NPR Music's 50 Best Albums of 2021 (10-1)

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NPR Music's 50 Best Albums of 2021 (10-1)

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NPR Music's 50 Best Albums of 2021 Enlarge this image Renee Klahr/NPR Renee Klahr/NPR If the year presently coming to a close was a dance, it'd be a hesitant shuffle, tentative steps toward — or heyyyy, maybe away from? —Desire Moses, WNRN ◆ Watch Arlo Parks' Tiny Desk concert Arooj Aftab Vulture Prince New Amsterdam Or listen on the streaming platform of your choice. On her third album, Vulture Prince, Aftab's songs convey longing, hope, grief and loss in songs that never land at the same spot twice: the achingly spare "Saans Lo" wafts like smoke, "Last Night" sets a Rumi poem to a reggae-inspired beat and "Suroor" recalls the searching sounds of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. —Christina Lee ◆ Watch Little Simz's Tiny Desk concert Jazmine Sullivan Heaux Tales RCA Or listen on the streaming platform of your choice. —Sidney Madden ◆ Watch Jazmine Sullivan's Tiny Desk concert ◆ Listen NPR Music's Album Of The Year interview with Jazmine Sullivan

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NPR photographers share their favorite Tiny Desk Concert pictures from 2024

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NPR photographers share their favorite Tiny Desk Concert pictures from 2024

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NPR photographers share their favorite Tiny Desk Concert pictures from 2024 toggle caption Grace Widyatmadja/NPR We all have a favorite Tiny Desk concert. -- Courtney Theophin, NPR Visuals Editor and Producer toggle caption Sofia Seidel/NPR Nervous start Country music singer-songwriter Wyatt Flores captivated the Tiny Desk audience with his heartfelt performance. toggle caption Elizabeth Gillis/NPR For Soul Glo, it's fitting …

The 10 Best Tiny Desk Concerts of 2024

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The 10 Best Tiny Desk Concerts of 2024

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The 10 Best Tiny Desk Concerts of 2024 Jackie Lay/NPR It was a banner year at the Tiny Desk. —Anamaria Sayre, Tiny Desk producer and Alt.Latino co-host Doechii When I first discovered Doechii's music back in 2019, it made me wonder where she'd been my whole life. —Maia Stern, Tiny Desk video producer The LOX When hip-hop music is arranged …

The Best Tiny Desk Concerts Of 2021

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The Best Tiny Desk Concerts Of 2021

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Our Favorite Tiny Desk Concerts Of 2021 Enlarge this image toggle caption Renee Klahr/NPR Renee Klahr/NPR As we inch towards the end of year two of the pandemic, the literal Tiny Desk — the one that belongs to Bob Boilen himself — remains empty in the NPR HQ. —Reanna Cruz YouTube Mahani Teave It's not only the fine performances, but …

Vince Staples: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

3 years, 5 months ago

Vince Staples: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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Vince Staples: Tiny Desk Concert The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. At the midpoint of Vince Staples' Tiny Desk concert, he gazes through the sun-soaked windows of his Hollywood Hills location and pauses. Sponsor Message Despite years-long demand from our audience on YouTube, this was the perfect time for a Vince Staples Tiny Desk performance. …

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New Music Friday: The best albums you missed from December : All Songs Considered

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New Music Friday: The best albums you missed from December : All Songs Considered

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New Music Friday: The best albums you missed from December Enlarge this image toggle caption SAULT SAULT There's been some great music released since the last New Music Friday episode in late November. So this Friday, NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Nate Chinen from NPR member station WRTI in Philadelphia catch you up on the best albums we heard in …

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Tom Huizenga's favorite albums, songs and concerts of 2024

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Tom Huizenga's favorite albums, songs and concerts of 2024

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Tom Huizenga's favorite albums, songs and concerts of 2024 toggle caption Samuel Hess/Courtesy of the artist As we wrap up our coverage of the year in music, we are publishing lists of the music loved best by individual members of NPR Music's team. Sponsor Message For jolts of joy, I turned to songs like "Lift You Up," an ecstatic club …

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Stereophonic: Tiny Desk Concert

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Stereophonic: Tiny Desk Concert

