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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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01.23.2020 Max Richter The eclectic composer joins members of the ACME ensemble for some of his most affecting music, which moves the audience to tears.
01.17.2020 Yola The singer who once sang backup for Massive Attack, Iggy Azalea and The Chemical Brothers, is front-and-center at the Tiny Desk.
01.15.2020 Joyce DiDonato Watch the celebrated opera star deconstruct old Italian love songs with her signature flair, backed by a crack jazz ensemble.
01.15.2020 Jordan Rakei Despite some unexpected gear problems, the soulful R&B artist and his band locked-in and played a phenomenal set behind the Tiny Desk.
01.10.2020 Brownout The Austin, Texas band brought old-school R&B horns, bongos and deep grooves to the Tiny Desk.
01.08.2020 Bridget Kibbey The irrepressible harpist proves that the instrument can be as tempestuous as a tango, as complex as a Bach fugue and sing as serenely as a church choir.
01.06.2020 Jon Batiste The New Orleans artist, known for his work on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, brought a whole new band to the Tiny Desk, performing together for the first time.
01.03.2020 Daniel Norgren The Swedish singer sways and writhes as he and his band create a dream state calming enough to slow the day's hectic pace to a crawl. Take a seat on a comfy couch and have a listen.
12.31.2019 Spanglish Fly Spanglish Fly is one of the pioneers of the boogaloo revival scene happening on the East Coast. For about sixteen minutes, they turned the NPR Music offices into the hottest Latin dance club in D.C.
12.30.2019 Balún It's impossible to not be drawn in by the visual specter of Balún as the band mixes traditional instruments and electronics, set against a rich tapestry of voices.
12.18.2019 Los Lobos Holiday When Los Lobos gathered behind the Tiny Desk, it felt like they were cramped in the back room of a family Christmas party, calling up tunes from the Latin holiday song book.
12.16.2019 Moonchild The LA-based trio makes an intricate blend of jazz, R&B and hip-hop. For their Tiny Desk set, they pulled out all the stops: flutes, flugelhorns, saxophones, keyboards, ukuleles and more.
12.13.2019 The Comet Is Coming The Comet is Coming is a force of nature. The British trio makes the kind of instrumental jazz that takes music lovers out of their comfort zone and into a musical realm they may never have explored.
12.11.2019 Weyes Blood Watch the band perform a blissed-out, gently sweeping set featuring three songs from its latest album, Titanic Rising.
12.09.2019 Raveena "I just want you to know," Raveena told the NPR office, "that in this space that we're in, you're extremely, extremely loved."
12.06.2019 Freddie Gibbs And Madlib The enigmatic and reclusive producer Madlib joins hard-hitting emcee Freddie Gibbs for one of the most memorable Tiny Desks of the year.
12.02.2019 Black Uhuru The influential reggae group, whose name means "black freedom," brought songs of solidarity and love to the Tiny Desk.
12.02.2019 Mereba A nomadic storyteller with a cross-genre style ranging from folk to rap, Mereba slays the devil in her solo set behind the Desk.
11.25.2019 Carly Rae Jepsen The singer brought a sparkling, pop-disco vibe and a lot of swagger to the sun-filled Tiny Desk.
11.22.2019 Igor Levit The insightful pianist offers a Beethoven bonanza, ranging from the mesmerizing pulse of the popular "Moonlight" Sonata to flashes of wry humor and tender beauty.
11.20.2019 Snarky Puppy The jazz, funk and gospel improv group brought jams and joy to the Tiny Desk.
11.18.2019 Burna Boy The Nigerian singer and songwriter is one of the biggest African artists in the world and a pioneer of Afro-fusion, an inescapable sound this year.
11.18.2019 KOKOKO! KOKOKO! are sonic warriors. They seized control of the Tiny Desk, shouting their arrival through a megaphone, while electronic sirens begin to blare.
11.13.2019 Sunny War Sunny War has been homeless, busked on city streets and Venice Beach, left home feeling she was a burden to her mother, battled addiction and still found a way to bring joy to others thru her music.
11.08.2019 Dave The British rapper made a trip all the way from the UK just for this Tiny Desk performance and powered through a set that made the personal political.
