Seasons & episodes
S11 · E97George Li 2018-08-31
Watch the young Harvard grad dispatch some of the most "knuckle-busting" piano repertoire with uncommon panache and precision.
S11 · E98Kalbells 2018-09-05
The band makes life-affirming music that singer Kalmia Traver created over the past few years, filled with the triumph of being cancer free.
S11 · E99Jupiter & Okwess 2018-09-07
Jupiter Bokondji and his band Okwess play music that feels both African and American, with Jupiter's early musical tastes inspired by The Jackson 5, James Brown and the sounds of Motown.
S11 · E100Hobo Johnson 2018-09-12
While this Sacramento, Calif. band didn't win this year's Tiny Desk contest, their video entry, for the song "Peach Scones," was among the more memorable we've ever seen.
S11 · E101GoGo Penguin 2018-09-14
This trio has become a reference point of their own for new school instrumentalists, a coveted achievement for any jazz group, though their appeal stretches far outside the jazz ecosystem.
S11 · E102Smif-N-Wessun 2018-09-17
Brooklyn-bred hip-hop duo Smif-N-Wessun – consisting of partners in rhyme, Steele and Tek – illuminated the Tiny Desk with their signature, 80-proof poetry: straight, no chaser.
S11 · E103Julie Byrne 2018-09-19
Julie Byrne's transporting music can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.
S11 · E104Anthony Roth Costanzo 2018-09-21
Watch the ambitious countertenor sing music that spans more than 250 years, connecting the dots between David Byrne, George Frideric Handel and Philip Glass.
S11 · E105Cécile McLorin Salvant 2018-09-25
The jazz singer, who used to be into radical feminist punk, now composes and sings beautiful jazz ballads.
S11 · E106Saba 2018-10-01
Before embarking on a tour of Australia and Asia, the Chicago native brought the squad that helped make Care For Me one of 2018's best — along with a very special guest.
S11 · E107Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles 2018-10-05
Henry and his band would have sounded right at home on Stax Records in the '70s — no small accomplishment. Watch them perform three funky, soulful jams.
S11 · E108Big Boi 2018-10-09
The OutKast star performs "So Fresh, So Clean," "The Way You Move" and his solo single "All Night" with the help of singer Sleepy Brown and an eight-member backing band.
S11 · E109Café Tacvba 2018-10-12
The pioneering Mexican band recreates the adventurous musical energy of their massive stadium shows behind Bob Boilen's desk.
S11 · E110Florence + the Machine 2018-10-16
"I'm sorry I'm shy," Florence Welch told the crowd of NPR family and friends gathered for her Tiny Desk performance. "If this was a big gig, I'd probably be climbing all over here and running around."
S11 · E111Alfredo Rodríguez 2018-10-18
The Cuban pianist thrilled the NPR office with an intense performance that was as melodic as it was rhythmic.
S11 · E112Chromeo 2018-10-19
The self-proclaimed "Funklordz" normally perform as a duo, but played with a live band for the first time at the Tiny Desk.
S11 · E113Cautious Clay 2018-10-24
The charismatic singer and saxophonist brought a group of longtime friends to play a warm, thoughtful and chill set at the Tiny Desk.
S11 · E114Jim James 2018-10-26
A single voice can send a powerful message - and that's just what Jim James did at the Tiny Desk, with just his voice and an acoustic guitar.
S11 · E115Liniker e os Caramelows 2018-10-29
Liniker e os Caramelows are from Brazil but steeped in the tradition of soul from here in the U.S. Watching this performance is to witness a spell being cast, note-by-note.
S11 · E116Nicholas Payton Trio 2018-11-02
After back-to-back performances in South Africa, Argentina, Chile and New York, Payton hit the Tiny Desk, where he dazzled the audience, simultaneously playing his trumpet and a Fender Rhodes.
S11 · E117Pedro The Lion 2018-11-05
No matter how dark or disastrous, there's always been an undercurrent of grace to the music of David Bazan. He returns to his Pedro the Lion moniker for this memorable Tiny Desk performance.
S11 · E118Half Waif 2018-11-08
The band's songs, stripped here to their essence, are particularly peaceful and calm — and sometimes chilling.
S11 · E119Bernie And The Believers Feat. Essence 2018-11-12
The story of Bernie and the Believers is the story of Bernie Dalton's diagnosis of Lou Gehrig's disease and compassionate friends making his dream come true and his songs come to life.
S11 · E120Boygenius 2018-11-16
Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers are all Tiny Desk alumae, but here they play together at NPR for the first time as boygenius, one of this year's best surprises.