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Stereophonic: Tiny Desk Concert The process of artistic creation makes for perfect storytelling. Well, the play features an album's worth of original music from Will Butler, whose lyrics provide insight into five people falling apart when they should be coming together creatively. The music is performed by the original Broadway cast members Will Brill, Juliana Canfield, Tom Pecinka, Sarah Pidgeon …

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Best of 2024: Eleven bright spots in classical music during a dark, complicated year

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Best of 2024: Eleven bright spots in classical music during a dark, complicated year

LA Times

Classical music has been on the front lines in a year marked by division and distraction, protest and intolerance, war and suffering. Raehann Bryce-Davis in the L.A. Phil staging of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” in Walt Disney Concert Hall. In January, Frank Gehry turned his incomparable Walt Disney Concert Hall into a newfangled immersive 21st-century Wagner shrine with a set he …

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TV On The Radio: Tiny Desk Concert

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TV On The Radio: Tiny Desk Concert

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TV On The Radio: Tiny Desk Concert TV On The Radio was one of the first bands we tried to coax into playing in our office back in the earliest days of the Tiny Desk, but it never happened. "Thank you for having us,"' frontman Tunde Adebimpe told the crowd after opening with a blazing version of "Wolf Like Me," …

The Magnetic Fields: Tiny Desk Concert

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The Magnetic Fields: Tiny Desk Concert

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The Magnetic Fields: Tiny Desk Concert There's a good chance you or someone you know has borrowed a line or two from 69 Love Songs, the beloved, three-volume album released by The Magnetic Fields in 1999. "I don't actually know whose cat this is," he told the crowd, as he crooned multiple fan favorites, including "The Book of Love," "I …

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Yunchan Lim: Tiny Desk Concert

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Yunchan Lim: Tiny Desk Concert

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Yunchan Lim: Tiny Desk Concert Remember what you were doing at the tender age of 18? Two years ago, when the South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim was only 18, he won the storied Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Lim summons thunder in a stormy passage of the snack-sized Moment lyrique, and follows with "October" where he conjures shades of lambent …

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Elmiene: Tiny Desk Concert

2 months ago

Elmiene: Tiny Desk Concert

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Elmiene: Tiny Desk Concert Elmiene has a natural light. He's a poet, born to perform, which is likely why he wasn't really nervous but more so in awe of performing at the Tiny Desk — especially when he found out the toy glockenspiel he played was left by Dua Lipa. Draped in a custom kaftan, Elmiene stepped behind the Desk …

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LaRussell: Tiny Desk Concert

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LaRussell: Tiny Desk Concert

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LaRussell: Tiny Desk Concert A few years ago my dad mentioned an up-and-coming artist by the name of LaRussell. LaRussell’s popular “Backyard Residency” concerts are quite literally held in his backyard, and the artist and his homies bring his backyard vibes to the Tiny Desk for what feels like a party with your most fun friends. He smiles and dances …

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Sheer Mag: Tiny Desk Concert

2 months, 1 week ago

Sheer Mag: Tiny Desk Concert

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Sheer Mag: Tiny Desk Concert At the Tiny Desk, we love to entertain unexpected requests from artists: American Football brought in a children’s choir ; Tyler, the Creator ’s team lit our “stage” for a nighttime performance. So when Sheer Mag asked if we knew a bagpipe player in the D.C. area, we found Tim Carey, who also just so …

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Chelsea Wolfe: Tiny Desk Concert

2 months, 1 week ago

Chelsea Wolfe: Tiny Desk Concert

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Chelsea Wolfe: Tiny Desk Concert Not long after her arrival, Chelsea Wolfe carefully arranged a handful of objects on the Desk in front of her — a dagger, a chalice, a pentacle and flower — all inspired by the Magician tarot card, which symbolizes new beginnings. “Whispers in the Echo Chamber,” a dark and distorted rumination on intrusive thoughts and …

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Dua Lipa: Tiny Desk Concert

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Dua Lipa: Tiny Desk Concert

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Dua Lipa: Tiny Desk Concert When Dua Lipa came to visit the Tiny Desk, she had nothing to prove — and much to live up to. After all, the singer’s Tiny Desk concert, recorded in London in the aftermath of her 2020 blockbuster Future Nostalgia, still holds the record for the most-viewed Tiny Desk concert in history, her 130 million …

