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Intimate video performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen

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Melanie Faye (Home) Concert

Melanie Faye stole the show during Masego's Tiny Desk concert, so we invited her to perform her own quarantine concert.

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Kate Davis (Home) Concert

August 4, 2020 • One of our favorite indie rock lyricists performs a four-song concert for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.

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John Legend (Home) Concert

August 3, 2020 • This four-song set for Tiny Desk's quarantine series is utter joy.

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Introducing Tiny Desk Playlists

June 5, 2020 • The best of NPR Music's Tiny Desk concert series.

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Lyric Jones (Home) Concert

July 29, 2020 • The Boston-born, Los Angeles-based rapper does it all in this performance for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.

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Thao Nguyen (Home) Concert

July 28, 2020 • Thao is joined by two cellists in this remarkable set for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.

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Watch Lucinda Williams Play A Tiny Desk From Home

July 27, 2020 • Lucinda Williams and her guitar mate, Stuart Mathis, set up shop for a Tiny Desk home concert at Thirty Tigers' headquarters in Nashville.

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Nilüfer Yanya (Home) Concert

July 22, 2020 • After performing for us last year, Nilüfer Yanya rejoins the Tiny Desk team from afar, performing three works from her last album and debuting a new song.

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Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts

Tom Adams (Home) Concert

July 21, 2020 • The singer and songwriter plays four new songs from his home in Cornwall, accompanied by a modular synthesizer and fronted by Adams' gifted falsetto.

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Lenny Kravitz (Home) Concert

July 20, 2020 • The bohemian rock icon performs a Tiny Desk quarantine concert from his home in the Bahamas.

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Diana Gordon (Home) Concert

July 15, 2020 • The singer-songwriter channels Whitney Houston, Alanis Morissette and The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan in her Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

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Benny Sings (Home) Concert

July 14, 2020 • The Dutch singer brings us into his home studio for this Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

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Tom Misch And Yussef Dayes (Home) Concert

July 13, 2020 • This Tiny Desk quarantine concert features a guest appearance from guitarist John Mayer.

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Jacob Collier (Home) Concert

July 9, 2020 • Watch four different Jacob Colliers perform simultaneously in the same studio in this unprecedented Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

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Roddy Ricch (Home) Concert

July 8, 2020 • The chart-topping rapper and songwriter performs a Tiny Desk quarantine concert at West Coast Customs in Los Angeles.

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Chicano Batman (Home) Concert

July 7, 2020 • The Alt.Latino favorite comes together virtually to perform a handful of songs from the band's latest album, Invisible People.

Dirty Projectors: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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Dirty Projectors (Home) Concert

July 6, 2020 • The indie rock band performs four songs while quarantining in five separate homes.

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Trupa Trupa (Home) Concert

July 3, 2020 • The Polish rock band performed a Tiny Desk quarantine concert in Gdańsk basement.

Fabiano Do Nascimento: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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Fabiano Do Nascimento (Home) Concert

July 2, 2020 • The Brazilian-born guitarist performs a peace-inducing concert from his home in Los Angeles.

Malawi Mouse Boys: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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Malawi Mouse Boys (Home) Concert

July 1, 2020 • This Southeast African band deserves your attention. Watch a very special remote Tiny Desk concert.

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Coreyah (Home) Concert

June 30, 2020 • The Seoul-based sextet performs music that blends Korean traditional music with modern sounds.

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BEAM (Home) Concert

June 26, 2020 • The Miami-based reggae singer brings a green screen to his Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

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M. Ward (Home) Concert

June 25, 2020 • The acclaimed guitarist (and masculine half of She & Him) performed seven songs in his Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

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Madame Gandhi (Home) Concert

June 24, 2020 • Watch the drummer and activist perform three songs for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.

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Sudan Archives

June 22, 2020 • Sudan Archives draws inspiration from Irish and African traditional music. Watch her channel both in this Tiny Desk concert.