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The Polyphonic Spree
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts - S5 - E76
The sprawling group, 17 strong, squeezes behind Bob Boilen's desk for a special holiday performance.
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts: Season 5 - 52 Episode s
5x26 - Soweto Gospel Choir
April 16, 2012
The group fuses the music of many Christian cultures, with nods to African songs of celebration.
5x27 - Jolie Holland
April 23, 2012
Holland plays songs with an unadorned tone that makes the voice and lyrics all the more touching.
5x28 - Cowboy Junkies
April 26, 2012
The venerable band sounds as poignant and tender as ever in this performance at the NPR offices.
5x29 - Hospitality
April 30, 2012
The group doesn't overwhelm so much as it wears listeners down with a subtle charm offensive.
5x30 - Nathan Salsburg
May 3, 2012
The guitarist displays intricate fingerpicking in two songs inspired by Kentucky Derby racehorses.
5x31 - Endangered Blood
May 7, 2012
The jazz quartet draws from post-bop, 20th-century chromaticism and New Orleans funeral marches.
5x32 - Kishi Bashi
May 10, 2012
K Ishibashi is a master at building songs from live violin loops, layered singing and beatboxing.
5x33 - Pedro Soler And Gaspar Claus
May 14, 2012
The improvisational music of the father-son, guitar-cello duo functions as a beautiful conversation.
5x34 - Chuck Brown
May 16, 2012
The Godfather of Go-Go died Wednesday. In 2010, he brought his full band to the NPR Music office.
5x35 - Arborea
May 17, 2012
Rooted in acoustic traditions, the music of Arborea stands out for its calm beauty and rough edges.
5x36 - Yann Tiersen
May 21, 2012
Tiersen's rich, liltingly eccentric pop music is constructed from lots of sweet, intricate pieces.
5x37 - Canadian Brass
May 26, 2012
The venerable brass quintet sports virtuosic, fresh-faced players in tried-and-true repertoire.
5x38 - Patrick Watson
May 31, 2012
Watson has a lovely voice and a gift for wringing evocative sounds out of everything he touches.
5x39 - Kelly Hogan
June 4, 2012
The unflappable singer performs three songs with seeming effortlessness and easygoing charm.
5x40 - Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom
June 7, 2012
The drummer dedicates tunes to her friends, including her first teacher — a "sometimes great guy."
5x41 - Daniel Johnston
June 11, 2012
Watch three songs by a troubled soul with a talent for writing honest, disarmingly direct music.
5x42 - Glen Hansard
June 17, 2012
Hansard flexes his neck muscles a bit as he performs new songs and deep cuts at the NPR offices.
5x43 - Mariachi El Bronx
June 21, 2012
The band plays with just the right mixture of passion and pathos in a fun set at the NPR offices.
5x44 - Reggie Watts
June 25, 2012
The comedian and musician performs spontaneous improvisations full of killer grooves and humor.
5x45 - Exitmusic
July 2, 2012
The band plays a beautifully buzzing, nuanced set, marked by gorgeous grace and stirring melodies.
5x46 - Brandi Carlile
July 9, 2012
At the NPR offices, Carlile and her band sing from-the-gut songs about messy lives, loudly lived.
5x47 - Laura Marling
July 12, 2012
Two songs from A Creature I Don't Know bookend a gorgeous new, unreleased song called "Once."
5x48 - Souad Massi
July 15, 2012
A soulful yet steely singer-songwriter from Algeria charts her own course in these four songs.
5x49 - The Milk Carton Kids
July 16, 2012
Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale sing sweet but intricate folk-pop songs in the NPR offices.
5x50 - Janet Feder
July 22, 2012
Feder marries classical and folk techniques with otherworldly guitar textures and sounds.
5x51 - The Walkmen
July 29, 2012
The band makes the Tiny Desk accommodate its booming sound rather than the other way around.
5x52 - Beth Orton
August 6, 2012
Known for mixing folk and electronics, Orton unveils three new songs with just an acoustic guitar.
5x53 - The Zombies
August 12, 2012
Two surviving members of the band still have the same chemistry here in a stripped-down performance.
5x54 - Rufus Wainwright
August 20, 2012
By the middle of Wainwright's final song, "Montauk," few dry eyes remained in the NPR offices.
5x55 - Renaud Garcia-Fons
August 27, 2012
Watch the renowned double bassist thump, strum and loop his way through three mesmerizing songs.
5x56 - Avi Avital
September 10, 2012
Avital's mandolin sings with the sounds of Ernest Bloch and a raucous Bulgarian folk tune.
5x57 - Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra
September 17, 2012
These songs' fervor is the product of a singer armed with intensity and musicians who can match it.
5x58 - Yva Las Vegass
September 24, 2012
Watch Las Vegass bring a punk aesthetic to Venezuelan folk music with a cuatro at the NPR offices.
5x59 - Kat Edmonson
October 1, 2012
Hearing the 29-year-old singer makes it virtually impossible to do anything but stop and listen.
5x60 - Antibalas
October 4, 2012
It's one thing for 11 musicians to make a big sound, but what stands out is Antibalas' subtlety.
5x61 - Spirit Family Reunion
October 8, 2012
The group plays fiddle, banjo, guitar and washboard, all gathered around a single microphone.
5x62 - Dirty Three
October 15, 2012
The band unleashes a gorgeous flurry of shambolic rumbling, prolific hairiness and dramatic yelling.
5x63 - Robert Cray Band
October 22, 2012
Like any great blues singer, Cray makes heartache and dysfunction sound engaging and relatable.
5x64 - Lord Huron
October 25, 2012
The band's rich harmonies are welcoming, its lyrics relatable and its live performances thrilling.
5x65 - Passion Pit
October 29, 2012
Michael Angelakos makes electro-pop with monster hooks. But his songs are sturdy, versatile things.
5x66 - Jason Lytle
November 5, 2012
The longtime frontman for Grandaddy goes it alone with acoustic solo songs from his latest record.
5x67 - Flaco Jimenez
November 12, 2012
The conjunto icon spins magic, and stays true to tradition, with his trademark button accordion.
5x68 - Ben Gibbard
November 19, 2012
For Tiny Desk Concert No. 250, the Death Cab for Cutie and Postal Service singer performs solo.
5x69 - Martha Wainwright
November 26, 2012
Wainwright roughs up life's smooth spots, then digs her fingertips into the cracks that form.
5x70 - Taken By Trees
November 29, 2012
Victoria Bergsman's songs seem to come from a place somewhere between a dream state and waking life.
5x71 - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
December 3, 2012
The Seattle duo literally shakes the dust off the ceiling tiles at the NPR Music offices.
5x72 - Anaïs Mitchell
December 6, 2012
The singer-songwriter performs three of Young Man in America's most bracingly beautiful songs.
5x73 - Daniel Bachman
December 9, 2012
Once the acoustic guitarist zeroes in on the center of a song, it's easy to get lost in it yourself.
5x74 - Lyle Lovett
December 10, 2012
Lovett gives a loose, engaging performance that feels like both an introduction and a victory lap.
5x75 - Alt-J
December 17, 2012
The Mercury Prize-winning band plays angular, poetic, inventive music that takes unexpected turns.
5x76 - The Polyphonic Spree
December 21, 2012
The sprawling group, 17 strong, squeezes behind Bob Boilen's desk for a special holiday performance.
5x77 - Miguel
December 31, 2012
Performing at the NPR Music offices, Miguel strips his highly produced hits down to their bones.
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