Tiny Desk Concerts archive
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.
Watch Flaco Jimenez: Tiny Desk Concert
November 12, 2012 – The conjunto icon spins magic, and stays true to tradition, with his trademark button accordion.
Watch Jason Lytle: Tiny Desk Concert
November 5, 2012 – The longtime frontman for Grandaddy goes it alone with acoustic solo songs from his latest record.
Watch Passion Pit: Tiny Desk Concert
October 29, 2012 – Michael Angelakos makes electro-pop with monster hooks. But his songs are sturdy, versatile things.
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.