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Sylo: Tiny Desk Concert

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sylo: Tiny Desk Concert

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Sylo: Tiny Desk Concert When I first heard Sylo, his voice spoke to me — something light and airy, but cozy. It was just him on a summery beat and an acoustic guitar; at the Tiny Desk, the sweetness of “Millions” blooms. Before his first headlining tour, the Toronto-based R&B artist stopped by the NPR Music office to share material …

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Kamasi Washington: Tiny Desk Concert

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kamasi Washington: Tiny Desk Concert

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Kamasi Washington: Tiny Desk Concert Grammy-nominated saxophonist Kamasi Washington brought down the house at his Tiny Desk Concert. The DJ is responsible for mixing in a little sample of the rapper Kendrick Lamar shouting out the saxophonist — “keep a horn on me / that Kamasi” — at the top of “Street Fighter Mas.” Also accompanying Washington are his father, …

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Audrey Nuna: Tiny Desk Concert

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Audrey Nuna: Tiny Desk Concert

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Audrey Nuna: Tiny Desk Concert After spending a few years listening to Audrey Nuna’s music and watching her music videos, I wondered how she would conform to the Tiny Desk. She stepped up to the challenge of stripping the elements in 2022 when she played a special Tiny Desk concert, which was enough to hold her spot behind the Desk. …

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The Marías: Tiny Desk Concert

3 months ago

The Marías: Tiny Desk Concert

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The Marías: Tiny Desk Concert This Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, NPR Music celebrates artists from all corners of Latinidad with an 'El Tiny' takeover. Headed by Puerto Rican lead singer Maria Zardoya, who proudly places a Puerto Rican flag on the Desk halfway through the show, there is an authenticity to the group’s lyricism and presentation that pulses just …

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OKAN: Tiny Desk Concert

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OKAN: Tiny Desk Concert

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OKAN: Tiny Desk Concert This Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, NPR Music celebrates artists from all corners of Latinidad with an 'El Tiny' takeover. Co-leaders Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne lead their five-piece band through the melodic and rhythmic celebration of their heritage with a sense of fun that can mask the intensity of the musicianship. From the opening chant …

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Every 'El Tiny' Tiny Desk from Hispanic Heritage Month 2024

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Every 'El Tiny' Tiny Desk from Hispanic Heritage Month 2024

NPR

Every 'El Tiny' Tiny Desk from Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 toggle caption Virginia Lozano This year marks the fourth time Alt.Latino has taken over the Tiny Desk for Hispanic Heritage Month for a series we have billed El Tiny, but its the first time we’ve curated it with a specific theme in mind: We’re doing what we do best and …

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Pygmy Lush: Tiny Desk Concert

4 months, 1 week ago

Pygmy Lush: Tiny Desk Concert

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Pygmy Lush: Tiny Desk Concert How rare is it for the same group of musicians to create not one but two beloved bands of the punk scene? While its catalog can get noisy, Pygmy Lush here relies on haunted campfire singalongs from 2008’s Mount Hope and “It’s a Good Day to Hide” from its split LP with the hardcore band …

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Maxwell: Tiny Desk Concert

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Maxwell: Tiny Desk Concert

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Maxwell: Tiny Desk Concert Have you ever been in a room where you can feel a palpable, collective swooning? “Lifetime” features impressive work from Travis Sayles on the keys and Shedrick “Shed” Mitchell on the Hammond B3 organ, an instrument I’m admittedly partial to. Maxwell presented his latest single during this set, a cover of the Al Green classic “Simply …

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Tarta Relena: Tiny Desk x globalFEST 2024

9 months, 1 week ago

Tarta Relena: Tiny Desk x globalFEST 2024

NPR

Tarta Relena: Tiny Desk x globalFEST 2024 In 2021, the Tiny Desk x globalFEST series was created to promote international music discovery. For the last three years, artists from around the globe have performed Tiny Desk concerts from their respective countries, but for the first time this year, artists performed at the Tiny Desk at NPR's headquarters. The first impression …

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Saturday Night Live spoofs NPR's Tiny Desk

9 months, 1 week ago

Saturday Night Live spoofs NPR's Tiny Desk

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Saturday Night Live spoofs NPR's Tiny Desk In a sketch featured on SNL, comedian Ramy Youssef played a musician excited to be on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series, but who keeps getting interrupted by a 35-year-old intern played by Bowen Yang. In a sketch featured on "Saturday Night Live," comedian Ramy Youssef played a musician excited to be on NPR's …

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Víkingur Ólafsson: Tiny Desk Concert

9 months, 1 week ago

Víkingur Ólafsson: Tiny Desk Concert

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Víkingur Ólafsson: Tiny Desk Concert Top-tier concert pianists commonly perform on nine-foot grand pianos. Bach's Goldberg Variations is "an encyclopedia of how you can think and dream on the keyboard," Ólafsson says, after opening with the work's featherlight Aria and vigorous first variation. And Ólafsson closes with another personal arrangement, "Ave María," something close to Iceland's national prayer. 1 Jean-Philippe …

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Tinashe: Tiny Desk Concert

11 months ago

Tinashe: Tiny Desk Concert

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Tinashe: Tiny Desk Concert Tinashe has never been one-dimensional. First, comforting the crowd with the vulnerability of "Treason," from her album BB/Ang3l, accompanied by a vibraphone which she plays live for the first time ever. To conclude her high-energy set, Tinashe performed her breakout single, "2 On," right on time for its 10-year anniversary. Sponsor Message SET LIST "Treason" "Unconditional" …

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‘NPR is cool!’ How Tiny Desk Concerts became a pop culture phenomenon

11 months, 1 week ago

‘NPR is cool!’ How Tiny Desk Concerts became a pop culture phenomenon

Associated Press

NEW YORK — As DJ Mannie Fresh’s trademark “ladies and gentlemen” catchphrase ricocheted throughout the office, a giddy Juvenile, draped in white with his signature bandana, playfully swayed back and forth to the beat of his musicians. NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series, which began almost 15 years ago as a niche online platform mainly highlighting rock and folk musicians, has …

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'NPR is cool!' How Tiny Desk Concerts became a pop culture phenomenon

11 months, 1 week ago

'NPR is cool!' How Tiny Desk Concerts became a pop culture phenomenon

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It was an initial shock, like, ‘Wow, NPR’s cool!’ …

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Timo Andres: Tiny Desk Concert

11 months, 1 week ago

Timo Andres: Tiny Desk Concert

NPR

Timo Andres: Tiny Desk Concert It's a longstanding tradition for musicians to leave a small something-or-other on the thoroughly disorganized wall of "stuff" that backdrops our Tiny Desk. When Timo Andres arrived at our office to play a pair of etudes by Philip Glass, the director of Glass' publishing house, Adrienne White, tagged along and generously donated the only remaining …

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How ‘El Tiny’ took over NPR’s Tiny Desk

1 year, 1 month ago

How ‘El Tiny’ took over NPR’s Tiny Desk

LA Times

“El Tiny” recently completed its third takeover of NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series during Latinx Heritage Month. Before “El Tiny” was officially created, Contreras brought Latino acts to the forefront of Tiny Desk, including French-born Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux, Colombian superstar Juanes and Mexican American group La Santa Cecilia. Contreras, alongside co-host Anamaria Artemisa Sayre, decided to lean into this …

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Arlo Parks: Tiny Desk Concert

1 year, 2 months ago

Arlo Parks: Tiny Desk Concert

NPR

Arlo Parks: Tiny Desk Concert Watching Arlo Parks read an excerpt from her newly published book of poetry, The Magic Border, during her performance, it felt like a full circle moment for her. Her origins as a musician began with poetry, but she also explained between songs that Tiny Desk concerts also planted seeds during her formative years as an …

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Lisa O'Neill: Tiny Desk Concert

1 year, 5 months ago

Lisa O'Neill: Tiny Desk Concert

NPR

Lisa O'Neill: Tiny Desk Concert Drones abound, and a pensive atmosphere filled the office when Lisa O'Neill and her bandmates began one of my favorite songs of 2023, "Old Note." Then the Irish singer's plaintive voice tells a tale she describes as "orality" and "how we communicated before we started writing stuff down. Some aim for party music, with uplifting …

