Overview of 'NPR Tiny Desk Concerts' Season 7

Episode 1 - Van-Anh Vanessa Vo

Release Date: 2014-01-04

The musician unpacks an array of traditional Vietnamese instruments — and 1,000 years of culture.

Episode 2 - Lily & Madeleine

Release Date: 2014-01-07

The teenagers play a restrained, homespun mix of folk and pop with undeniably sweet harmonies.

Episode 3 - Afro Blue

Release Date: 2014-01-13

The Howard University vocal jazz ensemble performs beautiful African-American spirituals.

Episode 4 - Robert Glasper Experiment

Release Date: 2014-01-20

Members of the Grammy-winning, organic R&B Experiment band jam with singer Marsha Ambrosius.

Episode 5 - Angel Olsen

Release Date: 2014-01-27

The expressive, powerful singer previews songs from her new album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness.

Episode 6 - Pixies

Release Date: 2014-02-03

Hear the legendary band perform 1989's "Monkey Gone to Heaven" and two new songs — one unreleased.

Episode 7 - Fanfare Ciocarlia

Release Date: 2014-02-08

The joyous Balkan brass band plays at a pace that would make the Ramones burst into a sweat.

Episode 8 - Suzanne Vega

Release Date: 2014-02-10

The inventive folk-music veteran book-ends a four-song set with her hits "Luka" and "Tom's Diner."

Episode 9 - Cate Le Bon

Release Date: 2014-02-18

The Welsh singer's set conveys loneliness and doubt with just two guitars and an inviting whisper.

Episode 10 - Sofia Rei

Release Date: 2014-02-22

For about 20 minutes one sunny afternoon, Rei turned a desk into a small Latin American folk club.

Episode 11 - Brass Bed

Release Date: 2014-02-24

See the band re-create some of its stellar studio effects with a pedal steel and some novelty mics.

Episode 12 - Asaf Avidan

Release Date: 2014-03-02

Avidan has an album and no U.S. record label to put it out. But he's on a solo tour that's stunning.

Episode 13 - Lowland Hum

Release Date: 2014-03-06

It's hard to convey the sound of two people in love, but Lowland Hum does that effortlessly.

Episode 14 - Jake Bugg

Release Date: 2014-03-10

Watch the 20-year-old English singer-songwriter, who has worked with superproducer Rick Rubin.

Episode 15 - Diane Cluck

Release Date: 2014-03-17

On record, Cluck's elastic voice and fingerpicking are impressive. Live, they jam the senses.

Episode 16 - Joseph Calleja

Release Date: 2014-03-24

All the world's top opera houses want the young tenor with the old-school approach.

Episode 17 - The Haden Triplets

Release Date: 2014-03-31

When the sisters cover classic country music together, the result is a treat and a trip in time.

Episode 18 - The Both

Release Date: 2014-04-07

Singer-songwriters Aimee Mann and Ted Leo unite from opposite ends of the volume knob.

Episode 19 - Tom Brosseau

Release Date: 2014-04-12

The North Dakota singer-songwriter possesses one of the most arresting voices in folk music today.

Episode 20 - Courtney Barnett

Release Date: 2014-04-14

Barnett tells stories like your best friend, provided your best friend is a funny Australian poet.

Episode 21 - Usman Riaz

Release Date: 2014-04-19

A young Pakistani musician treats the guitar as percussion — with surprisingly shimmering results.

Episode 22 - Federico Aubele

Release Date: 2014-04-21

The Argentine singer uses his dark, husky voice to produce a specific effect in these three songs.

Episode 23 - Quilt

Release Date: 2014-04-26

Interweaving harmonies and guitar lines set the tone for these soft, benevolent, dreamy songs.

Episode 24 - Johnnyswim

Release Date: 2014-04-28

Impossibly telegenic and charming, the band mixes booming intensity with polish and sparkle.

Episode 25 - Cian Nugent

Release Date: 2014-05-03

The Dublin guitarist runs through a ragtime jaunt, a basement-bar choogle and a sad-sack closer.

Episode 26 - Public Service Broadcasting

Release Date: 2014-05-05

The duo's sample-laden instrumental music is entertainment as education for the head and feet alike.

Episode 27 - Timber Timbre

Release Date: 2014-05-10

See the swamp-folk band play a characteristically eerie and mysterious set in the NPR Music offices.

Episode 28 - Chvrches

Release Date: 2014-05-12

The Scottish synth-pop band turns up with a small arsenal of synthesizers to perform three songs.

