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- National Public Radio brings many different musicians in to play a short concert in the office.
- Hearing Ravyn Lenae's voice resonate from behind the Tiny Desk for one of our first concerts back in the building had me entranced.
- The 27-year-old rapper recently stopped by NPR's D.C. headquarters to participate in its Tiny Desk Home Concert series. Curry was joined by fellow vocalist DJ POSHtronaut and his nine-piece Cold-Blooded Soul Band.
- Goliath Usher caps off our month-long celebration of Black music, highlighting a catalog chock-full of hits spanning 25 years. It's been over two years since NPR headquarters was abuzz with chatter of a legend in the building.
- 2009– 20mTV EpisodeAlisa Amador, the winner of the 2022 Tiny Desk Contest, came at a time when she had been considering putting her music career on hold.
- 2009– 10mTV EpisodeThundercat and his bandmates Dennis Hamm, Justin Brown and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, all master musicians in their own right, polished off some bacon croissant sandwiches and proceeded to give us three of the best of what Drunk has to offer.
- If you've heard a DOMi and JD BECK song or watched a performance online, expectations of catching brilliance when you witness the jazz duo in person are likely high.
- ADG7 mixes traditional, shamanistic ritual sounds with Korean folk songs from Hwanghae Province.
- Tiny desk concert by Belgian dance-pop superstar Stromae
- Tiny desk live performance by Brazilian pianist Eliane Elias
- Tiny Desk is celebrating Latino Heritage Month with an "El Tiny" takeover, featuring in this concert Omar Apollo
- 2009– 15mTV EpisodeThe Pedrito Martinez Group performance in Tiny Desk.
- 2009– 14mTV EpisodeSting and Shaggy performance for NPR's Tiny Desk concerts
- Randy Newman live performance in his Tiny Desk Concert
- The inspiring Angélique Kidjo graces the Tiny Desk for our 1,000th concert.
- You can't see it on the screen, but there's a piece of paper taped to the Desk in front of Lee Fields throughout the R&B, blues and soul veteran's long-awaited Tiny Desk debut.
- Tiny Desk concert from The Smile.
- This year's celebration of Black History Month at Tiny Desk features a carefully crafted lineup that spans many genres, generations, and lifestyles. Today's concert is by trumpeter Theo Croker
- 2009– 24mTV EpisodeTyler, The Creator playing "Boredom", "See You Again" and "Glitter"at the Tiny Desk.
- So enjoy this set for what it is: one of the world's biggest stars, performing a few of the world's biggest songs, each set to a luminous arrangement.
- Shrouded in all black, flamenco garb and flanked by his very own angelitos at the Tiny Desk, Spanish singer Omar Montes is the shining embodiment of the contrasts he constantly plays with.
- 2009– 10mTV EpisodeArmed with the summer song of 2011, the band brings "Pumped Up Kicks" and more to NPR Music.
- Watch Hiromi's concert for Tiny Desk with her band, the Hiromi's Sonicwonder in the NPR HQ
- The Tiny Desk had a considerable pop sheen when vocalist Becky G took her place alongside a backing band featuring a string quartet. The stripped down sound of some of her biggest hits offered a rare view of her artistry.
- The last time Olivia Rodrigo performed a Tiny Desk concert, it was two years ago, in a deserted DMV office. But this year, She returned, bringing a handful of songs from her wildly fun sophomore album to the NPR Music office.
- Rather than squeezing in a stop by NPR's Washington D.C. headquarters between tour stops, the rapper Dave made a special trip all the way from the UK just for his Tiny Desk performance.
- A snow storm may have kept many Washington, D.C. natives in their home that day, but Tinashe was at the office bright and early with an infectious smile and spirit that would warm up any chill in the building.
- 2009– 25mTV EpisodeWalking into the room shortly before Justin Timberlake took our cramped stage, I overheard someone on his team wondering aloud if this was to be the most densely populated Tiny Desk concert in history - which is to say, the most musicians we've ever fit in a single frame. It's not, but we don't often find a way to cram in this many human beings (15 in all) and this much gear. Timberlake has never been one to give partial effort, but this is a production befitting the occasion: namely, a set timed to drop concurrently with the release of his new album, Everything I Thought It Was. Eschewing the rootsier feel of its predecessor, 2018's Man of the Woods, the new record is a throwback, an epic and a blowout - and so's this lavish set, which scales the Timberlake experience down to 25 minutes of maximalist celebration and, when the moment calls for it, chiller vibes. Backed by his band The Tennessee Kids, Timberlake's Tiny Desk debut leans heavily on his early solo catalog, as he kicks it off with two songs from 2002's classic Justified and weaves in three more from 2006's magnificent FutureSex/LoveSounds - including a set-closing "SexyBack," which finds the singer trotting out a megaphone in a truly meme-worthy moment. By the way, in case you're wondering, the all-time record for musicians behind the Tiny Desk is a whopping 23, a feat pulled off by the fantastic Mucca Pazza in 2015. But Timberlake and company rival that classic performance's energy - in both cases, the real triumph lies not in the Tetris of it all, but in the way that many people still find ways to move, buoyantly and as one mighty organism.
- 2009– 25mTV EpisodeWyclef Jean doesn't get his just due. It was only after The Fugees had the world in their collective palms, and then disbanded, when we got to know his unadulterated abilities as a musician - his first solo album The Carnival was a project equal to (if not greater than) his greatest successes with The Fugees. From there, his focus shifted to discovering and producing stars, stretching all genres in his solo mission, and philanthropic work for his homeland of Haiti. A seasoned pro, he walked through our doors greeting and charming anyone within arm's reach. Once in front of an audience, he was in attack mode, playing every instrument in sight. Clef doled out stories ranging from his upbringing and rise with The Fugees to intimate musical encounters with Whitney Houston and Destiny's Child. The mentions were properly placed and added substance to the performance, but to me, he pulled what I'd call a "subtle stunt." Hip-hop is and has always been about youth and freshness, so most elder statesmen of rap aren't celebrated to the degree of their peers in rock 'n' roll and country music. Every now and again it's necessary to inform the younger generation, who would otherwise never know these epic moments ever happened. Over the past few years, we've seen a resurgence of sorts for Wyclef. Young Thug noted a heavy influence, naming a song after him and then tag-teaming on a different track on last year's Jeffery; one of the biggest songs of 2017, DJ Khaled's "Wild Thoughts," prominently samples Wyclef's colossal collaboration with Carlos Santana on "Maria Maria." His career trajectory was recently documented on TV One's Unsung, and in September he dropped the third installment of The Carnival. He starts his set with two highlights from his latest record, and finishes with a climactic rendition of his signature hit like you've never seen or heard.
- Enjoy the live performance of Anita Tijoux and her band in this Tiny Desk concert
- Nelly Furtado's career has spanned a quarter-century, so it's tough to fit all the highlights into a single Tiny Desk concert. And in her set featured a bunch of her biggest hits and a new single called "Love Bites."
- 2009– 30mTV EpisodeBefore Nile Rodgers and CHIC set the Tiny Desk off, the icon established a sort of mission statement for the group's sound: "If we can funk in this, you know we can funk." They surely can.