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Sunny Jain's Wild Wild East
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts - S17 - E1
Sunny Jain's music promotes the idea of not just crossing boundaries but obliterating them all together.
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts: Season 17 - 51 Episode s
17x1 - Sunny Jain's Wild Wild East
January 5, 2024
Sunny Jain's music promotes the idea of not just crossing boundaries but obliterating them all together.
17x2 - Kevin Kaarl
January 8, 2024
The Chihuahuan artist transfigures traditional Sinaloan instrumentation into folky new styles.
17x3 - The Good Ones
January 10, 2024
The Rwandan group's determination to spread its musical message is an inspiration.
17x4 - yMusic
January 12, 2024
The band's unique sound, driven by its peculiar blend of trumpet, winds and strings, seems like a compelling soundtrack for an age when music genres are becoming increasingly arbitrary.
17x5 - The Japanese House
January 18, 2024
The U.K. singer-songwriter recasts four of her electro-pop songs in fresh arrangements.
17x6 - Hania Rani
January 22, 2024
The Polish pianist and composer blurs the lines of ambient, classical and house in this performance.
17x7 - BLK ODYSSY
January 24, 2024
An 18-minute flex that proves the artist is the modern personification of funk.
17x8 - Thee Sacred Souls
January 26, 2024
The San Diego-based trio made its mark at the Tiny Desk with satin vocals and vintage melodies.
17x9 - Katie Von Schleicher
January 29, 2024
With an eight-piece band, the singer-songwriter brings her wry charm to the Tiny Desk.
17x10 - Timo Andres
January 31, 2024
To mark Philip Glass' 87th birthday, the astute pianist Timo Andres stops by to play a contrasting pair of the composer's popular etudes.
17x11 - Joshua Redman
February 2, 2024
Joshua Redman illustrates why he is one of today's best saxophonists.
17x12 - Carrtoons
February 5, 2024
Ben Carr, who performs as Carrtoons, keeps the producer-led Tiny Desk tradition alive in this set.
17x13 - Berhana
February 7, 2024
The Atlanta singer pays homage to his roots with Ethiopian jazz pianist Kibrom Birhane and members of the Ethio Cali band.
17x14 - Tinashe
February 9, 2024
Tinashe's Tiny Desk performance proves her artistry has never been one-dimensional.
17x15 - Cinder Well
February 16, 2024
The California-raised, Ireland-based songwriter performs a set of folk songs that wind around the passage of time.
17x16 - Irreversible Entanglements
February 19, 2024
The free jazz band with a punk ethos runs through six songs without breaks.
17x17 - Jeezy
February 21, 2024
The Atlanta superstar focuses on the early chapters of his career in his Tiny Desk.
17x18 - Kelela
February 23, 2024
The artist brings a distinctive, creative vision to her Tiny Desk performance.
17x19 - Butcher Brown
February 28, 2024
The Richmond, Va. band brings its signature hot and funky "solar music" to the Desk.
17x20 - Wednesday
March 1, 2024
"I learned how to play guitar watching Tiny Desk concerts," lead singer Karly Hartzman says. The Asheville rock band translates its noisy, country-influenced sound to a quieter setting.
17x21 - Squirrel Flower
March 6, 2024
The Chicago-based indie rocker plays stripped back versions of her thundering rock songs.
17x22 - 311
March 11, 2024
What better way to spend March 11 than with 311 bringing love and nostalgia to the Tiny Desk.
17x23 - Jennifer Koh and Missy Mazzoli
March 13, 2024
Two adventurous musicians trace the history of their fruitful collaboration in a set of pieces both ferocious and beautiful.
17x24 - Justin Timberlake
March 15, 2024
The artist, who just dropped his new album Everything I Thought It Was, comes to the Tiny Desk with a set that leans heavily on his early solo catalog.
17x25 - Chappell Roan
March 21, 2024
The utterly commanding artist takes the Tiny Desk stage with a magnetic performance and a towering wig.
17x26 - Soul Glo
March 22, 2024
For the first time, a hardcore punk band graces the Tiny Desk — and ignites a mosh pit in the office.
17x27 - Big Sean
March 27, 2024
The respected lyricist and hip-hop hitmaker comes to the Desk for one of the longest set lists in Tiny Desk history.
17x28 - Víkingur Ólafsson
March 28, 2024
The thoughtful pianist from Iceland plays a set of gentle pieces — from Bach to Bartók — evoking nostalgic memories of his childhood.
