Tiny Desk Concerts archive
Watch The xx: Tiny Desk Concert
February 11, 2013 – In The xx's songs, all the calm chilliness in the world can't quite contain an exposed heart.
Watch Cantus: Tiny Desk Concert
February 4, 2013 – The a cappella ensemble sings widely divergent songs from American, European and Sufi traditions.
Watch Of Montreal: Tiny Desk Concert
January 28, 2013 – Frontman Kevin Barnes uses the intimacy of the NPR Music offices to try out some quiet new material.
Watch Black Prairie: Tiny Desk Concert
January 14, 2013 – With members of The Decemberists, the band lends a snappy, lilting quality to songs of alienation.
Watch Lucius: Tiny Desk Concert
January 7, 2013 – One minute, Lucius sounds like a '60s girl group; the next might conjure images of Emmylou Harris.
Watch Miguel: Tiny Desk Concert
December 31, 2012 – Performing at the NPR Music offices, Miguel strips his highly produced hits down to their bones.
Watch The Polyphonic Spree: Tiny Desk Concert
December 21, 2012 – The sprawling group, 17 strong, squeezes behind Bob Boilen's desk for a special holiday performance.
Watch Alt-J: Tiny Desk Concert
December 17, 2012 – The Mercury Prize-winning band plays angular, poetic, inventive music that takes unexpected turns.
Watch Lyle Lovett: Tiny Desk Concert
December 10, 2012 – Lovett gives a loose, engaging performance that feels like both an introduction and a victory lap.
Watch Daniel Bachman: Tiny Desk Concert
December 9, 2012 – Once the acoustic guitarist zeroes in on the center of a song, it's easy to get lost in it yourself.
Watch Anaïs Mitchell: Tiny Desk Concert
December 6, 2012 – The singer-songwriter performs three of Young Man in America's most bracingly beautiful songs.
Watch Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: Tiny Desk Concert
December 3, 2012 – The Seattle duo literally shakes the dust off the ceiling tiles at the NPR Music offices.
Watch Taken By Trees: Tiny Desk Concert
November 29, 2012 – Victoria Bergsman's songs seem to come from a place somewhere between a dream state and waking life.
Watch Martha Wainwright: Tiny Desk Concert
November 26, 2012 – Wainwright roughs up life's smooth spots, then digs her fingertips into the cracks that form.
Watch Ben Gibbard: Tiny Desk Concert
November 19, 2012 – For Tiny Desk Concert No. 250, the Death Cab for Cutie and Postal Service singer performs solo.