Episode 29 - Iestyn Davies

Release Date: 2014-05-17

See the countertenor and lutenist Thomas Dunford perform John Dowland's melancholy songs.

Episode 30 - Ages And Ages

Release Date: 2014-05-20

The band makes the kind of music that can at least briefly restore your faith in humanity.

Episode 31 - Yasmine Hamdan

Release Date: 2014-05-24

The Lebanese singer-songwriter is one of the most groundbreaking musicians in the Middle East.

Episode 32 - Hozier

Release Date: 2014-05-27

Andrew Hozier-Byrne wraps his rich, vital, soulful voice around songs rooted in the blues.

Episode 33 - Juana Molina

Release Date: 2014-05-31

Molina sounds as if she'd been raised by wolves and discovered the world of music on her own.

Episode 34 - Simone Dinnerstein

Release Date: 2014-06-02

Watch the celebrated pianist make Bach's Two-part Inventions sing and zing.

Episode 35 - Marian McLaughlin

Release Date: 2014-06-07

A quirky and wistful performer with a string section, McLaughlin makes music like few others.

Episode 36 - Eliot Fisk And Paco Peña

Release Date: 2014-06-14

A classical virtuoso and an equally captivating flamenco player combine for a set of duets.

Episode 37 - Rodney Crowell

Release Date: 2014-06-16

The country singer-songwriter performs with the ease and swagger of a man comfortable in his ways.

Episode 38 - Mali Music

Release Date: 2014-06-21

The singer-songwriter and musician performs with unabashed positivity and an uplifting spirit.

Episode 39 - Conor Oberst

Release Date: 2014-06-23

The Bright Eyes singer performs songs from Upside Down Mountain with help from members of Dawes.

Episode 40 - Tracy Silverman

Release Date: 2014-06-28

See the innovative player create waves of sound with a six-string violin.

Episode 41 - Lydia Loveless

Release Date: 2014-07-01

The 23-year-old singer-guitarist performs gritty, countrified blues-rock in the NPR Music offices.

Episode 42 - The Foreign Exchange

Release Date: 2014-07-05

Watch the Tiny Desk turn into a church, comedy club and neo-soul spot.

Episode 43 - Moon Hooch

Release Date: 2014-07-07

They call what they make "cave music" — but it's just as powerful at the Tiny Desk.

Episode 44 - John Grant

Release Date: 2014-07-13

Grant's songs don't mess around, with lyrics that function as darts of retort and thought.

Episode 45 - Holly Williams

Release Date: 2014-07-14

The singer has a magnificent way with phrasing, not to mention a remarkable country-music lineage.

Episode 46 - Marisa Anderson

Release Date: 2014-07-19

The guitarist kicks up some dirt with a Rev. Gary Davis deconstruction and a Stratocaster hoedown.

Episode 47 - Hamilton Leithauser

Release Date: 2014-07-21

In this three-song set, the Walkmen singer demonstrates that he's lost none of his vocal power.

Episode 48 - Highasakite

Release Date: 2014-07-25

Watch an atmospheric Norwegian band with a yearning sound. Also: See a flugabone!

Episode 49 - Saintseneca

Release Date: 2014-07-29

In the NPR offices, the Ohio band plays three alternately brooding and stomping songs from Dark Arc.

Episode 50 - Quetzal

Release Date: 2014-08-02

The veteran East L.A. band's music penetrates the intellect even as it makes your hips sway.

Episode 51 - The Family Crest

Release Date: 2014-08-04

The band's seven players are trained in classical and jazz, led by Liam McCormick's powerful voice.

Episode 52 - Irene Diaz

Release Date: 2014-08-09

With Carolyn Cardoza, Diaz conjures a place where emotions run deep and beauty is unmistakable.

Episode 53 - Bob Mould

Release Date: 2014-08-11

The former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman plugs in for a characteristically loud four-song set.

Episode 54 - Ernest Ranglin

Release Date: 2014-08-16

Watch a talented, charming guitar legend make magic as his band Avila holds down the beat.

Episode 55 - Pacifica Quartet

Release Date: 2014-08-18

Watch the group play selections from Shostakovich's cycle of introspective string quartets.

Episode 56 - Rodrigo Amarante

Release Date: 2014-08-23

A veteran of Little Joy and Los Hermanos, Amarante makes warm, tender music as a solo artist.

Episode 57 - Nickel Creek

Release Date: 2014-08-26

The band was made to sing and play around one microphone, so a Tiny Desk Concert seemed inevitable.

