Tom Huizenga | November 18, 2016 - Classical music observers say we're living in a golden age of string quartets. It's hard to disagree when you hear…
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John Paul White: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Bob Boilen | November 14, 2016 - I wasn't alone in patiently waiting for new music from John Paul White. His singing and songwriting as half of The…
Adam Torres: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Bob Boilen | November 11, 2016 - Adam Torres' voice makes Pearls To Swine a constant listen for me. It's high and lonesome, but more frail than the…
Ta-ku & Wafia: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Cameron Robert | November 7, 2016 — The chemistry between Australian singer-producer Ta-ku and his fellow Aussie singer-songwriter Wafia becomes…
The Westerlies: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Tom Huizenga | November 2, 2016 - Calling themselves "an accidental brass quartet," the members of The Westerlies, like the prevailing winds, blew…
Joseph: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Bob Boilen | October 28, 2016 - My first experience seeing Joseph was in 2014 as an opening act in New York City. It was just the twins Meegan and…
Drive-By Truckers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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In music, we can escape the cruelties of the world or face them. There's no wrong way about it, but recently the members of Drive-By Truckers, a band…
Blind Pilot: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Blind Pilot and the Tiny Desk series both launched in the same year, 2008, so it's hard to comprehend how the two hadn't converged until now: The…
Billy Bragg & Joe Henry: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Earlier this year, Billy Bragg and Joe Henry set off on a journey. They boarded a train in Chicago, bound for Los Angeles. Each time the train…
RDGLDGRN: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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How do you pronounce RDGLDGRN? Easy, it's just Red Gold Green. Clean and simple, no vowels, no fluff — just like the band's music. Listen and you'll…
Haley Bonar: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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October 11, 2016 by Stephen Thompson The first time I saw Haley Bonar in concert, she and her band were performing at the base of a 54-foot Doritos…
Common At The White House: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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October 4, 2016 by BOB BOILEN We've never done a Tiny Desk Concert that wasn't behind my desk at NPR. But when the White House called and said they…
Joshua Bell & Jeremy Denk: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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September 30, 2016 by TOM HUIZENGA "You gotta love Brahms," Joshua Bell says, a little short of breath. He's wiping sweat from his brow after the big…
Blue Man Group: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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September 26, 2016 by BOB BOILEN They came, they measured, and they returned to perform a show like no other. It was the great NPR Tiny Desk Takeover…
Corinne Bailey Rae: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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September 19, 2016 by BOB BOILEN It's been six years since Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae released her second album, The Sea, so…
Saul Williams: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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September 16, 2016 by BOB BOILEN In terms of sheer intensity, Saul Williams' Tiny Desk concert may be the most potent in our eight-year history. Only…
Blue Man Group Is Coming To The Tiny Desk!
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September 22, 2016 by BOB BOILEN They came, they measured, they built and they plotted. But first, they had to borrow a few things from the NPR…
The Secret Sisters: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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September 12, 2016 by NICK MICHAEL Lydia and Laura Rogers are recognizable as sisters the minute they open their mouths. They float, twist and trade…
William Bell: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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September 6, 2016 by RACHEL HORN When we invited William Bell to the Tiny Desk, we looked forward to witnessing part of a veteran soul hitmaker's…
Big Thief: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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August 29, 2016 by BOB BOILEN The power of Big Thief lies in the stunning voice of Adrianne Lenker — as well as the band's intense rhythms, the…
Nina Diaz: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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August 26, 2016 by FELIX CONTRERAS When I first saw Nina Diaz back in 2010, she was fronting a punk trio from San Antonio called Girl In A Coma. She…
Margaret Glaspy: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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August 22, 2016 by BOB BOILEN There's brutal honesty in the songs of Margaret Glaspy that can make them feel cold, but they're also heartfelt. That's…
Eddie Palmieri: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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August 19, 2016 by SURAYA MOHAMED Different Tiny Desk performers pop up in NPR Music's workspace just about every week, and frequently more often…
Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Watch Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals play "Come Down", "Heart Don't Stand A Chance", "Put Me Thru" and "Suede" at the Tiny Desk. Did you know…
René Marie: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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July 27, 2016 by PATRICK JARENWATTANANON The Colorado River — better known for running through majestic National Parks and powering hydroelectric…
