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Tiny 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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02.17.2021

John Fogerty plays three Creedence Clearwater Revival classics with some help from his family for his Tiny Desk home concert.

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02.17.2021 Fogerty's Factory - John Fogerty + Family: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert John Fogerty plays three Creedence Clearwater Revival classics with some help from his family for his Tiny Desk home concert.
01.21.2021 Kevin Morby And Waxahatchee: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert From Kevin Morby's tiny desk in Kansas City, Kevin Morby and Waxahatchee duet.
01.19.2021 John Prine Tribute: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert From Margo Price to Nathaniel Rateliff, watch five artists perform their favorite John Prine tunes from their homes (and bathtubs) in honor of one of the greatest songwriters of any generation.
11.23.2020 Rodrigo y Gabriela Rodrigo y Gabriela play a relaxed Tiny Desk home concert from their studio in Zihuatanejo, Mexico.
11.18.2020 Ben Gibbard The Death Cab For Cutie frontman performs a new song and pays tribute to Fountains of Wayne songwriter Adam Schlesinger in this quarantine concert.
11.17.2020 Laura Marling Laura Marling delivers an intimate performance of songs from her just-released record Song For Our Daughter in her living room.
11.10.2020 Tom Adams The singer and songwriter plays four new songs from his home in Cornwall, accompanied by a modular synthesizer and fronted by Adams' gifted falsetto.
11.09.2020 Raul Midón The jazz singer and guitarist has multiple Grammy nominations to his name. He performed five songs for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.
11.06.2020 Michael McDonald No joke: The Doobie Brother took to his studio to record a special quarantine concert for Tiny Desk fans.
11.02.2020 Margo Price & Jeremy Ivey One of Nashville's most talented couples took to their attic for a three-song set, including an unrecorded song that speaks to what so many of us our feeling right now.
10.30.2020 Soccer Mommy The New Normal includes some Tiny Desk concerts without the Tiny Desk. Sophie Allison, aka Soccer Mommy, performed a short set while quarantining in her Nashville home during the coronavirus crisis.
06.24.2020 Sudan Archives Sudan Archives draws inspiration from Irish and African traditional music. Watch her channel both in this Tiny Desk concert.
06.15.2020 Alicia Keys The pop superstar premiered a new song, "Gramercy Park," and revisited a classic during her Tiny Desk performance.
06.01.2020 Hadestown The cast and musicians of the hit Broadway musical Hadestown pack into the Tiny Desk for a truly glorious performance of its greatest songs.
05.27.2020 Wire More than 40 years after forming, the British post-punk pioneers finally visited the Tiny Desk.
05.18.2020 Lankum The award-winning Irish quartet performs three songs from its latest album, The Livelong Day, at the Tiny Desk.
05.13.2020 Frances Quinlan The frontwoman of the indie-rock band Hop Along made her second appearance at the Tiny Desk, this time performing songs from her debut solo album.
05.11.2020 Augustin Hadelich Grammy-winning fiddler Augustin Hadelich brings one of the finest violins in the world to the Tiny Desk.
05.04.2020 Jon Batiste Jon Batiste premieres new songs and takes us through some of the many sides of his rich musical history at the Tiny Desk.
04.29.2020 Daughter Of Swords Alexandra Sauser-Monnig returns to the Tiny Desk with her band Daughter of Swords, showcasing new music as well as songs from 2019's gorgeous Dawnbreaker album.
04.28.2020 Mahan Esfahani The harpsichord is alive and well. Watch Mahan Esfahani give the first solo harpsichord recital at the Tiny Desk, playing music that spans over 250 years.
04.21.2020 The Free Nationals Feat. Anderson .Paak, Chronixx & India Shawn The Free Nationals and Anderson .Paak make their triumphant return to the Tiny Desk along with some other special guests.
04.15.2020 Angelica Garcia With a great deal of "Salva-Mex-American" pride, Angelica Garcia performs three songs from her album, Cha Cha Palace at the Tiny Desk.
04.13.2020 Tōth Alex Toth, who played the Tiny Desk back in 2015 as a member of Rubblebucket returns front and center with his own band, Tōth.
04.08.2020 The Lumineers Ho hey! Look who turned up at the Tiny Desk. Watch The Lumineers play a four-song set for the smallest crowd in ages.
04.03.2020 Jesca Hoop You'll want to watch this deeply reflective and personal Tiny Desk concert.
03.30.2020 Allen Stone The soul singer demonstrated a commitment to the Tiny Desk that we rarely, if ever, see.
03.23.2020 The Black Crowes Chris and Rich Robinson revisit songs from their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker.
03.18.2020 Rex Orange County Watch the low-key British pop star perform "Sunflower," "Loving Is Easy" and more at the Tiny Desk.
