Tiny Desk Concerts archive
Watch Billy Bragg: Tiny Desk Concert
June 17, 2013 – One of the world's finest folksingers channels the spirit of Woody Guthrie at the NPR Music offices.
Watch NO BS! Brass Band: Tiny Desk Concert
June 15, 2013 – An 11-piece brass band turns up the funk and flies the flag high for its native Richmond, Va.
Watch The National: Tiny Desk Concert
June 10, 2013 – Watch the band perform acoustic arrangements of four songs from its new album, Trouble Will Find Me.
Watch OK Go: A Tiny Desk Concert In 223 Takes
June 3, 2013 – OK Go helps us transport the Tiny Desk from NPR Music's old headquarters to our new facility.
Read Imani Winds: Tiny Desk Concert
May 29, 2013 – Imani Winds' members shrink Igor Stravinsky down to size in a quintet take on The Rite of Spring.
Watch Mohammad Reza Shajarian: Tiny Desk Concert
May 20, 2013 – The 73-year-old Iranian icon unleashes torrents of swooping, soaring sound that elicit goosebumps.
Watch Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale: Tiny Desk Concert
May 13, 2013 – The veteran country players mix corny humor, musical merrymaking and timeless vocal harmonies.
Watch Nicola Benedetti: Tiny Desk Concert
May 6, 2013 – Watch the violinist spin out music by John Williams and Bach in sweet, soulful tendrils of sound.
Watch Father Figures: Tiny Desk Concert
April 29, 2013 – Zany, brainy and danceable, these guys' music mixes rock and jazz like King Crimson at its fiercest.
Watch Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu: Tiny Desk Concert
April 22, 2013 – The duo's quietly energetic performance hangs over the the NPR Music offices like a soft mist.
Watch Yo La Tengo: Tiny Desk Concert
April 15, 2013 – To coincide with the release of the band's 13th album, Fade, Yo La Tengo performs an acoustic set.
Watch Efterklang: Tiny Desk Concert
April 8, 2013 – The Danish band ransacks the NPR Music offices looking for sound-making material and new ideas.
Watch Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill: Tiny Desk Concert
March 11, 2013 – Watch one of the best fiddlers on the planet and a subtle guitar master work their magic.
Watch The Lone Bellow: Tiny Desk Concert
March 4, 2013 – The fast-rising Brooklyn trio sings beautiful, heartfelt, impeccably harmonized folk-pop songs.
Watch Mary Halvorson Quintet: Tiny Desk Concert
February 25, 2013 – The guitarist brings a decidedly non-standard approach to jazz's standard practices.