Tiny Desk Concerts - Video
419 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 849 ratingsTiny Desk Concerts from NPR's All Songs Considered features your favorite musicians performing at Bob Boilen's desk in the NPR Music office. Watch videos from Passion Pit, The xx, Wilco, Adele, Phoenix, Tinariwen, tUnE-yArDs and many more.
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Episodes
Mountain Man
February 14, 2019 15:02 VideoThe voices of Amelia Meath, Molly Erin Sarlé and Alexandra Sauser-Monnig come together behind the Tiny Desk, with songs that conjure a simpler life: dogs, friends, moonlight or skinny dipping.
Lau Noah
February 11, 2019 15:34 VideoThere's a magical aura that surrounds Lau Noah as she sits behind the Tiny Desk and unspools thought-provoking story-songs.
Kurt Vile
February 06, 2019 15:51 VideoKurt Vile and his musical mate, Rob Laakso casually lose themselves in complex guitar lines that are effortlessly beautiful and lyrical.
Cat Power
February 04, 2019 17:18 VideoChan Marshall and her band perform a brisk and beautifully orchestrated medley of Cat Power songs: "Wanderer," "Woman" and 2006's "The Moon."
Blood Orange
January 30, 2019 16:00 VideoThis Blood Orange Tiny Desk is a beautifully conceived concert showing off the craft and care that has made Devonté Hynes a groundbreaking producer and songwriter.
Stella Donnelly
January 23, 2019 20:28 - 10 minutes VideoWatch the Australian singer-songwriter perform three new songs from her upcoming full-length debut, Beware of the Dogs.
Nate Wood - fOUR
January 16, 2019 14:11 VideoThe multi-instrumentalist says he only wishes he had more limbs; but Wood still manages to simultaneously play a bass guitar, keys and drums, all while singing into a wearable microphone.
Aaron Lee Tasjan
January 15, 2019 14:59 VideoAaron Lee Tasjan arrived in an ascot and mustard-colored shirt, sporting red, round sunglasses and mutton chops. It was a fashionable nod to the psych-pop and rock sound he brought to the Tiny Desk.
Carolina Eyck and Clarice Jensen
January 14, 2019 16:12 VideoCarolina Eyck, the first artist to bring a theremin to the Tiny Desk, plays the air with the kind of lyrical phrasing and "fingered" articulation that takes a special kind of virtuosity.
Buddy
January 10, 2019 16:10 VideoThe preacher's son from Compton brought his flair for the dramatic, and an air of rebellion, to the Tiny Desk.
Miguel Zenón feat. Spektral Quartet
January 07, 2019 18:47 - 20 minutes VideoThe saxophonist is a big thinker whose mesmerizing compositions chronicle the music of his native Puerto Rico with the help of an adventurous jazz quartet.
Harold López-Nussa Trio
December 19, 2018 14:54 VideoCuban pianist Harold López-Nussa, along with his brother Ruy on drums and bassist Gaston Joya, deliver a set of danceable jazz explorations rooted in Afro-Cuban musical traditions to the Tiny Desk.
Amy Grant
December 19, 2018 14:53 VideoAmy Grant maps her fabulous, four-decade career with some of her coziest and heartfelt Christmas songs, not to mention a delightful version of "Jingle Bells."
H.E.R.
December 12, 2018 14:02 VideoThe singer stuns in her second appearance at the Tiny Desk, showcasing not only her vocal mastery, but her skills as a captivating multi-instrumentalist.
Wu-Tang Clan
December 05, 2018 18:09 VideoThe Clan celebrates its 25th anniversary with an old-school cipher at the Tiny Desk.
Dirty Projectors
December 04, 2018 18:42 VideoThe band takes its quirks of production, rhythm and rhyme and brilliantly arranges them to work behind the Tiny Desk.
Joey Alexander
November 30, 2018 17:05 VideoNo one in the NPR offices could have imagined how remarkable this 15-year old pianist would be at the Tiny Desk.
The Innocence Mission
November 29, 2018 15:57 VideoThe Innocence Mission, ever the most careful cultivators of quiet, encouraged us to come closer, to discover the "thing beautiful enough" in the moment it's delivered.
dvsn
November 26, 2018 14:50 VideoThe Toronto-based R&B duo bathed the Tiny Desk in vibrant blue, purple and orange light to make it feel more like a concert hall.
boygenius
November 26, 2018 14:49 VideoJulien Baker, Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers are all Tiny Desk alumae, but here they play together at NPR for the first time as boygenius, one of this year's best surprises.
Bernie And The Believers Feat. Essence: Tiny Desk Concert
November 13, 2018 14:25 - 24 minutes VideoThe story of Bernie and the Believers is the story of Bernie Dalton's diagnosis of Lou Gehrig's disease and compassionate friends making his dream come true and his songs come to life.
Half Waif
November 09, 2018 15:41 - 13 minutes VideoThe band's songs, stripped here to their essence, are particularly peaceful and calm — and sometimes chilling.
Pedro The Lion
November 08, 2018 15:48 - 14 minutes VideoNo matter how dark or disastrous, there's always been an undercurrent of grace to the music of David Bazan. He returns to his Pedro the Lion moniker for this memorable Tiny Desk performance.
Nicholas Payton Trio
November 02, 2018 13:31 - 24 minutes VideoAfter back-to-back performances in South Africa, Argentina, Chile and New York, Payton hit the Tiny Desk, where he dazzled the audience, simultaneously playing his trumpet and a Fender Rhodes.
