Seasons & episodes
S10 · E90Moses Sumney 2017-11-29
The Los-Angeles-based force of nature, one of the most inspired talents of today, shows off a spontaneous side at (and around) the Tiny Desk.
S10 · E91Walter Martin 2017-12-01
Best known for his role with The Walkmen, as a solo artist he makes unabashedly joyful, sweetly innocent and playful music. And only he would arrive with a barbershop quartet.
S10 · E92Ted Leo 2017-12-04
Leo's work has, more often than not through the decades, addressed an anxious world, growing and shifting with it and with its listeners. Seven years after his last solo album, he's turned inwards.
S10 · E93King Krule 2017-12-06
King Krule, the musical project of English singer, songwriter and rapper, Archy Marshall, brings its twisted, woozy tones to the Tiny Desk.
S10 · E94Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile 2017-12-08
The two singers, songwriters and guitarists bring out the adolescence in each other, poking jabs, goofing around and having fun at the Tiny Desk.
S10 · E95Tyler, The Creator 2017-12-11
Tyler, The Creator performs three songs from his latest album Flower Boy -- and pulls off (at least) two Tiny Desk firsts in the process, while maturing beyond his class-clown image (mostly).
S10 · E96Cigarettes After Sex 2017-12-13
This comes close to the quietest Tiny Desk Concert we've ever had. The music Cigarettes After Sex makes is incredibly hushed. It's a sound so minimal it barely exists.
S10 · E97This Is The Kit 2017-12-15
Effortless storytelling is at the heart of This Is The Kit. And the stories the band's only permanent member, Kate Stables, weaves are profound but sweet with a tone that quietly reels you in.
S10 · E98Hanson For The Holidays 2017-12-18
Frantic time-lapse set decoration. An intrusive snow machine. Ugly holiday sweaters. It's time to hunker down and soak up a raucous and reverent Christmas party, courtesy of Hanson.
S11 · E1Open Mike Eagle 2018-01-03
The indie rap denizen behind one of 2017's most inventive albums came to the nation's capital to represent all the Brick Body Kids who Still Daydream.
S11 · E2Lo Moon 2018-01-05
The LA band's signature sound is intimate and demonstrative, haunting yet uplifting, an old-fashioned rock beat under glimmering guitar and keys. And at the Tiny Desk, it was at ease.
S11 · E3The Weather Station 2018-01-08
One of the joys of listening to The Weather station is the tension and release in the group's enchanting music. It's what made the band's most recent album one of Bob Boilen's favorite of 2017.
S11 · E4Julien Baker 2018-01-10
Julien Baker's Turn Out The Lights brought her much-deserved critical acclaim and wider attention in 2017. Before its release we asked her to make a rare return to the Tiny Desk for something special.
S11 · E5Daniil Trifonov 2018-01-12
Watch the young Russian musician, who The Times of London calls “the most astounding pianist of our age,” play a smart, Chopin-focused concert on a grand piano, precisely wedged behind the Tiny Desk.
S11 · E6Artists From The 'Take Me To The River' Tour 2018-01-15
More than a dozen artists gather behind the Tiny Desk to celebrate Memphis soul in a joyful, triumphant performance.
S11 · E7AHI 2018-01-16
The Ontario-based singer has a gruff but sweet voice with openly honest words behind soulful tunes of hope.
S11 · E8The Lemon Twigs 2018-01-17
Brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario seem like they beamed into the Tiny Desk from the year 1971, untouched by the 21st century.
S11 · E9Amadou and Mariam 2018-01-19
The Malian musicians, who've been playing together for nearly 40 years, bring some of the most lyrical melodies and joyful sounds we've ever had at the Tiny Desk.
S11 · E10St. Vincent 2018-01-22
The singer performed at the Tiny Desk without a warmup or soundcheck, with just her acoustic guitar and un-amplified voice, letting the wordplay in her songs shine through.
S11 · E11George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars 2018-01-24
George Clinton brought his family, both immediate and extended, to the Tiny Desk for a set of classic cosmic slop.
S11 · E12Barbara Hannigan 2018-01-26
Eavesdrop on a beautiful recital of German songs from fin de siècle Vienna, when music was transitioning from the swells of romanticism to the uncharted waters of modernism.
S11 · E13Jamila Woods 2018-01-29
In three songs celebrating black ancestry and self-love, Woods demonstrated just how adept she is at creating songs rich with philosophical meaning that also move and groove.
S11 · E14Alice Smith 2018-01-31
The beloved singer-songwriter premiered three new songs while turning NPR's headquarters into a Harlem speakeasy.
S11 · E15Vicente García 2018-02-02
This under-the-radar singer from the Dominican Republic is starting to turn some heads. You'll see why in this Tiny Desk performance.