Boyd's name popped up on countless records in the 1960s and '70s: Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Nick Drake. Joined by singer-songwriter Robyn…
NPR Tiny Desk
Every Tiny Desk Concert from NPR Music, newest first. They play from NPR Music's own YouTube posts. 1,451 videos.
Ben Sollee: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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A genre-bending cellist and songwriter who combines classical artistry with bluegrass and pop, Sollee has created a unique and infectious take on…
Milos: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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The young newcomer guitarist from Montenegro plays Spanish standards and a passionate ode to his homeland. Set List: Anonymous: Romance Isaac Albeniz…
The Civil Wars: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Watch Joy Williams and John Paul White's swooning chemistry and stirring harmonies at the NPR Music offices. Set List: "Barton Hollow" "Twenty Years"…
YACHT: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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For some acts, stripping a sound down to essentials is easy: Strap on the acoustic guitar and maybe use a snare drum instead of a full kit. It was…
The Decemberists: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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When he turned up at the NPR Music offices to perform three songs from 'The King Is Dead,' Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy wasn't expecting to be…
Charlie Siem: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Watch the stylish young violinist pull out a bag of tricks in music by Paganini. Performing at the NPR Music offices, Siem tosses off left-hand…
The Black Angels: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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The Black Angels' music is hardly the stuff of stripped-down acoustic confessionals: It's the sound of a distant rumble, possibly beamed from a…
Chris Thile and Michael Daves: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Thile and Daves play the traditional bluegrass music of icons Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs with a New York City intensity. Watch the…
Kopecky Family Band: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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NPR Music's staff stumbled onto the Tennessee band's music at the CMJ Music Festival last fall, and quickly fell in love. The Kopeckys' sweet,…
Neil Innes: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Neil Innes may play and sing, but you come for his wit, not his guitar chops. As a member of Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Bonzo dog Doo-Dah Band…
Julieta Venegas: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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It's hard to believe that Venegas released her first album more than 10 years ago. After six albums, including last year's Otra Cosa, Venegas is…
Booker T. Jones: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Jones' name is synonymous with the Hammond B3 organ. At 17, he recorded the instrument's anthem, "Green Onions," with his band Booker T and The MG's…
Wu Man: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Watch the world's reigning pipa virtuoso play ancient music from her Chinese homeland in the NPR Music offices. When her fingers start to fly, Wu Man…
Steve Earle: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Steve Earle has lived through the sort of horrors that have launched a million country songs: addiction, affliction, heartbreak, even prison. He…
Pokey LaFarge: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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LaFarge writes and performs original, sometimes traditional music steeped in American blues, country and Western swing from the days when 78s ruled…
Mount Kimbie: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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In the few years that Mount Kimbie has been creating music, the London-based dubstep duo has crossed over to find fans in the U.S. Venturing into the…
Otis Taylor: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Banjo-playing bluesman Otis Taylor plays trance-inducing music that's often built around a single chord — an approach that allows his songs to go on…
Josh Ritter: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Josh Ritter carries himself with the bearing of a folk-singing mayor: gregarious, charming, down-to-earth and impeccably dressed. But there's not an…
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert:
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Not every Tiny Desk Concert is tailor-made for Friday. When you're mere hours from the weekend, you want something lively to get the blood pumping…
Nellie McKay: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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You wouldn't think to call someone audacious who once devoted an entire album to Doris Day songs, but Nellie McKay is. Her bold personality shines…
Lizz Wright: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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In this short but satisfying two-song set at the NPR Music offices, the ever-evolving Wright channels the gospel of her past while remaining coolly…
Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys" NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Steve Riley and his Mamou Playboys make sweet Cajun music together: music steeped in the French heritage of southwestern Louisiana and driven by…
Local Natives: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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The L.A.-based indie-rock band plays buoyant, infectious songs that brim with sunny melodies and three-part vocal harmonies. Local Natives' members…
Damien Jurado: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Jurado has spent the last decade churning out albums of raw, time-worn, authentically graceful music, and he's always possessed a seemingly innate…
Turtle Island Quartet: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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On a dime they can pivot from classical quartet to jazz combo, complete with a rhythm section. Watch the Grammy-winning members of the Turtle Island…
Adele: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Watch Adele play "Someone Like You", "Chasing Pavements" and "Rolling In The Deep" at the Tiny Desk. Did you know you can watch new Tiny Desk…
Ivan And Alyosha: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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In preparation for South by Southwest 2010, we each listened to some 1,300 songs. Among the favorites was "Easy to Love" by Ivan and Alyosha. Watch…
Stars: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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With only Evan Cranley's acoustic guitar for accompaniment, Stars' Amy Millan and Torquil Campbell take two of the fizziest dance-pop tracks on The…
Richard Thompson: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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With his honest songs about politics and love, always dispensed with hard-biting wit, Thompson has been a consistently vital artist for decades…
Iron And Wine: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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For those who fell in love with Sam Beam's spare solo work, he plays his new full-band material as a solo performer here. Watch Beam show a fresh…
Buke And Gass: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Buke and Gass' homemade quality is what draws you in at first. Arone Dyer plays a modified baritone-ukulele run through effects that squeal with…
Ballake Sissoko And Vincent Segal: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Most bands that perform a Tiny Desk Concert need to adjust their setup and sound to accommodate the setting's limitations. Malian kora player Ballake…
Abigail Washburn: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Abigail Washburn planned to study law at Beijing University, but her love of bluegrass landed her a record deal instead. Still, China remains in her…
Khaira Arby: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Khaira Arby, the queen of desert rock, arrived like international royalty to perform selections from her new album, Timbuktu Tarab. Watch the Malian…
David Wax Museum: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Following a frenetic and enjoyable set at the Newport Folk Festival, David Wax Museum brings its infectious blend of American and Mexican folk music…
The Red River: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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The 10 members of The Red River normally play with guitars and violins, French horns, keyboards and drums. But they rose to the challenge of…
Gyptian: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Gyptian, who'd already conquered radio from Kingston to French Guyana and London with his song "Hold You," won hearts at NPR Music's Washington, D.C…
Luisa Maita: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Luisa Maita's music combines crisp staccato guitar licks, a subtle Brazilian pulse and vocals as soft as a late-afternoon ocean breeze. Yet without…
Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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With a pink tinsel tree and an animatronic singing Santa hat, the extraordinary jazz drummer Matt Wilson -- and his band Paul Sikivie andJeff Lederer…
The Heligoats: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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The Heligoats' Chris Otepka is the star of NPR Music's 100th Tiny Desk Concert. In many ways, he's the perfect act to mark that milestone: His music…
Yolanda Kondonassis: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Harps are something of a curiosity, even to the other members of the orchestra: They're huge and difficult to tune. So when Yolanda Kondonassis…
Olof Arnalds: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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The Icelandic singer usually warbles her folk-flavored tunes in her native Nordic tongue. But her new record, Innundir Skinni, is her first to…
Sharon Van Etten: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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The music and voice of singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten are engineered to turn each listener into a weepy, vulnerable heap. In this lovely…
Rana Santacruz: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Rana Santacruz's music is as magical as his persona. His songs are filled with fantastic stories of men who make a thousand women fall in love with…
Black Dub: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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At the NPR Music offices, Trixie Whitley and Daniel Lanois brought a variety of instrumental backing, including an electronic bed for the single "I…
Stile Antico: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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There's nothing particularly funny about most 16th-century choral music, but the young members of the a cappella ensemble Stile Antico cracked…
Hey Marseilles: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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These three songs by Hey Marseilles' album To Travels and Trunks, performed live at the NPR Music offices, benefit from a rich assortment of…
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