The 34-year old R&B mainstay used his moment at the desk to fit in as many of his most cherished songs as possible — Nine songs in 17 minutes to be exact.
Anderson .Paak's Tiny Desk concert is the most popular video in the series.
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What a way to wrap up Tiny Desk Fest. Raphael Saadiq, one of the most respected voices in soul music, performs a live concert with rising R&B star Lucky Daye.
Rio Mira plays a Tiny Desk Concert (Shuran Huang/NPR).
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Rio Mira's music celebrates life along the river that separates Ecuador and Colombia: soft breezes, loving friends, the embrace of Africa and lots of festejando!
Chai plays a Tiny Desk Concert (Bob Boilen/NPR).
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The group from Japan is on a mission to expand the conventional meaning of "cute." Their performance included synchronized dancing, pom-poms and matching pink uniforms, with a heavy, angular sound.
Jovino Santos Neto Trio plays a Tiny Desk Concert (Shuran Huang/NPR).
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As she settled in for this stripped-down set, Taylor Swift looked out over the office. "I just decided to take this as an opportunity to show you guys how the songs sounded when I first wrote them."
Brittany Howard plays a Tiny Desk Concert (Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR).
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The vibrancy of the band can feel childlike and candy-coated. But the group's songs are more about the pain of entering adulthood and leaving some of that sweetness behind.
Sharon Van Etten performs during a Tiny Desk concert, on Sept. 23, 2019. (Mhari Shaw/NPR)
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The brothers and their backing band gave a playful performance of three tracks from their latest album, Happiness Begins.
Josh Ritter (center) performs with Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell at a Tiny Desk Concert on Aug. 27, 2019. (Emily Bogle/NPR)
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