Episode 58 - Sturgill Simpson

Release Date: 2014-08-30

The Kentucky native writes country songs about loneliness, failed dreams, drinking and drugs.

Episode 59 - Trampled By Turtles

Release Date: 2014-09-03

Known for the speed of their playing, the Minnesotans are about more than just blistering bluegrass.

Episode 60 - Jessica Lea Mayfield

Release Date: 2014-09-06

Mayfield's music has gotten more beguiling as she explores the many contrasts in her hypnotic sound.

Episode 61 - Justin Townes Earle

Release Date: 2014-09-08

In advance of his new album Single Mothers, the singer performs two new songs and an old favorite.

Episode 62 - Luluc

Release Date: 2014-09-15

Graceful singing and storytelling meet guitars and textures that help create an unforgettable aura.

Episode 63 - Tweedy

Release Date: 2014-09-22

With his drummer son Spencer, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy performs songs from their new album, Sukierae.

Episode 64 - Bio Ritmo

Release Date: 2014-09-29

The 10-piece salsa band built its career on dance floors, where it never fails to make people move.

Episode 65 - Ryan Keberle & Catharsis

Release Date: 2014-10-04

The trombonist's working band established some nifty swing, assisted in absentia by Sufjan Stevens.

Episode 66 - Jackson Browne

Release Date: 2014-10-06

Browne still writes songs with conviction, craftsmanship and careful attention to detail.

Episode 67 - Raquel Sofia

Release Date: 2014-10-11

Sofia has spent most of her career 20 feet from stardom as a backup singer for Juanes and Shakira.

Episode 68 - The Bots

Release Date: 2014-10-14

The band plays with a great rock-duo punch that recalls The White Stripes or JEFF The Brotherhood.

Episode 69 - Ásgeir

Release Date: 2014-10-18

The Icelandic singer's voice is angelic and yearning, his songs simple and universal.

Episode 70 - Anthony D'Amato

Release Date: 2014-10-20

D'Amato's music can feel Motown-y, garage-y and Springsteen-y, but he sounds sparer here.

Episode 71 - Danish String Quartet

Release Date: 2014-10-25

Watch the young, versatile ensemble play folk music from around Denmark and beyond.

Episode 72 - T-Pain

Release Date: 2014-10-29

We asked the King of Auto-Tune to grace the Tiny Desk without any embellishment or effects.

Episode 73 - Banks

Release Date: 2014-10-30

Known for lavish electronic productions, Banks serves notice as a powerful singer in her own right.

Episode 74 - Sun Ra Arkestra

Release Date: 2014-10-31

With costumes inspired by Egyptian symbolism and sci-fi, Ra's band plays a special Halloween set.

Episode 75 - Making Movies

Release Date: 2014-11-08

A rousing band from Kansas City, Making Movies mixes languages and eras with infectious energy.

Episode 76 - Roomful Of Teeth

Release Date: 2014-11-10

Watch the group sing new music with yelps, yodels and a few fine harmonies.

Episode 77 - Davíd Garza

Release Date: 2014-11-15

The Austin singer-songwriter joins his stunning voice with that of touring partner Gaby Moreno.

Episode 78 - J Mascis

Release Date: 2014-11-22

The Dinosaur Jr. frontman, one of the world's loudest musicians, performs unplugged and acoustic.

Episode 79 - Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

Release Date: 2014-11-24

Benatar and Giraldo play three classics: "We Live For Love," "We Belong" and "Promises In The Dark."

Episode 80 - Sam Amidon & Bill Frisell

Release Date: 2014-12-01

Amidon weaves his compositions into traditional music, while Frisell adds atmospheric guitar.

Episode 81 - Dublin Guitar Quartet

Release Date: 2014-12-04

Hear the Irish ensemble's fresh take on Philip Glass' propulsive yet intimate string quartets.

Episode 82 - St. Paul And The Broken Bones

Release Date: 2014-12-06

The band's got heart and soul and flair, with a well-worn sound buoyed by strong, fresh songwriting.

Episode 83 - Yusuf/Cat Stevens

Release Date: 2014-12-09

The singer performs two new songs, as well as "The First Cut Is the Deepest" and "Father and Son."

Episode 84 - Lucinda Williams

Release Date: 2014-12-20

She came to the desk a little unsure, and left singing "West Memphis" with intensity and passion.

Episode 85 - HMSTR

Release Date: 2014-12-24

Watch our favorite hamsters play their twee-as-all-get-out holiday pop-punk song, "Snow Day."