NPR Music: Tiny Desk, New Music and Music News : NPR

Accessibility links

NPR Music: Tiny Desk, New Music and Music News NPR Music features, streams, live concerts and music news.

BTS: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

BTS: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

BTS plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR/NPR hide caption

toggle caption

NPR/NPR

BTS: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

September 21, 2020 • The most popular band in the world performs three songs with a live band for Tiny Desk's quarantine series.

News & Stories

the latest from npr music

Oddisee: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert 2 hours ago

Sarah Jarosz Stays Home And Explores A New 'World' 14 hours ago

Friday: Sylvan Esso Will Join NPR Music's Listening Party For 'Free Love' 17 hours ago

Tyler Childers Pushes Back On Southern Values And Our 'Long, Violent History' 3 days ago

Listen Live

public radio music streams

More stations

Playlists

Hand-picked songs curated by the NPR Music staff

Hispanic Heritage Month On World Cafe: The Playlist

World Cafe celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month Rich McKie/WXPN / Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

Rich McKie/WXPN / Getty Images

Hispanic Heritage Month XPN

Take a musical journey throughout Latin America, through cities in Central America, South America and Mexico to explore the rising Latinx voices and sounds that often fall under the radar.

Viking's Choice

Comic book artist Daniel Warren Johnson (Murder Falcon, Extremity) illustrates the music of Viking's Choice. Horns up! Daniel Warren Johnson hide caption

toggle caption

Daniel Warren Johnson

Viking's Choice

Opens with Soul Glo and the siiiickest scream your Viking has heard in a long time. New tunes from War on Women, No Thank You and New York rapper ELUCID. Throwbacks to Sunn O))) and William Parker.

Press Pause And Hit Play: The Best New Songs You've Missed During Quarantine

NPR

Press Pause

A steady stream of great tunes have popped up on streaming services while coronavirus news has dominated headlines. Here's what you've missed.

This Is How I Feel: A Playlist By Young Black Listeners

Music speaks truth to anger and frustration, but also provides a sense of hope and beauty. Rashida Chavis for NPR hide caption

toggle caption

Rashida Chavis for NPR

This Is How I Feel

Music has always been a vital part of protest and social justice. We asked our young Black listeners: Is there one song that's helping you address your feelings right now?

More playlists

Editors' picks

Essential stories and videos from npr music

Yusuf Cat Stevens On Remaking 'Tea For The Tillerman' 50 Years Later

Yusuf Cat Stevens Courtesy of the artist hide caption

toggle caption

Courtesy of the artist

Yusuf Cat Stevens On Remaking 'Tea For The Tillerman' 50 Years Later

In a conversation with All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen, Yusuf Cat Stevens explains how — and why — he decided to re-record his landmark album a half-century after it was first released.

50 Years Ago, Black Sabbath Found Its Sound And Took Metal Worldwide

Black Sabbath circa 1970. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

50 Years Ago, Black Sabbath Found Its Sound And Took Metal Worldwide

Recorded in a few days and released just months after the band's self-titled debut, Paranoid delivered bleak but unforgettable songs about war, corruption and trauma.

Latinx Monuments We'd Like To See

From left to right, some of the Latinx figures we think deserve monuments: Ivy Queen, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sonia Manzano and Anacaona. Rodrigo Varela; Ron Galella Collection; David Livingston; The Civilization, volume III, 1882/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

Rodrigo Varela; Ron Galella Collection; David Livingston; The Civilization, volume III, 1882/Getty Images

Latinx Monuments We'd Like To See

Ivy Queen, Jean-Michel Basquiet and Maria from Sesame Street are just a few of the Latinx figures we think should be cast in bronze or carved on the side of a mountain.

More editors' picks

Most Popular

Most Popular

Music By Genre

Videos

Watch live concerts, studio sessions and music documentaries

More Videos

00:20:29

Oddisee: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
00:14:07

BTS: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
00:23:08

Nubya Garcia: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
00:16:46

Arlo Parks: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Declan McKenna: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
00:14:33

Phoebe Bridgers: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Bill Callahan: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Protoje: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
00:13:25

Burt Bacharach & Daniel Tashian: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Anat Cohen And Marcello Gonçalves: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

More videos

Video Series

Live Sessions

KCRW

Live Sessions

Tiny Desk

NPR

Tiny Desk

Field Recordings

NPR

Field Recordings

Popular Videos

Erykah Badu: Tiny Desk Concert

Tiny Desk

Erykah Badu: Tiny Desk Concert

More Than Keeping Time: A Melodic Drumming Demo

Jazz Night In America

A Melodic Drumming Demo

Lucinda Williams, Live In Concert

Front Row

Lucinda Williams, Live In Concert

Programs

Public radio music shows

All Songs Considered

All Songs Considered Frank Chimero/NPR hide caption

toggle caption

Frank Chimero/NPR

All Songs Considered

Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton spin new music from emerging bands and musical icons.

Alt.Latino

Alt.Latino Frank Chimero/NPR hide caption

toggle caption

Frank Chimero/NPR

Alt.Latino

Latino arts and culture explained with music and conversation, presented by Felix Contreras.

Fresh Air Interviews

Fresh Air Interviews Frank Chimero/NPR hide caption

toggle caption

Frank Chimero/NPR

Fresh Air Interviews

Terry Gross interviews luminary artists about their lives and musical work

From the Top

From the Top Frank Chimero/NPR hide caption

toggle caption

Frank Chimero/NPR

From The Top

NPR Music presents From The Top program highlights. For the complete From The Top program website, visit www.fromthetop.org.

Jazz Night In America

Jazz Night In America NPR hide caption

toggle caption

NPR

Jazz Night

Jazz Night In America is a public radio program, a video concert documentary series, and an online home for the music, from NPR Music, WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Metropolis

Metropolis

KCRW's Jason Bentley hosts a weekly spin of the best electronic, dance and beyond.

Mountain Stage

Mountain Stage

Live recordings from the award-winning public radio program, hosted by Larry Groce.

Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

Piano Jazz Frank Chimero/NPR hide caption

toggle caption

Frank Chimero/NPR

Piano Jazz

Each week, NPR's award-winning program showcases both acclaimed artists and up-and-coming performers as they share music and memories.

The Thistle & Shamrock

The Thistle & Shamrock Frank Chimero/NPR hide caption

toggle caption

Frank Chimero/NPR

The Thistle & Shamrock

Award-winning radio host Fiona Ritchie explores evolving music from Celtic roots in Europe and North America.

World Cafe

World Cafe Frank Chimero/NPR hide caption

toggle caption

Frank Chimero/NPR

World Cafe

WXPN in Philadelphia and host Raina Douris present interviews and performances with today's essential and emerging artists.

Browse archive or search npr.org