Liniker e os Caramelows
October 29, 2018 15:24 - 18 minutes VideoLiniker e os Caramelows are from Brazil but steeped in the tradition of soul from here in the U.S. Watching this performance is to witness a spell being cast, note-by-note.
Jim James
October 29, 2018 15:07 - 11 minutes VideoA single voice can send a powerful message - and that's just what Jim James did at the Tiny Desk, with just his voice and an acoustic guitar.
Cautious Clay
October 24, 2018 13:40 - 13 minutes VideoThe charismatic singer and saxophonist brought a group of longtime friends to play a warm, thoughtful and chill set at the Tiny Desk.
Chromeo
October 22, 2018 13:37 - 18 minutes VideoThe self-proclaimed "Funklordz" normally perform as a duo, but played with a live band for the first time at the Tiny Desk.
Alfredo Rodríguez
October 22, 2018 13:36 - 19 minutes VideoThe Cuban pianist thrilled the NPR office with an intense performance that was as melodic as it was rhythmic.
Florence + the Machine
October 17, 2018 15:03 - 14 minutes Video"I'm sorry I'm shy," Florence Welch told the crowd of NPR family and friends gathered for her Tiny Desk performance. "If this was a big gig, I'd probably be climbing all over here and running around."
Café Tacvba
October 15, 2018 13:18 - 19 minutes VideoThe pioneering Mexican band recreates the adventurous musical energy of their massive stadium shows behind Bob Boilen's desk.
Big Boi
October 10, 2018 14:58 - 12 minutes VideoThe OutKast star performs "So Fresh, So Clean," "The Way You Move" and his solo single "All Night" with the help of singer Sleepy Brown and an eight-member backing band.
Cory Henry
October 05, 2018 13:12 - 23 minutes VideoHenry and his band would have sounded right at home on Stax Records in the '70s — no small accomplishment. Watch them perform three funky, soulful jams.
Saba
October 01, 2018 13:23 VideoBefore embarking on a tour of Australia and Asia, the Chicago native brought the squad that helped make Care For Me one of 2018's best — along with a very special guest.
Cécile McLorin Salvant
September 25, 2018 18:07 - 18 minutes VideoThe jazz singer, who used to be into radical feminist punk, now composes and sings beautiful jazz ballads.
Anthony Roth Costanzo
September 21, 2018 14:48 - 17 minutes VideoWatch the ambitious countertenor sing music that spans more than 250 years, connecting the dots between David Byrne, George Frideric Handel and Philip Glass.
Julie Byrne
September 19, 2018 19:27 - 14 minutes VideoJulie Byrne's transporting music can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.
Smif-N-Wessun
September 17, 2018 15:55 - 14 minutes VideoBrooklyn-bred hip-hop duo Smif-N-Wessun – consisting of partners in rhyme, Steele and Tek – illuminated the Tiny Desk with their signature, 80-proof poetry: straight, no chaser.
GoGo Penguin
September 17, 2018 15:54 - 18 minutes VideoThis trio has become a reference point of their own for new school instrumentalists, a coveted achievement for any jazz group, though their appeal stretches far outside the jazz ecosystem.
Hobo Johnson and The Lovemakers
September 13, 2018 14:44 - 15 minutes VideoWhile this Sacramento, Calif. band didn't win this year's Tiny Desk contest, their video entry, for the song "Peach Scones," was among the more memorable we've ever seen.
Jupiter & Okwess
September 10, 2018 13:42 - 12 minutes VideoJupiter Bokondji and his band Okwess play music that feels both African and American, with Jupiter's early musical tastes inspired by The Jackson 5, James Brown and the sounds of Motown.
Kalbells
September 05, 2018 18:47 - 14 minutes VideoThe band makes life-affirming music that singer Kalmia Traver created over the past few years, filled with the triumph of being cancer free.
George Li
September 04, 2018 13:36Watch the young Harvard grad dispatch some of the most "knuckle-busting" piano repertoire with uncommon panache and precision.
Tech N9ne Feat. Krizz Kaliko: Tiny Desk Concert
August 29, 2018 13:44 - 14 minutes VideoTwo of Kansas City's finest — and indie hip-hop's trailblazers — deliver a dose of Strange Music.
T.I.
August 27, 2018 12:57 - 8 minutes VideoIn the fifteen years since he released Trap Muzik, Tip Harris has reinvented himself a thousand times over. But the stories he recounts from that era make his Tiny Desk a memorable one.
Dermot Kennedy
August 27, 2018 12:56 - 13 minutes VideoBacked for the first time ever by members of the Howard Gospel Choir, the Irish singer-songwriter shows off a voice built to fill stadiums in more ways than one.
Camp Cope
August 22, 2018 18:23 - 13 minutes VideoThe Australian band uses tiny moments of introspection to illuminate life's bewildering, terrifying, isolating aspects — especially as they apply to women.
Yo-Yo Ma
August 17, 2018 13:27 - 12 minutes VideoWatch the 19-time Grammy winner return to his lifelong passion for J.S. Bach, playing music from the Cello Suites and offering advice on the art of incremental learning.
Erykah Badu
August 15, 2018 13:18 - 15 minutes VideoThe singer's performance at the Tiny Desk was an almost spiritual experience, leaving many at the NPR Music offices in awe.
Tower Of Power
August 13, 2018 12:57 - 18 minutes VideoEven from its beginnings in late-60s Oakland, the band has always stood out. Fifty years later, its devotion to classic horn-driven soul remains unmatched, its passion and precision unchanged.