17x29 - Thandiswa Mazwai x globalFEST 2024
April 1, 2024
One of post-apartheid South Africa's most influential musicians comes to the Tiny Desk.
17x30 - Tarta Relena x globalFEST 2024
April 3, 2024
The Spanish duo's timeless, poetic songs evoke images of lyricists and vocalists from centuries past.
17x31 - El Laberinto del Coco x globalFEST 2024
April 5, 2024
A five-song set from a genre-bending collective built around the folklore and rhythmic styles of bomba.
17x32 - Linda May Han Oh
April 8, 2024
In this Tiny Desk, Oh presents a mix of cuts from her 2023 release, The Glass Hours, and new works.
17x33 - Yaya Bey
April 10, 2024
The New York-bred singer-songwriter creates a sense of closeness with her audience in this soul-stirring set.
17x34 - Fujii Kaze
April 11, 2024
NPR unveils the very first performance for Tiny Desk Concerts JAPAN, featuring talented Japanese singer and pianist Fujii Kaze.
17x35 - Sleater-Kinney
April 15, 2024
At the Desk, Sleater-Kinney was all business — as wiry and vital as ever.
17x36 - Hauschka
April 17, 2024
It's hard to spot everything Hauschka deployed for this mostly improvised set, from pink putty to strings stuffed with tin foil.
17x37 - Lise Davidsen
April 19, 2024
The Norwegian soprano, with plenty of horsepower, unleashes a high C, and much subtle singing, in a thrilling set.
17x38 - Hot Chip
April 22, 2024
The electro-pop group performs some of its enduring classics at the Tiny Desk.
17x39 - Ne-Yo
April 26, 2024
Forever the showman, the R&B star and songwriter brings some of his biggest hits to the Tiny Desk.
17x40 - Tiny Desk Premiere: Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
April 29, 2024
The country and bluegrass music legend performs an excellent set with a finale fit for church.
17x41 - WILLOW
May 1, 2024
The artist plays new songs from her forthcoming album, empathogen, as well as throwback hits at the Tiny Desk.
17x42 - Otoboke Beaver
May 3, 2024
The outrageously fun Japanese punk band speeds and screams through its catalog.
17x43 - Kiefer
May 6, 2024
With decades clocked behind the piano and a strong catalog, Kiefer Shackelford is primed for this moment.
17x44 - Yasser Tejeda
May 8, 2024
The gifted guitarist combines traditional Dominican music with jazz and rock in his performance.
17x45 - Luciana Souza
May 10, 2024
The Brazilian jazz singer and Trio Corrente perform selections from their Grammy-nominated album Cometa.
17x46 - Gary Bartz
May 13, 2024
The 83-year-old NEA Jazz Master turns the Tiny Desk into a place of musical worship.
17x47 - Tiny Desk Premiere: Ana Tijoux
May 15, 2024
At the Tiny Desk, the French-born Chilean rapper features tracks from across her catalog rich with cultural commentary and political critique.
17x48 - The Staves
May 17, 2024
The Tiny Desk setting perfectly illuminates the power of The Staves' sisterly harmonies.
17x49 - Bob James
May 20, 2024
The jazz pianist performs a decades-spanning set, including a new, improvised version of "Nautilus" with DJ Jazzy Jeff and Talib Kweli.
17x50 - Nelly Furtado
May 24, 2024
Nelly Furtado's Tiny Desk performance felt like a victory lap — a greatest-hits reel and a homecoming all at once.
17x51 - The Philharmonik
May 27, 2024
The 2024 Tiny Desk Contest winner — the multi-genre artist The Philharmonik — performs a celebratory set.
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts: All seasons
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10 Episode s
S2: Season 2009
30 Episode s
S3: Season 2010
60 Episode s
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83 Episode s
S5: Season 2012
77 Episode s
S6: Season 2013
68 Episode s
S7: Season 2014
85 Episode s
S8: Season 2015
84 Episode s
S9: Season 2016
91 Episode s
S10: Season 2017
98 Episode s
S11: Season 2018
128 Episode s
S12: Season 2019
111 Episode s
S13: Season 2020
179 Episode s
S14: Season 2021
137 Episode s
S15: Season 2022
124 Episode s
S16: Season 2023
128 Episode s
S17: Season 2024
62 Episode s