MILCK
June 8, 2018
The one-woman riot who made headlines during the inaugural Women's March On Washington visits the Tiny Desk.
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91 Episode s
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98 Episode s
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128 Episode s
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111 Episode s
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179 Episode s
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137 Episode s
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124 Episode s
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128 Episode s
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62 Episode s