NPR Tiny Desk Concerts (2008)
Intimate musical performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.
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Episode 1 - Trey Anastasio
Release Date: 2015-01-05The Phish star was in town to put on a huge show, but the songs here feel more personal than that.
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Episode 2 - Daniel Lanois
Release Date: 2015-01-03The producer presides over an all-instrumental, free-form trio with Brian Blade and Jim Wilson.
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Episode 3 - Rubblebucket
Release Date: 2015-01-20Even without its confetti cannon, the band brings a fun mix of brass and brash to the NPR offices.
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Episode 4 - Bobby Bare Jr.
Release Date: 2015-01-27The Nashville singer writes with acidic wit in lines worthy of his old mentor, Shel Silverstein.
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Episode 5 - John Reilly & Friends
Release Date: 2015-02-03Reilly sings and plays guitar alongside Tom Brosseau and Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark.
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Episode 6 - Mucca Pazza
Release Date: 2015-02-10With 23 members, the performance-art marching band is the biggest ever to play the Tiny Desk.
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Episode 7 - Until The Ribbon Breaks
Release Date: 2015-02-17The band strips down its electronic sound with the aid of a spaghetti strainer and a paint bucket.
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Episode 8 - Zola Jesus
Release Date: 2015-02-23With her huge voice and an assist on trombone, Nika Roza Danilova offers up a curious combination.
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Episode 9 - Dan Deacon
Release Date: 2015-02-25The Tiny Desk becomes a DJ booth for an office space dance party.
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Episode 10 - Phox
Release Date: 2015-03-02The Wisconsin band performs three of its warm, accessible songs in the NPR Music offices.
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Episode 11 - Aurelio
Release Date: 2015-03-07Aurelio weaves intricate layers of acoustic guitar to capture the feel of African and the Caribbean.
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Episode 12 - Fantastic Negrito
Release Date: 2015-03-09The singer beat out nearly 7,000 other submissions to win NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert Contest.
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Episode 13 - Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O'Riley
Release Date: 2015-03-14The duo plays visionary Beethoven, heartbreaking Janáček and Glass that unfolds like a lullaby.
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Episode 14 - Punch Brothers
Release Date: 2015-03-16Before the wide-ranging band plays, the audience sings "Happy Birthday" to mandolinist Chris Thile.
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Episode 15 - Anonymous 4 With Bruce Molsky
Release Date: 2015-03-28The a cappella quartet, with banjo and fiddle, offers popular songs from the Civil War era.
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Episode 16 - Sylvan Esso
Release Date: 2015-03-20Performed softly in the light of day, these three songs feel fresh and lovable.
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Episode 17 - Death Cab For Cutie
Release Date: 2015-04-06In a beautifully stark performance, the band plays two songs from Kintsugi and two older favorites.
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Episode 18 - Beach Slang
Release Date: 2015-04-10James Snyder's euphoric punk anthems become raw and uplifting confessionals in this acoustic set.
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Episode 19 - Chadwick Stokes
Release Date: 2015-04-13Stokes' songs feel familiar; they're old friends before you're done hearing them for the first time.
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Episode 20 - Rosa Díaz
Release Date: 2015-04-17The singer's lyrics reflect deeply felt emotions in this performance with cellist Daniel de Jesus.
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Episode 21 - Jessie Ware
Release Date: 2015-04-20The young English singer brings warmth to electronic music and a swooning quality to her own pop.
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Episode 22 - DakhaBrakha
Release Date: 2015-04-25The Ukrainian acoustic quartet's music encompasses sounds and rhythms from around the world.
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Episode 23 - José González
Release Date: 2015-04-29This soft-spoken Swedish singer left an imprint at the Tiny Desk that was gentle and long lasting.
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Episode 24 - Diego El Cigala
Release Date: 2015-05-01The singer has been called "the Sinatra of flamenco." His expressive style draws on jazz.
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Episode 25 - Vijay Iyer Trio
Release Date: 2015-05-04Iyer's working band transforms selections from throughout the pianist's deep and varied catalog.
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Episode 26 - Eskmo
Release Date: 2015-05-08Found objects are percussion instruments in the hands of a man who's part musician, part magician.
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Episode 27 - Bellows
Release Date: 2015-05-11These are enchanting songs, with the power to drift in your head for days.
