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Thursday January 31, 2019

Watch The Dizzying Animated Music Video For Mitski's 'A Pearl'

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Watch The Dizzying Animated Music Video For Mitski's 'A Pearl'

January 31, 2019 • A collaboration with Spotify and Art Camp, the visual for "A Pearl" is, at once, arresting and dizzying.

Tuesday January 29, 2019

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Blood Orange: Tiny Desk Concert

January 29, 2019 • This Blood Orange Tiny Desk is a beautifully conceived concert showing off the craft and care that has made Devonté Hynes a groundbreaking producer and songwriter.

Thursday January 24, 2019

Watch Sharon Van Etten Perform 'Seventeen' Live In The Studio

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Watch Sharon Van Etten Perform 'Seventeen' Live In The Studio

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January 24, 2019 • Watch Sharon Van Etten share a track from the album Remind Me Tomorrow in an intimate set at KCRW.

Wednesday January 23, 2019

Watch: A Stunning New Video On Resilience And Healing

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Watch: A Stunning New Video On Resilience And Healing

January 23, 2019 • In this astonishing stop animation video, the Stray Birds singer Maya De Vitry collaborates with visual artist Andrew Benincasa, who poses the question: "How have you felt unseen as a person?"

Tuesday January 22, 2019

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Stella Donnelly: Tiny Desk Concert

January 22, 2019 • Watch the Australian singer-songwriter perform three new songs from her upcoming full-length debut, Beware of the Dogs.

Wednesday January 16, 2019

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Nate Wood - fOUR: Tiny Desk Concert

January 16, 2019 • The multi-instrumentalist says he only wishes he had more limbs; but Wood still manages to simultaneously play a bass guitar, keys and drums, all while singing into a wearable microphone.

Tuesday January 15, 2019

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Aaron Lee Tasjan: Tiny Desk Concert

January 15, 2019 • Aaron Lee Tasjan arrived in an ascot and mustard-colored shirt, sporting red, round sunglasses and mutton chops. It was a fashionable nod to the psych-pop and rock sound he brought to the Tiny Desk.

Friday January 11, 2019

Carolina Eyck and Clarice Jensen: Tiny Desk Concert

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Carolina Eyck and Clarice Jensen: Tiny Desk Concert

January 11, 2019 • Carolina Eyck, the first artist to bring a theremin to the Tiny Desk, plays the air with the kind of lyrical phrasing and "fingered" articulation that takes a special kind of virtuosity.

Thursday January 10, 2019

Watch Christine And The Queens Perform '5 Dollars' Live In The Studio

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Watch Christine And The Queens Perform '5 Dollars' Live In The Studio

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January 10, 2019 • With French flare, Chris performs this Chris highlight in the KCRW studio.

Wednesday January 9, 2019

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Buddy: Tiny Desk Concert

January 9, 2019 • The preacher's son from Compton brought his flair for the dramatic, and an air of rebellion, to the Tiny Desk.

Saturday January 5, 2019

How A Mongolian Heavy Metal Band Got Millions Of YouTube Views

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How A Mongolian Heavy Metal Band Got Millions Of YouTube Views

January 5, 2019 • All it took for The Hu to have an Internet breakthrough was a dramatic video and screaming guitars — plus a horsehead fiddle and throat singing.

Friday January 4, 2019

Miguel Zenón feat. Spektral Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert

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Miguel Zenón feat. Spektral Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert

January 4, 2019 • The saxophonist is a big thinker whose mesmerizing compositions chronicle the music of his native Puerto Rico with the help of an adventurous jazz quartet.

Monday December 31, 2018

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Best Music Of 2018

The Best Tiny Desk Concerts Of 2018

December 31, 2018 • Watch 25 of the year's greatest, most surprising Tiny Desk performances, featuring just a sampling of the gifted artists who passed through NPR Music's office this year.

Saturday December 29, 2018

YouTube's 2018 Global Hits: From Obama's Dancing Step-Grandma To A Beat Beyonce Loves

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YouTube's 2018 Global Hits: From Obama's Dancing Step-Grandma To A Beat Beyonce Loves

December 29, 2018 • The most popular videos around the global include silly human tricks, stark crime re-creations, cheery revenge songs ... and the inevitable dancing politician.

Monday December 17, 2018

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Amy Grant: Tiny Desk Concert

December 17, 2018 • Amy Grant maps her fabulous, four-decade career with some of her coziest and heartfelt Christmas songs, not to mention a delightful version of "Jingle Bells."