New Mix: Tiny Desk Contest winner Little Moon, ANOHNI, yeule and more : All Songs Considered

1 year, 7 months ago

New Mix: Tiny Desk Contest winner Little Moon, ANOHNI, yeule and more : All Songs Considered

NPR

New Mix: Tiny Desk Contest winner Little Moon, ANOHNI, yeule and more toggle caption Courtesy of the artists Tiny Desk Contest winner Little Moon opens this week's All Songs Considered with a studio version of their 2023 winning song, "Wonder Eye." Sponsor Message The origin story for Cola's new song, "Keys Down If You Stay," began when drummer Evan Cartwright …

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Announcing the winner of the 2023 Tiny Desk Contest

1 year, 7 months ago

Announcing the winner of the 2023 Tiny Desk Contest

NPR

Announcing the winner of the 2023 Tiny Desk Contest YouTube NPR Music received nearly 6,000 entries to this year's Tiny Desk Contest, the annual search for the next great undiscovered artist to play a Tiny Desk concert. Today, we're thrilled to announce Little Moon is the winner of the 2023 Tiny Desk Contest. "Emma's deceptively strong voice, and the band's …

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Kassa Overall: Tiny Desk Concert

1 year, 9 months ago

Kassa Overall: Tiny Desk Concert

NPR

Kassa Overall: Tiny Desk Concert Kassa Overall is no stranger to NPR. Back in 2020 he was a featured vocalist and percussionist on the Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science Tiny Desk concert and in the same year he scored the original music for the first season of NPR Music's Louder Than A Riot podcast. "Make My Way Back Home" …

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Kenny Beats: Tiny Desk Concert

1 year, 10 months ago

Kenny Beats: Tiny Desk Concert

NPR

Kenny Beats: Tiny Desk Concert "I know producers don't always get to do stuff like this," Kenny Beats said as he wrapped up his Tiny Desk concert. Sponsor Message He invited some of those vocalists, along with top-tier musicians including Nick Movshon and Leon Michels, to play something tailor-made for the Tiny Desk. When Remi Wolf sings, her powerful voice …

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Watch the first entry to the 2023 Tiny Desk Contest

1 year, 11 months ago

Watch the first entry to the 2023 Tiny Desk Contest

NPR

Watch the first entry to the 2023 Tiny Desk Contest YouTube The 2023 Tiny Desk Contest, our annual search for the next great undiscovered artist to play a Tiny Desk concert, opened for entries at 10 a.m. "I'm not gonna let you break me / I'm not gonna let you break me down," Bridges repeats, her stunning voice radiating throughout …

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Justin Adams and Mauro Durante: Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2023

1 year, 11 months ago

Justin Adams and Mauro Durante: Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2023

NPR

Justin Adams and Mauro Durante: Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2023 For the third consecutive year, NPR teamed up with globalFEST in January 2023 for a thrilling online music festival we call Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: three nights, nine bands, and a world of musical traditions hosted by African pop star Angélique Kidjo. Justin Adams & Mauro Durante released an award-winning …

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Moonlight Benjamin: Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2023

1 year, 11 months ago

Moonlight Benjamin: Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2023

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Moonlight Benjamin: Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2023 For the third consecutive year, NPR teamed up with globalFEST in January 2023 for a thrilling online music festival we call Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: three nights, nine bands, and a world of musical traditions hosted by African pop star Angélique Kidjo. Now, we're posting all the sets from our festival as individual …

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Westside Boogie: Tiny Desk Concert

2 years ago

Westside Boogie: Tiny Desk Concert

NPR

Westside Boogie: Tiny Desk Concert Westside Boogie's obscure declaration before the final song of his set indicated his detailed knowledge of Tiny Desk concerts. American Football brought a children's choir to the Desk in 2019, so Boogie added flair to that idea for the climactic end to his show. For his Tiny Desk, he played songs from that album, including …

