Seasons & episodes
S0 · E1Tiny Desk Family Hour: Gaelynn Lea 2019-03-13
The former Tiny Desk Contest winner brought the crowd to its collective feet.
S0 · E2Tiny Desk Family Hour: Cautious Clay 2019-03-14
The Brooklyn-based artist, in addition to offering up an impeccable vocal performance, brought perhaps the only flute solo of SXSW 2019 to NPR Music's Tiny Desk Family Hour.
S0 · E3Tiny Desk Family Hour: John Paul White 2019-03-15
The former Civil Wars star performed a new song that even makes his kids cry.
S0 · E4Tiny Desk Family Hour: Mountain Man 2019-03-16
We couldn't pick just one song from the trio's appearance at the Tiny Desk Family hour. So we went with three.
S0 · E5Tiny Desk Family Hour: Wyclef Jean 2019-03-18
The former Fugees star brought an electric guitar and a young protégé.
S0 · E6Tiny Desk Family Hour: Gina Chavez 2019-03-20
In this performance of "The Sweet Sound Of Your Name," a song of devotion from 2014, the Austin singer-songwriter finds magic in the intimacy of a communal setting.
S0 · E7Tiny Desk Family Hour: Fragile Rock 2019-03-20
Fragile Rock's rowdy emo songs are performed by bickering puppets. Onstage at a church in Austin, the band savages the patriarchy in "Smile More."
S0 · E8Tiny Desk Family Hour: Amanda Palmer 2019-03-21
The intense singer-songwriter performed "The Ride" on a grand piano.
S0 · E9Tiny Desk Family Hour: Leikeli47 2019-03-22
The charismatic, genre-smashing masked rapper closes NPR Music's big night with intensity, joy and free-wheeling fervor.
S0 · E10Ty Dolla $ign Pays Tribute To Mac Miller At The Tiny Desk 2019-08-08
While Ty Dolla $ign visited NPR to record his own Tiny Desk concert, he also performed a special tribute to his friend, the late Mac Miller.
S0 · E11Megan Thee Stallion 2019-10-28
The secret's out! One of 2019's brightest new stars peformed a live show at the Tiny Desk.
S0 · E12Sheryl Crow 2019-10-29
Tuesday night's guest star just wants to have some fun behind the Tiny Desk. She'll revisit her classics and perform new songs from her album Threads.
S0 · E13Wale 2019-10-30
The chart-topping Washington, D.C., rapper brings his songs to life at the Tiny Desk with the help of a six-piece go-go band.
S0 · E14Raphael Saadiq 2019-10-31
What a way to wrap up Tiny Desk Fest. Raphael Saadiq, one of the most respected voices in soul music, performs a live concert with rising R&B star Lucky Daye.
S0 · E15Harry Styles Explains His Love Of The Packers 2020-03-13
The English pop star has a Packers logo tattooed on his upper arm. So NPR Music's biggest Packers fan sat him down at the Tiny Desk to ask: What's the deal with that?
S0 · E16Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Dedicated Men Of Zion, Labess, Sofia Rei & DakhaBrakha 2021-01-11
Our first night of live performances features music from Algeria, Argentina, Ukraine and North Carolina.
S0 · E17Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Minyo Crusaders, Hit La Rosa, Natu Camara, Emel 2021-01-12
The second night of our virtual festival features music from Japan, Peru, Guinea and Tunisia.
S0 · E18Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Vox Sambou, Aditya Prakash, Martha Redbone And More 2021-01-13
Wednesday night's showcases blends the sounds of Haiti, India, Italy and the Indigenous people of North America.
S0 · E19Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Edwin Perez, Elisapie, Nora Brown, Rokia Traoré 2021-01-14
Our final night of globalFEST 2021 features salsa, First Nations music, Appalachian folk and a West African superstar.
S1 · E1Laura Gibson 2008-04-22
Laura Gibson works through a handful of tenderhearted songs: two of them unreleased and two of them from her full-length debut, If You Come to Greet Me.
S1 · E2Vic Chesnutt 2008-06-05
When Athens, Ga., songwriter Vic Chesnutt was on tour in support of his album, “North Star Deserter,” he stopped by NPR to perform live at All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen's desk. Chesnutt played five songs, including two entirely new ones.
S1 · E3Sam Phillips 2008-06-25
The music of Sam Phillips unfolds like perfect, miniature pop dramas. Of all her incarnations as a performer — first as a Christian singer, then as a pop singer — the current Sam Phillips is one of the most alluring. Phillips performs four songs from “Don't Do Anything.”
S1 · E4Sera Cahoone 2008-07-10
Sera Cahoone got her start playing drums for a few widely adored bands in the Pacific Northwest, most notably Band of Horses and the spell-checker-defying Carissa's Wierd. But her self-titled, self-released 2006 album marked her as a fully formed talent — a warm and inviting singer whose songs convey world-weariness and homespun grace.
S1 · E5Thao Nguyen 2008-09-04
Thao Nguyen makes captivating music. Her songs are raw and infectious, her voice has a distinctive swagger, and she's a remarkably nimble guitarist.