Some performances meet the moment, and then some quietly raise the bar. Coco Jones did the latter with her long-awaited Tiny ...

Great Grandpa writes lullabies for the restless. The indie rock band's thoughtful intensity remains intact at the Tiny Desk, ...

Daniel Caesar recently performed his second NPR Tiny Desk concert. He was backed by a piano and a 12-piece choir.

An upright piano, a guitar and Daniel Caesar, lifted by a 12-piece choir. The presentation is simple, but the effect is ...

From Usher and Doechii to Amerie and Rick Ross–let’s get into a handful of the most memorable and worst-sounding NPR Tiny Desks performances!

Which Tiny Desk made an audio engineer question everything? Which one made a producer want to cry? Touch grass? Look back on ...

Sixpence None The Richer." The beloved rock band, whose "Kiss Me" was a staple of alternative radio in the 1990s, gave their ...

Michigan native Billy Strings got the Tiny Desk Concert treatment this week on NPR's YouTube channel. Strings, now based in Nashville, Tennessee, is a west Michigan native. He grew up in Muir, a ...

It's rare these days for an artist to ask for fewer microphones, but after warming up in our space, Billy Strings did just that. Surrounded by his band, the bluegrass virtuoso brings back the spirit ...

At 7 a.m. Pacific Time on Jan. 13, 2026, NPR will open submissions for its 2026 Tiny Desk Contest. Musicians from all over the country are invited to compete for an opportunity to film a Tiny Desk ...

Dec. 3 (UPI) --Brandi Carlile made her return to NPR's Tiny Desk Concert program Wednesday to perform music from her new album, Returning to Myself. It was the singer-songwriter's second appearance on ...

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