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Alex G: Tiny Desk Concert

2 years, 1 month ago

Alex G: Tiny Desk Concert

NPR

Alex G: Tiny Desk Concert "I don't have a lot to say," Alex Giannascoli, who performs as Alex G, says with a laugh after his first song behind the Tiny Desk. True, he got to play guitar on a couple Frank Ocean tracks — but for a more accurate indication of the fervor of his fanbase, turn your attention to …

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Tiny Desk Concerts producer on celebrating hip-hop; plus, therapy-speak : It's Been a Minute : NPR

2 years, 3 months ago

Tiny Desk Concerts producer on celebrating hip-hop; plus, therapy-speak : It's Been a Minute : NPR

NPR

How Tiny Desk became a go-to spot for hip-hop Enlarge this image Mhari Shaw/NPR Mhari Shaw/NPR When folks think about where to get the latest in hip-hop, NPR doesn't usually come to mind. But that's changing, thanks to the team at the Tiny Desk Concerts, which was just nominated as the Best Hip-Hop Platform by the 2022 BET Awards. Since …

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JID: Tiny Desk Concert

2 years, 4 months ago

JID: Tiny Desk Concert

NPR

JID: Tiny Desk Concert Everything JID does is intricately detailed. In this performance, recorded weeks before the release of his now widely praised third studio album, The Forever Story, the East Atlanta native performs songs from the album live for the first time, plus career-defining songs in ways we've never heard before. In these stripped-down versions of songs like "Never" …

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Juilliard Jazz Ensemble: Tiny Desk Concert

2 years, 4 months ago

Juilliard Jazz Ensemble: Tiny Desk Concert

NPR

Juilliard Jazz Ensemble: Tiny Desk Concert Jazz may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of The Juilliard School, but perhaps this series of Tiny Desks will change that. Tiny Desk and Jazz Night in America celebrate the 20th anniversary of Juilliard Jazz with three Tiny Desk concerts featuring performances by current students and alumni …

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SFJAZZ Collective: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

2 years, 4 months ago

SFJAZZ Collective: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

NPR

SFJAZZ Collective: Tiny Desk Concert How exciting to see so many all-star jazz greats performing together. Written to reflect the present moment, especially the isolation and social upheaval many of us continue to endure, "Mutuality" by tenor saxophonist Chris Potter was inspired by a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. quote that reads, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. …

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Usher: Tiny Desk Concert

2 years, 6 months ago

Usher: Tiny Desk Concert

NPR

Usher: Tiny Desk Concert This year, NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts — both from home and from behind our beloved Desk. This month of carefully curated shows is a celebration of Black artists expressing themselves in ways we've never seen before, and of the Tiny Desk's unique way of …

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GIVĒON's favorite Tiny Desk concerts

2 years, 6 months ago

GIVĒON's favorite Tiny Desk concerts

NPR

GIVĒON's favorite Tiny Desk concerts For Tiny Desk Playlists, we ask musicians, creators and folks we admire to choose the Tiny Desk concerts they've come to love. When he performed his Tiny Desk concert last year in celebration of Black History Month, he expressed how excited he was to celebrate Black culture on the NPR Music platform. With the recent …

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J'Nai Bridges: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

2 years, 6 months ago

J'Nai Bridges: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

NPR

J'Nai Bridges: Tiny Desk Concert This year, NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts — both from home and from behind our beloved Desk. We're glad she accepted our invitation to record this Tiny Desk concert, which features Damien Sneed on piano, Nolan Nwachukwu on bass and Christian Xavier McClendon McGhee …

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Larry June: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

2 years, 6 months ago

Larry June: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

NPR

Larry June: Tiny Desk Concert This year, NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts — both from home and from behind our beloved Desk. This month of carefully curated shows is a celebration of Black artists expressing themselves in ways we've never seen before, and of the Tiny Desk's unique way …

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pH-1, Mndsgn and Audrey Nuna: AAPI Heritage Month Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

2 years, 7 months ago

pH-1, Mndsgn and Audrey Nuna: AAPI Heritage Month Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

NPR

pH-1, Mndsgn and Audrey Nuna: AAPI Heritage Month Tiny Desk Concert This year, NPR Music's Tiny Desk is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a Tiny Desk concert featuring performances from pH-1, Mndsng and Audrey Nuna. These artists represent just a sliver of the cultural diversity that exists within the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, and …

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