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Wednesday May 30, 2018

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Trouble Funk: Tiny Desk Concert

May 30, 2018 • We squeezed 12 go-go musicians behind the Tiny Desk. Watch what ensued.

Tuesday May 29, 2018

Third Coast Percussion: Tiny Desk Concert

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Third Coast Percussion: Tiny Desk Concert

May 29, 2018 • Watch the Chicago-based ensemble conjure otherworldly sounds from steel pipes, tuned cowbells and a bowl that sings.

Friday May 25, 2018

Ill Camille performs a Tiny Desk Concert on April 5, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR). Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption

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Ill Camille: Tiny Desk Concert

May 25, 2018 • The Los Angeles rapper and Kendrick Lamar collaborator performed four songs from her excellent album, Heirloom.

Wednesday May 23, 2018

Juanes and Mon Laferte perform a Tiny Desk Concert on April 25, 2018 (Claire Harbage/NPR). Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Juanes & Mon Laferte: Tiny Desk Concert

May 23, 2018 • The Colombian pop star and Chilean rising star brought their duet tour to the Tiny Desk.

Monday May 21, 2018

The Band's Visit perform a Tiny Desk on May 15, 2018 (Eslah Attar/ NPR). Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption

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The Band's Visit: Tiny Desk Concert

May 21, 2018 • Tony Shalhoub, Katrina Lenk and the cast of the Tony-nominated play The Band's Visit marked the first Broadway performance at the Tiny Desk.

Friday May 18, 2018

Partner perfroms at Tiny Desk on April 13, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR). Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption

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Partner: Tiny Desk Concert

May 18, 2018 • The dream of the '90s is alive in this Canadian rock band.

Wednesday May 16, 2018

Khruangbin performs a Tiny Desk Concert on April 6, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR). Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption

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Khruangbin: Tiny Desk Concert

May 16, 2018 • This trio from Houston, Texas makes trance-inducing music heavily inspired by 1960s and '70s funk and soul from, of all places, Thailand.

Tuesday May 15, 2018

Pickathon

Favorite Sessions

Watch Drive-By Truckers Perform 'Ramon Casiano' At The Pickathon Music Festival

OPB

May 15, 2018 • The Georgia rock band gives a kinetic performance of their 2016 hit, "American Band."

Monday May 14, 2018

Naia Izumi performs a Tiny Desk Concert on May 7, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR). Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption

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Naia Izumi: Tiny Desk Concert

May 14, 2018 • The winner of this year's Tiny Desk Contest makes his official debut behind the desk.

Friday May 11, 2018

Bela Fleck And Abigail Washburn: Tiny Desk Concert

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn perform a Tiny Desk Concert on April 10, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR). Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption

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Bela Fleck And Abigail Washburn: Tiny Desk Concert

May 11, 2018 • Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn are two American musical treasures. This husband-and-wife banjo duo write original tunes steeped in the roots of folk music.

Monday May 7, 2018

Gordi performs a Tiny Desk Concert on April 11, 2018 (Eslah Attar). Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption

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Gordi: Tiny Desk Concert

May 7, 2018 • In three songs from Reservoir, Gordi keeps her voice both unadorned and centered within warm, cool arrangements that include piano, guitar, pedal steel, a harmonium named Barbara, and more.

Friday May 4, 2018

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Darlingside: Tiny Desk Concert

May 4, 2018 • Even if the world came to an end, there's still beauty and hope in all of us and in song. That about sums up the wistful mystery that is the music of Darlingside.

Thursday May 3, 2018

Watch Jade Bird Perform 'If I Die' Live In The Studio

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Slingshot

Watch Jade Bird Perform 'If I Die' Live In The Studio

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May 3, 2018 • Jade Bird has a country flair that belies her native England. The 2018 Slingshot artist performs her stripped-down piano ballad, "If I Die."

Monday April 30, 2018

Bedouine performs a Tiny Desk Concert on April 16, 2018 (Bob Boilen/NPR). Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption

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Bedouine: Tiny Desk Concert

April 30, 2018 • Bedouine is Azniv Korkejian, a singer and guitarist who echoes sounds from the 1960's North American folk songwriters, but with vocal inflections closer to Leonard Cohen than to Joni Mitchell.

Friday April 27, 2018

ÌFÉ performs a Tiny Desk Concert on March 30, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR). Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption

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ÌFÉ: Tiny Desk Concert

April 27, 2018 • ÌFÉ isn't playing anything new. In fact, the band takes on something quite old: ritual Afro-Caribbean music that takes a lifetime to absorb and master.