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Episode 28 - Camané
Release Date: 2015-05-15A star in his native Portugal, Camané evokes melancholy with a silky baritone and elegant phrasing.
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Episode 29 - Young Fathers
Release Date: 2015-05-19Intense, hip-hop-infused poetry is reduced to just the essentials in this two-song, four-minute set.
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Episode 30 - Jason Vieaux And Yolanda Kondonassis
Release Date: 2015-05-22Watch the Grammy-winning guitarist and acclaimed harpist play music influenced by Africa and Asia.
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Episode 31 - Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear
Release Date: 2015-05-26The mother-son duo's songs are memorable and singable even days after you hear them.
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Episode 32 - Frank Fairfield
Release Date: 2015-05-29A young man with an old musical soul has a spellbinding voice and fluid fiddle playing.
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Episode 33 - Genevieve
Release Date: 2015-06-01See a singer with a powerful voice and extremely encouraging message.
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Episode 34 - Anna & Elizabeth
Release Date: 2015-06-08If you've never thought your tastes would lean to mountain music, breathe deep and soak it all in.
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Episode 35 - The Prettiots
Release Date: 2015-06-15The clever trio shares its love of everything from Law & Order to old-school girl groups.
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Episode 36 - Strand Of Oaks
Release Date: 2015-06-19Timothy Showalter's music is filled with bite and sometimes regret, but also a good deal of warmth.
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Episode 37 - Hop Along
Release Date: 2015-06-22Frances Quinlan's raspy voice whispers one moment, then lets loose a gut-punching howl the next.
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Episode 38 - Oddisee
Release Date: 2015-06-26The charismatic Brooklyn-via-D.C.-area rapper creates just the right amount of space in his music.
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Episode 39 - And The Kids
Release Date: 2015-06-30The trio's music is full of life, with dissonant sounds that still feel suited for singalongs.
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Episode 40 - Christopher Paul Stelling
Release Date: 2015-07-06Best witnessed live, Stelling's music is steeped in tradition yet filled with vitality and soul.
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Episode 41 - Girlpool
Release Date: 2015-07-10The charming duo performs three of the simple, direct songs from Before The World Was Big.
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Episode 42 - Songhoy Blues
Release Date: 2015-07-17See a Malian band that fuses African music with Western rock.
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Episode 43 - Kate Tempest
Release Date: 2015-07-21A celebrated English playwright and rapper deploys storytelling and poetry.
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Episode 44 - Paul Weller
Release Date: 2015-07-28See the beloved Britpop veteran perform songs from his new album, Saturns Pattern.
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Episode 45 - Shamir
Release Date: 2015-07-31The singer's disco-infused funk and soul gets stripped down to a lone voice with a guitar.
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Episode 46 - SOAK
Release Date: 2015-08-03Irish singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson makes the most of a single voice and an acoustic guitar.
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Episode 47 - Terence Blanchard Feat. The E-Collective
Release Date: 2015-08-05The New Orleans trumpeter's funky new band creates dance music to ward off despair.
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Episode 48 - Torres
Release Date: 2015-08-10Mackenzie Scott's music channels Patti Smith and PJ Harvey while hinting at further growth.
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Episode 49 - Restorations
Release Date: 2015-08-14The Philly rock band's big-hearted songs are stripped down to a few guitars and a MiniKorg.
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Episode 50 - Kacey Musgraves
Release Date: 2015-08-17The country singer plays four songs from Pageant Material, plus the set-closing "Follow Your Arrow."
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Episode 51 - Son Lux
Release Date: 2015-08-21The trio blows up its sound by adding off-duty, civilian horn players from the U.S. Marine Band.
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Episode 52 - Caroline Rose
Release Date: 2015-08-24Rose plays music as if she's just met her new best friend: It's fresh, fun and enthusiastic.
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Episode 53 - Eskimeaux
Release Date: 2015-08-28There's lighthearted, almost childlike beauty in the way Gabrielle Smith puts words to song.
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Episode 54 - Mitski
Release Date: 2015-08-31Mitski's music is dark and even scary, but glimmers of beauty peek through.
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Episode 55 - Happyness
Release Date: 2015-09-04If you're a fan of dark, incredibly dry, wry humor, you've just found Happyness.
