Seasons & episodes
S10 · E73The Perceptionists 2017-10-20
Watch hip-hop veterans Mr. Lif and Akrobatik team up behind the Tiny Desk.
S10 · E74Shabazz Palaces 2017-10-23
Hip-hop's otherworldly lot touches down on Bob Boilen's desk for some Afrofuturistic mind travel.
S10 · E75Japanese Breakfast 2017-10-25
For this Tiny Desk concert, Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner replaced her gauzy synths with a string quartet. The result is something to behold.
S10 · E76Natalia LaFourcade 2017-10-27
The Grammy-nominated singer's Tiny Desk is an ode to a magical time in Mexican popular music.
S10 · E77The Roots Feat. Bilal 2017-10-30
Yes, it happened. Black Thought, Questlove and the entire crew packed in behind the Tiny Desk to perform a new song called “It Ain't Fair.”
S10 · E78Gracie and Rachel 2017-11-01
Gracie And Rachel mix piano pop with darker, classic violin arrangements to make songs full of mystery and tension. They're joined in this Tiny Desk performance by percussionist Richard Watts.
S10 · E79Nate Smith + KINFOLK 2017-11-03
The drums take center stage at this Tiny Desk. Watch veteran jazz percussionist Nate Smith dazzle the NPR audience in a transfixing performance.
S10 · E80Wyclef Jean 2017-11-06
The hip-hop statesman walked through our doors greeting and charming anyone within arm's reach. Once in front of an audience, he was in attack mode, including a unique rendition of his signature hit.
S10 · E81Ani DiFranco 2017-11-08
With the help of a backing band that includes Ivan Neville and Jenny Scheinman, the iconic singer-songwriter plays three songs from across her tough and uncompromising career.
S10 · E82The Mynabirds 2017-11-10
Singer Laura Burhenn is joined by Jessica Lea Mayfield and the Umoja Choir for songs inspired by the political and cultural upheaval of 2016.
S10 · E83Aminé 2017-11-14
The Portland artist with the most mispronounced name in hip-hop puts on an unforgettable performance.
S10 · E84Now, Now 2017-11-15
The band has new tools in its arsenal, but even in a stripped-down Tiny Desk performance, its focus on tiny moments between people just outside of love is as sharp as ever.
S10 · E85Benjamin Booker 2017-11-17
Benjamin Booker has a deeply tender voice that, at times, can feel like a whisper But it always cuts to the heart.
S10 · E86Billy Corgan 2017-11-20
Billy Corgan, complicated frontman of The Smashing Pumpkins, has had a tumultuous decade-and-a-half. His visit to the Tiny Desk, with a string quartet backing him, was anything but.
S10 · E87Ledisi 2017-11-21
In person, the master R&B vocalist impresses not just with her exquisite artistry, but with her radiant spirit of contentment and grace. Just ask her makeup artist.
S10 · E88David Greilsammer 2017-11-24
With a knack for cunning juxtapositions, the adventurous pianist stitches together a baroque sonata, a slice of French serenity and a quirky portrait of a mysterious barn owl.
S10 · E89Phoebe Bridgers 2017-11-27
Her songs come laden with finely detailed observations about hypnotherapy, Jeffrey Dahmer and everything in between. They receive a languid, impeccably-phrased performance at the Tiny Desk.
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.