The Jayhawks: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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August 8, 2016 by TOM HUIZENGA The last song in this set from The Jayhawks is called "Comeback Kids." Although it's ostensibly a breezy portrait of a…
Rachel Barton Pine: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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July 27, 2016 by TOM HUIZENGA The music of Johann Sebastian Bach is essential, like air and water, for many classical musicians. Pianist András…
Kevin Morby: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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August 1, 2016 by BOB BOILEN The music of Kevin Morby is fairly straightforward and acoustic for the most part, with traditional, folk-based rock at…
Lucy Dacus: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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July 29, 2016 by BOB BOILEN For Lucy Dacus, a 21-year-old with a warm and deep voice, singing comes as naturally as talking. As an adopted child in…
Xenia Rubinos: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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July 25, 2016 by FELIX CONTRERAS Xenia Rubinos has learned a valuable lesson — "You have to know where you come from to know where you're going" —…
John Congleton And The Nighty Nite: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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July 22, 2016 by BOB BOILEN Listening to John Congleton can be scary. The imagery — of "blood between my legs," of loving another "like a lion loves…
Gregory Porter: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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July 18, 2016 by BOB BOILEN Gregory Porter's healing soul music sends a message of compassion, and he's got a baritone voice that resonates love…
Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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July 15, 2016 by LARS GOTRICH There's a point when a jam is just a jam, and when a jam becomes a journey... man. Ever since Chris Forsyth started The…
Jane Bunnett and Maqueque: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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July 12, 2016 by FELIX CONTRERAS Jane Bunnett knows a few things about Cuban music. She and her husband, trumpeter Larry Kramer, have been traveling…
Valley Queen: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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July 8, 2016 by BOB BOILEN At first it was simply the voice that shook me. I was in Austin, Texas, during SXSW, and my buddy Sean Moeller of…
Los Hacheros: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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June 30, 2016 by FELIX CONTRERAS Sometimes it's necessary to get back to basics. In the case of Los Hacheros, that means returning to the deep groove…
Adia Victoria: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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June 30, 2016 by BOB BOILEN At first, I was drawn in by Adia Victoria's languid guitar sound: In her hands, it practically has a drawl of its own…
Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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June 28, 2016 by FELIX CONTRERAS Together, saxophonist Charles Lloyd and pianist Jason Moran make jazz that draws from the past while looking to the…
Mashrou' Leila: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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June 24, 2016 by ANASTASIA TSIOULCAS When we invited the band Mashrou' Leila to come play at the Tiny Desk, we couldn't have foreseen the timing. The…
Brandy Clark: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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June 20, 2016 by JACOB GANZ There's no explicit narrative threading together Brandy Clark's second album, Big Day In A Small Town. Instead, the 11…
Alessio Bax: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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June 17, 2016 by TOM HUIZENGA The practice of lulling a child to sleep through music must be about the oldest tradition imaginable. All parents have…
Chick Corea & Gary Burton: Tiny Desk Concert
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June 13, 2016 by SURAYA MOHAMED Sometimes big-name artists need special attention. But in this case, it wasn't because they've been jazz pioneers and…
Weaves: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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June 10, 2016 by BOB BOILEN There's something nearly unhinged about Weaves' music. Some of that is in the frenetic guitar of Morgan Waters and the…
Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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June 6, 2016 by STEPHEN THOMPSON Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop visited NPR's offices on what may well be 2016's most beautiful day so far: perfectly warm…
Barry Douglas: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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June 3, 2016 by TOM HUIZENGA Barry Douglas knows a few things about handing down traditions. In this Tiny Desk performance, he passes along the…
Andrew Bird: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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May 31, 2016 by BOB BOILEN It's been a joy to hear the music of Andrew Bird shift and change. Bird's early music, from the late '90s, was steeped in…
Carrie Rodriguez: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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May 27, 2016 by FELIX CONTRERAS Carrie Rodriguez has been many things: a classically trained violinist turned American fiddler, a duet partner to…
Robert Ellis: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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May 23, 2016 by LARS GOTRICH Robert Ellis somehow finds wide-eyed wonder in heartbreak. His downbeat themes come up against sonically ambitious and…
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