Tiny Desk Concerts - Audio
420 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratingsTiny Desk Concerts from NPR Music feature your favorite musicians performing at All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen's desk in the NPR office. Hear Wilco, Adele, Passion Pit, Tinariwen, Miguel, The xx and many more. This is the audio version of the podcast. A video version is also available.
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Episodes
Gabriel Garzón-Montano
May 26, 2017 13:55 - 11 minutesGabriel Garzón-Montano spent three years writing and recording his beautiful, dense album Jardin -- but for his Tiny Desk visit, he stripped it all down to two elements, the piano and his voice.
Julia Jacklin
May 22, 2017 13:43 - 15 minutesA restrained, whisper-soft Tiny Desk concert from Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin with songs taken from her debut album Don't Let The Kids Win.
Troker
May 19, 2017 16:30 - 21 minutesMexico may not be known for its jazz, but the young lions of Troker are a promising hope to make the country and its capital city a destination.
Tim Darcy
May 15, 2017 13:35 - 13 minutesTim Darcy of Montreal band Ought brings his mysterious solo work, from the album Saturday Night, to the Tiny Desk. The record he says, was his chance to "get back to my roots, in my own voice."
Danilo Brito
May 12, 2017 15:29 - 17 minutesDanilo Brito and his band brought their dextrous expression of choro music to the Tiny Desk, a long-established musical style that has its roots in the streets and backyards of Brito's native Brazil.
Aimee Mann
May 08, 2017 15:13 - 15 minutes"This song is called 'You Never Loved Me' — it's another cheery, optimistic number," says Aimee Mann, introducing the second of four songs in this Tiny Desk Concert.
Peter Silberman
May 05, 2017 13:00 - 24 minutesA strange condition hushed the life of Peter Silberman, resulting in what may be the quietest Tiny Desk Concert ever.
Avery*Sunshine
May 01, 2017 19:02 - 17 minutesThe gospel-trained singer showcased why she counts Aretha Franklin and Smokey Robinson as fans.
Antonio Lizana
May 01, 2017 14:40 - 18 minutesThe traditions of flamenco and jazz are disparate, but in the hands of a few Spanish jazz musicians, these two worlds commingle and find common ground.
alt-J
April 24, 2017 14:52 - 17 minutesI have a self-imposed rule for Tiny Desk Concerts: No artist can visit twice unless there's something wholly different about what they're doing. alt-J was happy to oblige.
Chicano Batman
April 17, 2017 17:08 - 12 minutesChicano Batman comes with a sound that perfectly captures dark lounges, quinceñera dances, car shows and backyard parties.
Ljova and the Kontraband
April 14, 2017 13:32 - 23 minutesComposer, arranger and viola player Ljova lead his Kontraband to the Tiny Desk for an eclectic swirl of Western classical, jazz, tango and Eastern European and Balkan folk music.
Sinkane
April 10, 2017 13:00 - 14 minutesYou can hear a great New York jazz band in the rhythms of Sinkane, but you can also hear the influence of Bob Marley and the hypnotic repetition of Sudanese desert sounds.
Tash Sultana
April 07, 2017 13:00 - 25 minutesIt's astonishing to watch Sultana's fluidity on her instrument, like a natural extension of her body. She also plays bass, saxophone, trumpet, flute and more, but kept it "simple" for the Tiny Desk.
Noname
April 03, 2017 13:00 - 15 minutesThe power of language to penetrate a difficult subject, and the power of performance to share that language, are the gifts Noname brought to the Tiny Desk.
Overcoats
March 27, 2017 13:31 - 12 minutesHana Elion and JJ Mitchell's vibrant vocal harmonies are set against an electronic backdrop that feels spacious and refreshing.
Delicate Steve
March 24, 2017 15:12 - 14 minutesThis fierce and lyrical guitar player writes playful instrumental music led by hooky vocals — but there is no voice, just the human-like twang of a glass slide on a guitar.
Sampha
March 21, 2017 13:00 - 15 minutesA Tiny Desk Concert as intimate as it gets (that's saying something). Just Sampha, a piano and three heart-wrenching songs that seem to double as coping mechanisms.
Red Baraat
March 13, 2017 13:00 - 17 minutesRed Baraat come to the Tiny Desk in celebration of holi, the Hindu festival of color and love that welcomes the coming of spring.
Tank And The Bangas
March 10, 2017 14:18 - 24 minutesTank and the Bangas' victory lap around the Tiny Desk was momentous, celebratory and deeply touching, with a flair and alchemy of styles that could come from New Orleans.