11.06.2019 BJ The Chicago Kid The 34-year old R&B mainstay used his moment at the desk to fit in as many of his most cherished songs as possible — Nine songs in 17 minutes to be exact.
10.25.2019 Rio Mira Rio Mira's music celebrates life along the river that separates Ecuador and Colombia: soft breezes, loving friends, the embrace of Africa and lots of festejando!
10.23.2019 Chai The group from Japan is on a mission to expand the conventional meaning of "cute." Their performance included synchronized dancing, pom-poms and matching pink uniforms, with a heavy, angular sound.
10.21.2019 Jovino Santos Neto Trio Along with his trio, the pianist, multi-instrumentalist and composer cast a spell over the NPR Music offices in this joyful turn behind the Tiny Desk.
10.21.2019 Summer Walker One week after releasing a record-shattering studio debut, the Atlanta native brings a glowing R&B set to the Tiny Desk.
10.16.2019 Taylor Swift As she settled in for this stripped-down set, Taylor Swift looked out over the office. "I just decided to take this as an opportunity to show you guys how the songs sounded when I first wrote them."
10.15.2019 Brittany Howard The Alabama Shakes singer and guitarist brought an eight-piece backing band to the Tiny Desk for a set of deeply personal and affecting songs.
10.09.2019 Charly Bliss The vibrancy of the band can feel childlike and candy-coated. But the group's songs are more about the pain of entering adulthood and leaving some of that sweetness behind.
10.09.2019 Charly Bliss The vibrancy of the band can feel childlike and candy-coated. But the group's songs are more about the pain of entering adulthood and leaving some of that sweetness behind.
10.07.2019 Sharon Van Etten Nearly a decade after her first appearance at the Tiny Desk, Sharon Van Etten returns with a full band and a bigger, bolder sound.
10.04.2019 Molly Sarlé After performing at the Tiny Desk as one third of the group Mountain Man, Molly Sarlé returns for a soul-stirring solo performance.
09.30.2019 Jonas Brothers The brothers and their backing band gave a playful performance of three tracks from their latest album, Happiness Begins.
09.30.2019 Josh Ritter With Amanda Shires And Jason Isbell In his second visit to the Tiny Desk, Josh Ritter had America on his mind. "We all have to fight against this notion that we're not all human beings."
09.25.2019 Ari Lennox The R&B; singer performed songs from her debut full-length, Shea Butter Baby.
09.23.2019 Y La Bamba Y La Bamba returns for its second Tiny Desk performance with a revised musical vision.
09.18.2019 Nilüfer Yanya There's a hush to the music of Nilüfer Yanya that made the Tiny Desk the perfect stage for her sound.
09.16.2019 Rhiannon Giddens Giddens shares songs from her latest album, There is No Other, in an emotional and transfixing performance at the Tiny Desk.
09.11.2019 Come From Away Sixteen performers from the Broadway cast crammed behind the Tiny Desk to sing songs and share stories about thousands of airline passengers who were stranded in Newfoundland after 9/11.
09.09.2019 Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley With eyes shut, Marley dug deep into the healing power of music with songs from his 2017 album Stony Hill.
09.09.2019 The Tallest Man On Earth The Tallest Man On Earth's second appearance at the Tiny Desk comes almost 10 years to the day after his first. He returns with a touch of grey and a beard, but no less intense or moving.
09.03.2019 A-WA The three Israeli sisters in A-WA mix Yemenite and Arabic traditions with splashes of reggae and hip-hop.
08.30.2019 The-Dream The singer and mega-hit songwriter showcases three of his own tracks, including "I Luv Your Girl" and two songs from Ménage à Trois: Sextape Vol. 1, 2, 3.
08.29.2019 Dan Tepfer The pianist and programmer has transformed the acoustic piano into his duet partner.
08.26.2019 47SOUL 47SOUL's message of equality is meant for the world. It's music without borders, mixing old and new, acoustic and electronic from a band formed in Amman Jordan, singing in Arabic and English.
08.23.2019 Mandolin Orange Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz made everything seem so easy, with just a few acoustic instruments and a single microphone behind the Tiny Desk, performing songs full of joy and thoughtfulness.

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