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The Best Tiny Desk Concerts Of 2020

December 28, 2020 • Watch 20 of the year's greatest Tiny Desk performances, featuring a small sample of the talented artists who delivered intimate sets from NPR Music's D.C. offices.

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Lankum: Tiny Desk Concert

May 18, 2020 • The award-winning Irish quartet performs three songs from its latest album, The Livelong Day, at the Tiny Desk.

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Best Music Of 2019

NPR Music's 25 Best Albums Of 2019

December 11, 2019 • We listened, voted and argued our way from more than 250 nominated albums down to just 25. And there was a clear No. 1.

All Songs Considered: The Year In Music 2019

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All Songs Considered: The Year In Music 2019

December 9, 2019 • Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X dominated the headlines this year, but 2019 was much more than that. We look back at the music we'll remember most and the marks it left on our cultural landscape.

ASC Year in Review 2019

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NPR Music's Top 15 Albums Of October

October 31, 2019 • Among the month's best albums, you'll find veterans of varying ages making some of the best music of their careers, but also a striking debut by a promising R&B singer.

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Lankum And The Strange New Sounds Of Ireland

October 22, 2019 • In this Guest DJ session with All Songs Considered, Radie Peat and Ian Lynch of the band Lankum talk about their new album, The Livelong Day, the evolving sounds of their native Ireland, and share their favorite Irish, off-the-radar artists.

Lankum And The Strange New Sounds Of Ireland

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