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Friday August 31, 2018

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George Li: Tiny Desk Concert

August 31, 2018 • Watch the young Harvard grad dispatch some of the most "knuckle-busting" piano repertoire with uncommon panache and precision.

Wednesday August 29, 2018

Tech N9ne Feat. Krizz Kaliko: Tiny Desk Concert

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Tech N9ne Feat. Krizz Kaliko: Tiny Desk Concert

August 29, 2018 • Two of Kansas City's finest — and indie hip-hop's trailblazers — deliver a dose of Strange Music.

Monday August 27, 2018

T.I. performs a Tiny Desk Concert on July 13, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR). Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption

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T.I.: Tiny Desk Concert

August 27, 2018 • In the fifteen years since he released Trap Muzik, Tip Harris has reinvented himself a thousand times over. But the stories he recounts from that era make his Tiny Desk a memorable one.

Friday August 24, 2018

Dermot Kennedy performs a Tiny Desk Concert on July 27, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR). Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption

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Dermot Kennedy: Tiny Desk Concert

August 24, 2018 • Backed for the first time ever by members of the Howard Gospel Choir, the Irish singer-songwriter shows off a voice built to fill stadiums in more ways than one.

Thursday August 23, 2018

Nashville: Not Just A Country Scene But A Place To Go For Jazz

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Jazz Night In America: Video Episodes And Shorts

Nashville: Not Just A Country Scene But A Place To Go For Jazz

WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center

August 23, 2018 • Nashville has always nurtured a small but serious jazz culture. Meet up with some of its enterprising artists and get a crash course in Nashville's hidden jazz history.

Nashville: Not Just A Country Scene But A Place To Go For Jazz

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Wednesday August 22, 2018

Camp Cope performs a Tiny Desk Concert on July 18, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR). Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption

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Camp Cope: Tiny Desk Concert

August 22, 2018 • The Australian band uses tiny moments of introspection to illuminate life's bewildering, terrifying, isolating aspects — especially as they apply to women.

Monday August 20, 2018

New Music, New Stories From Century-Old Celluloid

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New Music, New Stories From Century-Old Celluloid

August 20, 2018 • Watch an excerpt from The Unchanging Sea, the latest commingling of filmmaker Bill Morrison's decaying reels of silent film and Michael Gordon's undulating music.

Friday August 17, 2018

Janet Jackson Marks Her Comeback With The Help Of Daddy Yankee

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Janet Jackson Marks Her Comeback With The Help Of Daddy Yankee

August 17, 2018 • Ms. Jackson returns with "Made For Now," a vibrant, Afrobeat-inspired song that will compel you to seize the day.

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Jazz Night In America: Video Episodes And Shorts

More Than Keeping Time: A Melodic Drumming Demo

WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center

August 17, 2018 • Drummers usually make sure beats don't speed up or slow down. But drummer Allison Miller does more than keep time. Watch a demonstration of her unique style of playing called melodic drumming.

More Than Keeping Time: A Melodic Drumming Demo

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Yo-Yo Ma performs a Tiny Desk Concert on June 25, 2018 (Samantha Clark/NPR). Samantha Clark/NPR hide caption

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Yo-Yo Ma: Tiny Desk Concert

August 17, 2018 • Watch the 19-time Grammy winner return to his lifelong passion for J.S. Bach, playing music from the Cello Suites and offering advice on the art of incremental learning.

Wednesday August 15, 2018

Erykah Badu performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Aug. 6, 2018 (Morgan Noelle Smith/NPR). Morgan Noelle Smith/NPR hide caption

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Erykah Badu: Tiny Desk Concert

August 15, 2018 • The singer's performance at the Tiny Desk was an almost spiritual experience, leaving many at the NPR Music offices in awe.

Monday August 13, 2018

Tower of Power performs a Tiny Desk Concert on June 26, 2018 (Samantha Clark/NPR). Samantha Clark/NPR hide caption

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Tower Of Power: Tiny Desk Concert

August 13, 2018 • Even from its beginnings in late-'60s Oakland, the band has always stood out. Fifty years later, its devotion to classic horn-driven soul remains unmatched, its passion and precision unchanged.

Saturday August 11, 2018

Another 'Kiki Challenge' Video From India Earns 2 Million Views — And 3 Arrests

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