Patti LaBelle performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. Patti LaBelle hide caption
Bobby Carter Bobby Carter is the host and series producer for NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts.
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El DeBarge performs a Tiny Desk (home) Concert El DeBarge hide caption
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Amber Mark's stunning debut, Three Dimensions Deep, is on our shortlist of the best albums out on Jan. 28. Nelson Huang/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Cordae performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
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NPR's Bobby Carter on why a 2020 song should be included on 2021's best music lists
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HBO's Insecure not only identified a shift in Black music over the last five years, it helped distinguish it. Glen Wilson/HBO hide caption
Legacy, Okay?! For Black musicians, 'Insecure' created a new world of possibilities
B.K. Habermehl, Nnena and TeaMarrr perform a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
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Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars, together as Silk Sonic. Their debut, An Evening with Silk Sonic, tops our shortlist of the week's best new albums. John Esparza/Silk Sonic hide caption
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Tems performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
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Ed Sheeran performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
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J Balvin's JOSE is on our shortlist for the best albums out on Sept. 10. VIVIIMAGE/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Yebba performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
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Little Simz performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption