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Monday April 26, 2010

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Lionel Loueke: Tiny Desk Concert

April 26, 2010 • Listen to any Lionel Loueke record long enough and you'll wonder, "How did he make that noise?"

Monday April 19, 2010

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David Russell: Tiny Desk Concert

April 19, 2010 • With rippling notes, intertwining melodies and a warm, lyrical tone, classical guitarist David Russell plays pieces from the baroque, from Latin America and from deep in the soul of Spain.

Audio Only: David Russell's Tiny Desk Concert

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Sunday April 11, 2010

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Regina Carter: Tiny Desk Concert

April 11, 2010 • Carter's violin has expressed moods inspired by European classical, bebop, Afro-Cuban and Southern blues music.

Friday April 2, 2010

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Jakob Dylan: Tiny Desk Concert

April 2, 2010 • Jakob Dylan and his touring companions stopped by to perform a mesmerizing, stripped-down set of songs from his latest record, Women and Country.

Tuesday March 30, 2010

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Evan Premo: A Marriage Made In Music

March 30, 2010 • In 2002, 17-year-old musician Evan Premo appeared on From the Top. Little did he know it then, but someone special out there in radio land was listening. Watch the video of how boy meets double bass, then meets girl.

Monday March 29, 2010

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Wye Oak: Tiny Desk Concert

March 29, 2010 • The Baltimore duo didn't have to travel far to liven up a day at the NPR Music offices. Wye Oak's four-song Tiny Desk Concert draws two songs from a new EP called My Neighbor/My Creator, another from 2007's If Children and an as-yet-unreleased song called "Civilian."

Saturday March 27, 2010

Hiromi: A Melodic (And Headbanging) Travelogue

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Hiromi: A Melodic (And Headbanging) Travelogue

March 27, 2010 • Her new album, Place To Be, was conceived as a journal in sound. In a solo performance, the energetic jazz pianist shows how she translates street scenes to melodies, with her typical effervescence.

Hiromi: A Melodic (And Headbanging) Travelogue

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Monday March 15, 2010

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The Antlers: Tiny Desk Concert

March 15, 2010 • For much of the past year, the band has stunned live audiences with its extraordinary range, moving seamlessly and gracefully from quiet, delicate moments to thundering swells of chaotic rock noise.

Wednesday March 10, 2010

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OK Go Fights For Its Viral Video

March 10, 2010 • Damian Kulash, singer-songwriter-guitarist with OK Go, talks about the group's split with its label as the result of a label policy that kept a popular video the band made from being embedded on YouTube. "This Too Shall Pass" is a viral video that took a month to make; it displays an elaborate two-story Rube Goldberg device timed to the song.

OK Go Fights For Its Viral Video

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Monday March 8, 2010

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Omara Portuondo: Tiny Desk Concert

March 8, 2010 • The singer was part of a musical scene in 1950s Cuba that produced an entire generation of musical innovators and pioneers.

Monday March 1, 2010

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Laura Veirs: Tiny Desk Concert

March 1, 2010 • The songs on July Flame orbit around Veirs' acoustic-guitar playing and voice. When Veirs settled in for this performance behind Bob Boilen's desk, that same kind-hearted intimacy shone through.

Monday February 22, 2010

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Alec Ounsworth: Tiny Desk Concert

February 22, 2010 • Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, frontman Alec Ounsworth wrote brash, poppy songs. The singer and songwriter clearly had more music to make. Here, Ounsworth performs songs from Mo' Beauty.

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Monday February 15, 2010

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Abaji: Tiny Desk Concert

February 15, 2010 • With a trove of instruments, languages and good humor, Abaji demonstrates his passion for music that reflects his numerous family roots, including Armenia, Turkey, Greece and France.

Monday February 8, 2010

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Edmar Castaneda: Tiny Desk Concert

February 8, 2010 • Castaneda is carving out a place for himself in Latin jazz on an instrument you don't often hear in his style of music: the Colombian harp.

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Monday February 1, 2010

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Dave Rawlings Machine With Gillian Welch: Tiny Desk Concert

February 1, 2010 • Rawlings is a gifted producer, session guitarist and singer known for his contributions to other musicians' work, and for his longtime partnership with folk and traditional country artist Gillian