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Episode 56 - Leon Bridges
Release Date: 2015-09-08Bridges is easy to love and hard to resist, with purity in his voice that's untouched by modern pop.
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Episode 57 - Sam Lee
Release Date: 2015-09-11The singer found his voice by finding and preserving old British, Irish and Scottish folk songs.
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Episode 58 - Watkins Family Hour
Release Date: 2015-09-18With help from Fiona Apple, two Nickel Creek alums gather a band to perform old and new songs.
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Episode 59 - Gina Chavez
Release Date: 2015-09-22The Austin singer-songwriter performs with intense openness, directness and warmth.
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Episode 60 - Joan Shelley
Release Date: 2015-09-25As technology rules the day, here's a reminder that a single voice can carry deep emotion.
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Episode 61 - The Internet
Release Date: 2015-09-29The R&B band might just be the oddest thing to come from the hip-hop collective Odd Future.
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Episode 62 - Lianne La Havas
Release Date: 2015-10-02The singer is soulful yet playful, raw and vulnerable in a commanding kind of way.
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Episode 63 - Deqn Sue
Release Date: 2015-10-05She came so close to winning NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert Contest, we just had to see her play.
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Episode 64 - Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Release Date: 2015-10-09The trumpeter presents his emotionally charged, jazz-hybridized "stretch music" in performance.
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Episode 65 - Andra Day
Release Date: 2015-10-13Day's songs feel candid and vulnerable, but not understated.
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Episode 66 - Oh Pep!
Release Date: 2015-10-16The band's clever, thoughtful music fits in everywhere from Nashville to its hometown of Melbourne.
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Episode 67 - Paolo Angeli
Release Date: 2015-10-19The Sardinian guitarist has a whole toy shop aboard his instrument.
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Episode 68 - Beauty Pill
Release Date: 2015-10-23In Beauty Pill, life whirs with plunderphonic glee and riffs are funky from the inside out.
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Episode 69 - The Suffers
Release Date: 2015-10-27The 10-piece band can barely fit all its horns, guitars, percussion and energy behind one desk.
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Episode 70 - Diane Coffee
Release Date: 2015-11-02Conjuring David Bowie, Diane Coffee's Shaun Fleming swaggered and shimmied behind the Tiny Desk.
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Episode 71 - Chris Stapleton
Release Date: 2015-11-05With his wife Morgane, the country singer-songwriter sings patient, detailed songs of devotion.
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Episode 72 - My bubba
Release Date: 2015-11-06My bubba is a duo of women whose quirky, delicate, sweetly sung folk songs are a delight.
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Episode 73 - Aurora
Release Date: 2015-11-09At 19 and on the cusp of her first album, the Norwegian singer performs with a sense of discovery.
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Episode 74 - Rahim AlHaj
Release Date: 2015-11-13The oud player's wordless music tells powerful stories about life's blessedness and fragility.
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Episode 75 - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Release Date: 2015-11-17At the Tiny Desk, Rateliff's body-shaking Southern-style soul takes on a more laid-back sound.
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Episode 76 - The Wild Reeds
Release Date: 2015-11-20Great singers aren't easy to come by, so finding three in one band is something special.
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Episode 77 - Youth Lagoon
Release Date: 2015-11-23Trevor Powers' new songs are expansive and self-assured, a transition reflected in this performance.
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Episode 78 - Teddy Abrams
Release Date: 2015-11-30Hear a young conductor, composer and pianist play Beethoven and his own jazzy pieces.
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Episode 79 - Protomartyr
Release Date: 2015-12-04The Detroit band's loud, screeching, grousing rock can be profound, poetic and bewildering.
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Episode 80 - The Oh Hellos
Release Date: 2015-12-08The nine-piece band bursts with anthemic joy, even as its songs convey darkness and loneliness.
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Episode 81 - Land Lines
Release Date: 2015-12-11The Denver band's mysteriously swirling music is singular, new and adventurous.
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Episode 82 - Shakey Graves
Release Date: 2015-12-14When the singer breaks out his guitar and suitcase drum, a rush of adrenaline hits the room.
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Episode 83 - Son Little
Release Date: 2015-12-18A modernistic bluesman with a taste for electronics appears with just his acoustic guitar.
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Episode 84 - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Release Date: 2015-12-21Watch the soul star perform "Silent Night" and two originals — one for Christmas, one for Hanukkah.