Tiny Desk Concerts archive
Watch Lord Huron: Tiny Desk Concert
October 25, 2012 – The band's rich harmonies are welcoming, its lyrics relatable and its live performances thrilling.
Watch Robert Cray Band: Tiny Desk Concert
October 22, 2012 – Like any great blues singer, Cray makes heartache and dysfunction sound engaging and relatable.
Watch Dirty Three: Tiny Desk Concert
October 15, 2012 – The band unleashes a gorgeous flurry of shambolic rumbling, prolific hairiness and dramatic yelling.
Watch Spirit Family Reunion: Tiny Desk Concert
October 8, 2012 – The group plays fiddle, banjo, guitar and washboard, all gathered around a single microphone.
Watch Antibalas: Tiny Desk Concert
October 4, 2012 – It's one thing for 11 musicians to make a big sound, but what stands out is Antibalas' subtlety.
Watch Kat Edmonson: Tiny Desk Concert
October 1, 2012 – Hearing the 29-year-old singer makes it virtually impossible to do anything but stop and listen.
Watch Yva Las Vegass: Tiny Desk Concert
September 24, 2012 – Watch Las Vegass bring a punk aesthetic to Venezuelan folk music with a cuatro at the NPR offices.
Watch Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra: Tiny Desk Concert
September 17, 2012 – These songs' fervor is the product of a singer armed with intensity and musicians who can match it.
Watch Avi Avital: Tiny Desk Concert
September 10, 2012 – Avital's mandolin sings with the sounds of Ernest Bloch and a raucous Bulgarian folk tune.
Watch Renaud Garcia-Fons: Tiny Desk Concert
August 27, 2012 – Watch the renowned double bassist thump, strum and loop his way through three mesmerizing songs.
Watch Rufus Wainwright: Tiny Desk Concert
August 20, 2012 – By the middle of Wainwright's final song, "Montauk," few dry eyes remained in the NPR offices.
Watch The Zombies: Tiny Desk Concert
August 12, 2012 – Two surviving members of the band still have the same chemistry here in a stripped-down performance.
Watch Beth Orton: Tiny Desk Concert
August 6, 2012 – Known for mixing folk and electronics, Orton unveils three new songs with just an acoustic guitar.
Watch The Walkmen: Tiny Desk Concert
July 29, 2012 – The band makes the Tiny Desk accommodate its booming sound rather than the other way around.
Watch Janet Feder: Tiny Desk Concert
July 22, 2012 – Feder marries classical and folk techniques with otherworldly guitar textures and sounds.