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The Wild Reeds
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts - S8 - E76
Great singers aren't easy to come by, so finding three in one band is something special.
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts: Season 8 - 59 Episode s
8x26 - Eskmo
May 8, 2015
Found objects are percussion instruments in the hands of a man who's part musician, part magician.
8x27 - Bellows
May 11, 2015
These are enchanting songs, with the power to drift in your head for days.
8x28 - Camané
May 15, 2015
A star in his native Portugal, Camané evokes melancholy with a silky baritone and elegant phrasing.
8x29 - Young Fathers
May 19, 2015
Intense, hip-hop-infused poetry is reduced to just the essentials in this two-song, four-minute set.
8x30 - Jason Vieaux And Yolanda Kondonassis
May 22, 2015
Watch the Grammy-winning guitarist and acclaimed harpist play music influenced by Africa and Asia.
8x31 - Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear
May 26, 2015
The mother-son duo's songs are memorable and singable even days after you hear them.
8x32 - Frank Fairfield
May 29, 2015
A young man with an old musical soul has a spellbinding voice and fluid fiddle playing.
8x33 - Genevieve
June 1, 2015
See a singer with a powerful voice and extremely encouraging message.
8x34 - Anna & Elizabeth
June 8, 2015
If you've never thought your tastes would lean to mountain music, breathe deep and soak it all in.
8x35 - The Prettiots
June 15, 2015
The clever trio shares its love of everything from Law & Order to old-school girl groups.
8x36 - Strand Of Oaks
June 19, 2015
Timothy Showalter's music is filled with bite and sometimes regret, but also a good deal of warmth.
8x37 - Hop Along
June 22, 2015
Frances Quinlan's raspy voice whispers one moment, then lets loose a gut-punching howl the next.
8x38 - Oddisee
June 26, 2015
The charismatic Brooklyn-via-D.C.-area rapper creates just the right amount of space in his music.
8x39 - And The Kids
June 30, 2015
The trio's music is full of life, with dissonant sounds that still feel suited for singalongs.
8x40 - Christopher Paul Stelling
July 6, 2015
Best witnessed live, Stelling's music is steeped in tradition yet filled with vitality and soul.
8x41 - Girlpool
July 10, 2015
The charming duo performs three of the simple, direct songs from Before The World Was Big.
8x42 - Songhoy Blues
July 17, 2015
See a Malian band that fuses African music with Western rock.
8x43 - Kate Tempest
July 21, 2015
A celebrated English playwright and rapper deploys storytelling and poetry.
8x44 - Paul Weller
July 28, 2015
See the beloved Britpop veteran perform songs from his new album, Saturns Pattern.
8x45 - Shamir
July 31, 2015
The singer's disco-infused funk and soul gets stripped down to a lone voice with a guitar.
8x46 - SOAK
August 3, 2015
Irish singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson makes the most of a single voice and an acoustic guitar.
8x47 - Terence Blanchard Feat. The E-Collective
August 5, 2015
The New Orleans trumpeter's funky new band creates dance music to ward off despair.
8x48 - Torres
August 10, 2015
Mackenzie Scott's music channels Patti Smith and PJ Harvey while hinting at further growth.
8x49 - Restorations
August 14, 2015
The Philly rock band's big-hearted songs are stripped down to a few guitars and a MiniKorg.
8x50 - Kacey Musgraves
August 17, 2015
The country singer plays four songs from Pageant Material, plus the set-closing "Follow Your Arrow."
8x51 - Son Lux
August 21, 2015
The trio blows up its sound by adding off-duty, civilian horn players from the U.S. Marine Band.
8x52 - Caroline Rose
August 24, 2015
Rose plays music as if she's just met her new best friend: It's fresh, fun and enthusiastic.
8x53 - Eskimeaux
August 28, 2015
There's lighthearted, almost childlike beauty in the way Gabrielle Smith puts words to song.
8x54 - Mitski
August 31, 2015
Mitski's music is dark and even scary, but glimmers of beauty peek through.
