Seasons & episodes
S11 · E16Hurray For The Riff Raff 2018-02-05
The music of Hurray For The Riff Raff builds bridges, unites people and forms communities. It's a spirit singer Alynda Segarra and the rest of the band bring to this memorable Tiny Desk performance.
S11 · E17Ibeyi 2018-02-07
Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz never fail to mesmerize. Watch the twin sisters perform a four-song set at the Tiny Desk.
S11 · E18The Crossrhodes 2018-02-09
The Crossrhodes showed up to the Tiny Desk with game faces on, bringing with it a locally cultivated, globally appreciated energy.
S11 · E19Marlon Williams 2018-02-12
Marlon Williams has a heart-stopping voice, is in love with a good, traditional blues or country tune, and writes songs about vampires and horror films.
S11 · E20Nick Hakim 2018-02-14
The music of Nick Hakim occupies a space and time that feels out of this world, with songs that explore the quietude of inner thoughts.
S11 · E21Betsayda Machado y Parranda El Clavo 2018-02-16
The Afro-Venezuelan collective brings the boisterous parranda sound to the Tiny Desk.
S11 · E22Big Daddy Kane 2018-02-19
One of the greatest to ever bless the mic treated the Tiny Desk audience to an office block party.
S11 · E23August Greene (Common, Robert Glasper, Karriem Riggins) 2018-02-21
August Greene, Common's new trio with Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins, brought some special guest vocalists to the Tiny Desk.
S11 · E24Vagabon 2018-02-23
Laetitia Tamko, the artist known as Vagabon, is a 25-year-old, Cameroon-born musician with a big, tenor voice just bursting with new musical ideas.
S11 · E25Lee Ann Womack 2018-02-26
The Nashville star brought some good old country music stories to the Tiny Desk.
S11 · E26Roy Ayers 2018-03-01
Watch the 77-year-old jazz-funk icon perform “Everybody Loves The Sunshine” (and more) at the Tiny Desk.
S11 · E27Anna Meredith 2018-03-02
Out of nearly 700 performances at the Tiny Desk over the past decade, this one by British composer Anna Meredith is one of the most exhilarating.
S11 · E28Big K.R.I.T. 2018-03-05
The Mississippi rapper paid homage to his grandmother and performed songs from his new album 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time.
S11 · E29Alex Clare 2018-03-07
Clare's songs ask listeners to probe their own emotions through the lens of life’s bigger pictures. His visit to Bob Boilen’s desk is the perfect setting to bask in the power of his voice.
S11 · E30Kuinka 2018-03-09
Each year we get thousands of submissions for our annual Tiny Desk contest. Seattle's Kuinka was one of last year's entrants. While they didn't win, we loved them so much we invited them to come play.
S11 · E31John Prine 2018-03-12 · 16 min
For more than 45 years, the legendary John Prine has written some of the most powerful lyrics in the American music canon. He brings some of his best to this unforgettable Tiny Desk performance.
S11 · E32Raul Midón 2018-03-15
Raul Midón brought nothing but a guitar and his voice to an extended Tiny Desk set of dense, breathtaking jazz and soul textures.
S11 · E33Cornelius 2018-03-19
Cornelius' Keigo Oyamada deconstructs and reassembles music like it's a neon cubist-pop sculpture. On a rare U.S. tour, the Japanese band brought its complex cool to the Tiny Desk.
S11 · E34Väsen 2018-03-23
The Swedish trio brought a 30-string sonic blast to the Tiny Desk, performing on 12-string guitar, viola and the nyckelharpa (a fiddle with keys — think 15th century keytar).
S11 · E35Jenny And The Mexicats 2018-03-26
Sometimes frenetic, sometimes slow and luxurious, the grooves the band creates are the perfect cushion for Jenny Ball's impassioned singing and engaging stage presence.
S11 · E36I'm With Her 2018-03-28
Aoife O'Donovan, Sarah Jarosz and Sara Watkins are bound by a love for bluegrass, chamber music, jazz, storytelling and singing.
S11 · E37Masta Ace 2018-03-30
The Juice Crew legend brought his biggest hit, "Born To Roll," and a heartfelt recollection of his personal journey to the Tiny Desk.
S11 · E38Robin Olson 2018-04-01
Hear the elusive avant-garde pianist debut a new piece, etched in shimmering chords and dark, lamenting octaves.
S11 · E39Dee Dee Bridgewater 2018-04-02
Bridgewater connects with her roots, her birthplace and the town she's loved all her life, with a set of songs from Memphis.