03.16.2020 Harry Styles The former One Direction singer gave a charming performance of "Watermelon Sugar," "Adore You" and other cuts from his latest album, Fine Line.
03.13.2020 Chika The 23-year old rapper from Alabama went for a stripped-down set anchored by a Peruvian cajón.
03.12.2020 Kirill Gerstein Watch the award-winning pianist play a hit by Chopin, a premiere by Thomas Adès and a cherished song by Gershwin dressed in a virtuosic arrangement.
03.06.2020 Taimane Within the first moments of Taimane's magical set, we hear her play fiery flamenco, a famous phrase from the opera Carmen, a touch of Bach and more than a nod to her Hawaiian homeland.
03.04.2020 Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science The veteran jazz drummer is joined by special guests that include producer and percussionist Kassa Overall and actor Malcolm Jamal Warner, for a potent and deeply moving set.
03.03.2020 Mellotron Variations Robby Grant, Pat Sansone (Wilco), Jonathan Kirkscey and John Medeski (Medeski, Martin & Wood) give an all-Mellotron performance, making music of magic and mystery.
03.02.2020 Bob Weir And Wolf Bros Weir, along with Don Was and Jay Lane, play a set rich in Grateful Dead lore, including an emotional take on the sing-along, "Ripple."
02.28.2020 Cimafunk The band from Havana brings its intoxicating mix of Afro-Cuban dance music and 1970s funk-and-soul to the Tiny Desk.
02.26.2020 Indigo Sparke The Australian singer transforms the NPR Music offices with a voice that, at moments, comes as a whisper.
02.24.2020 Jenny Lewis A consummate storyteller, going as far back to her days with her band Rilo Kiley, the words of Jenny Lewis comfort and inspire.
02.24.2020 Chris Dave And The Drumhedz Chris Dave, your favorite musician's favorite drummer, takes listeners on a journey through a virtual record store, picking up different genres along the way and putting them in your bag.
02.24.2020 Elisapie The Canadian singer-songwriter gives a deep, soulful performance against a sometimes moody backdrop of bass saxophone and bowed guitars.
02.18.2020 Snoh Aalegra The Iranian-Swedish singer draws her musical cues from Brandy and Sade while racking up a list of collaborators such as Vince Staples, James Fauntleroy and, most recently, Pharrell Williams.
02.14.2020 Laura Stevenson Backed by a small string section, Stevenson performed three songs that sounded so gorgeous, an actual marriage proposal broke out shortly after her set ended.
02.12.2020 Mount Eerie With Julie Doiron Phil Elverum shares his open wounds — of death, love and the loss of love — in close harmonies, accompanied only by electric and nylon-string guitars.
02.10.2020 Baby Rose At 25, she mixes the bluesy melisma of Nina Simone and the deep register of Sarah Vaughan — two of her influences — with songwriting as devastating as her delivery.
02.09.2020 Jonathan Scales Fourchestra Here's a first: Steelpans at the Tiny Desk. It's true. Nearly a thousand performances into the series and the instrument has never been featured, until now.
02.05.2020 Another Sky The strength of this London band is matching message with music. There's intensity and clear intention in their use of rock as an art.
02.04.2020 SiR The R&B singer from Inglewood, CA made his performance a family affair, dedicating it to his late godson, with his mother and older brother on backup vocals.
02.04.2020 Rising Appalachia The Atlanta-based band came to NPR in a van packed with a bodhrán (Irish drum), an ngoni (West African harp) a huge gourd, a cello, a baritone guitar and more.
01.29.2020 Jimmy Eat World Jimmy Eat World showed up to the NPR Music office all smiles and no guitars. They borrowed a couple acoustics, a gong and a tambourine for a heartfelt set that included "The Middle."

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Tiny Desk Concerts - Audio episodes:

Fogerty's Factory - John Fogerty + Family: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Kevin Morby And Waxahatchee: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

John Prine Tribute: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Ben Gibbard

Laura Marling

Tom Adams

Raul Midón

Michael McDonald

Margo Price & Jeremy Ivey

Soccer Mommy

Sudan Archives

Alicia Keys

Hadestown

Wire

Lankum

Frances Quinlan

Augustin Hadelich

Jon Batiste

Daughter Of Swords

Mahan Esfahani

The Free Nationals Feat. Anderson .Paak, Chronixx & India Shawn

Angelica Garcia

Tōth

The Lumineers

Jesca Hoop

Allen Stone

The Black Crowes

Rex Orange County

Harry Styles

Chika

Kirill Gerstein

Taimane

Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science

Mellotron Variations

Bob Weir And Wolf Bros

Cimafunk

Indigo Sparke

Jenny Lewis

Chris Dave And The Drumhedz

Elisapie

Snoh Aalegra

Laura Stevenson

Mount Eerie With Julie Doiron

Baby Rose

Jonathan Scales Fourchestra

Another Sky

SiR

Rising Appalachia

Jimmy Eat World

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