8x55 - Happyness
September 4, 2015
If you're a fan of dark, incredibly dry, wry humor, you've just found Happyness.
8x56 - Leon Bridges
September 8, 2015
Bridges is easy to love and hard to resist, with purity in his voice that's untouched by modern pop.
8x57 - Sam Lee
September 11, 2015
The singer found his voice by finding and preserving old British, Irish and Scottish folk songs.
8x58 - Watkins Family Hour
September 18, 2015
With help from Fiona Apple, two Nickel Creek alums gather a band to perform old and new songs.
8x59 - Gina Chavez
September 22, 2015
The Austin singer-songwriter performs with intense openness, directness and warmth.
8x60 - Joan Shelley
September 25, 2015
As technology rules the day, here's a reminder that a single voice can carry deep emotion.
8x61 - The Internet
September 29, 2015
The R&B band might just be the oddest thing to come from the hip-hop collective Odd Future.
8x62 - Lianne La Havas
October 2, 2015
The singer is soulful yet playful, raw and vulnerable in a commanding kind of way.
8x63 - Deqn Sue
October 5, 2015
She came so close to winning NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert Contest, we just had to see her play.
8x64 - Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
October 9, 2015
The trumpeter presents his emotionally charged, jazz-hybridized "stretch music" in performance.
8x65 - Andra Day
October 13, 2015
Day's songs feel candid and vulnerable, but not understated.
8x66 - Oh Pep!
October 16, 2015
The band's clever, thoughtful music fits in everywhere from Nashville to its hometown of Melbourne.
8x67 - Paolo Angeli
October 19, 2015
The Sardinian guitarist has a whole toy shop aboard his instrument.
8x68 - Beauty Pill
October 23, 2015
In Beauty Pill, life whirs with plunderphonic glee and riffs are funky from the inside out.
8x69 - The Suffers
October 27, 2015
The 10-piece band can barely fit all its horns, guitars, percussion and energy behind one desk.
8x70 - Diane Coffee
November 2, 2015
Conjuring David Bowie, Diane Coffee's Shaun Fleming swaggered and shimmied behind the Tiny Desk.
8x71 - Chris Stapleton
November 5, 2015
With his wife Morgane, the country singer-songwriter sings patient, detailed songs of devotion.
8x72 - My bubba
November 6, 2015
My bubba is a duo of women whose quirky, delicate, sweetly sung folk songs are a delight.
8x73 - Aurora
November 9, 2015
At 19 and on the cusp of her first album, the Norwegian singer performs with a sense of discovery.
8x74 - Rahim AlHaj
November 13, 2015
The oud player's wordless music tells powerful stories about life's blessedness and fragility.
8x75 - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
November 17, 2015
At the Tiny Desk, Rateliff's body-shaking Southern-style soul takes on a more laid-back sound.
8x76 - The Wild Reeds
November 20, 2015
Great singers aren't easy to come by, so finding three in one band is something special.
8x77 - Youth Lagoon
November 23, 2015
Trevor Powers' new songs are expansive and self-assured, a transition reflected in this performance.
8x78 - Teddy Abrams
November 30, 2015
Hear a young conductor, composer and pianist play Beethoven and his own jazzy pieces.
8x79 - Protomartyr
December 4, 2015
The Detroit band's loud, screeching, grousing rock can be profound, poetic and bewildering.
8x80 - The Oh Hellos
December 8, 2015
The nine-piece band bursts with anthemic joy, even as its songs convey darkness and loneliness.
8x81 - Land Lines
December 11, 2015
The Denver band's mysteriously swirling music is singular, new and adventurous.
8x82 - Shakey Graves
December 14, 2015
When the singer breaks out his guitar and suitcase drum, a rush of adrenaline hits the room.
8x83 - Son Little
December 18, 2015
A modernistic bluesman with a taste for electronics appears with just his acoustic guitar.
8x84 - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
December 21, 2015
Watch the soul star perform "Silent Night" and two originals — one for Christmas, one for Hanukkah.
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