NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
The Australian sextet crafts busily impeccable, harmony-intensive pop music with a danceable sway.
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Episode 1 - Lucius Episode 2 - Black Prairie Episode 3 - Of Montreal Episode 4 - Cantus Episode 5 - The xx Episode 6 - Night Beds Episode 7 - Mary Halvorson Quintet Episode 8 - The Lone Bellow Episode 9 - Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill Episode 10 - Efterklang Episode 11 - Yo La Tengo Episode 12 - Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu Episode 13 - Father Figures Episode 14 - Nicola Benedetti Episode 15 - Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale Episode 16 - Mohammad Reza Shajarian Episode 17 - Imani Winds Episode 18 - OK Go Episode 19 - The National Episode 20 - NO BS! Brass Band Episode 21 - Billy Bragg Episode 22 - Patty Griffin Episode 23 - Maya Beiser Episode 24 - Laura Mvula Episode 25 - Cheick Hamala Diabate Episode 26 - Skinny Lister Episode 27 - Frank Turner Episode 28 - Alice Russell Episode 29 - Cheyenne Mize Episode 30 - Guards Episode 31 - Time For Three Episode 32 - Dana Falconberry Episode 33 - Keaton Henson Episode 34 - Jim Guthrie Episode 35 - Alpine Episode 36 - Mother Falcon Episode 37 - The Front Bottoms Episode 38 - Buika Episode 39 - Steve Gunn Episode 40 - Baths Episode 41 - Bombino Episode 42 - The 1975 Episode 43 - Arturo O'Farrill Episode 44 - Shovels & Rope Episode 45 - The Cristina Pato Trio Episode 46 - Hem Episode 47 - Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi Episode 48 - Lawrence Brownlee Episode 49 - Superchunk Episode 50 - Valerie June Episode 51 - Okkervil River Episode 52 - Matt Ulery's Loom Episode 53 - Daughter Episode 54 - Typhoon Episode 55 - San Fermin Episode 56 - Neko Case Episode 57 - Ashley Monroe Episode 58 - Gary Burton Episode 59 - Debashish Bhattacharya Episode 60 - John Legend Episode 61 - Waxahatchee Episode 62 - Kronos Quartet Episode 63 - The Dismemberment Plan Episode 64 - Sarah Jarosz Episode 65 - Dessa Episode 66 - Christine Salem Episode 67 - La Santa Cecilia Episode 68 - Preservation Hall Jazz Band
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S6 • E1
Lucius
One minute, Lucius sounds like a '60s girl group; the next might conjure images of Emmylou Harris.
2013-01-07
S6 • E2
Black Prairie
With members of The Decemberists, the band lends a snappy, lilting quality to songs of alienation.
2013-01-14
S6 • E3
Of Montreal
Frontman Kevin Barnes uses the intimacy of the NPR Music offices to try out some quiet new material.
2013-01-28
S6 • E4
Cantus
The a cappella ensemble sings widely divergent songs from American, European and Sufi traditions.
2013-02-04
S6 • E5
The xx
In The xx's songs, all the calm chilliness in the world can't quite contain an exposed heart.
2013-02-11
S6 • E6
Night Beds
Winston Yellen's arresting voice propels a lighthearted but deeply affecting set at the NPR office.
2013-02-18
S6 • E7
Mary Halvorson Quintet
The guitarist brings a decidedly non-standard approach to jazz's standard practices.
2013-02-25
S6 • E8
The Lone Bellow
The fast-rising Brooklyn trio sings beautiful, heartfelt, impeccably harmonized folk-pop songs.
2013-03-04
S6 • E9
Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
Watch one of the best fiddlers on the planet and a subtle guitar master work their magic.
2013-03-11
S6 • E10
Efterklang
The Danish band ransacks the NPR Music offices looking for sound-making material and new ideas.
2013-04-08
S6 • E11
Yo La Tengo
To coincide with the release of the band's 13th album, Fade, Yo La Tengo performs an acoustic set.
2013-04-15
S6 • E12
Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu
The duo's quietly energetic performance hangs over the the NPR Music offices like a soft mist.
2013-04-22
S6 • E13
Father Figures
Zany, brainy and danceable, these guys' music mixes rock and jazz like King Crimson at its fiercest.
2013-04-29
S6 • E14
Nicola Benedetti
Watch the violinist spin out music by John Williams and Bach in sweet, soulful tendrils of sound.
2013-05-06
S6 • E15
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
The veteran country players mix corny humor, musical merrymaking and timeless vocal harmonies.
2013-05-13
S6 • E16
Mohammad Reza Shajarian
The 73-year-old Iranian icon unleashes torrents of swooping, soaring sound that elicit goosebumps.
2013-05-20
S6 • E17
Imani Winds
Imani Winds' members shrink Igor Stravinsky down to size in a quintet take on The Rite of Spring.
2013-05-29
S6 • E18
OK Go
OK Go helps us transport the Tiny Desk from NPR Music's old headquarters to our new facility.
2013-06-03
S6 • E19
The National
Watch the band perform acoustic arrangements of four songs from its new album, Trouble Will Find Me.
2013-06-10
S6 • E20
NO BS! Brass Band
An 11-piece brass band turns up the funk and flies the flag high for its native Richmond, Va.
2013-06-15
S6 • E21
Billy Bragg
One of the world's finest folksingers channels the spirit of Woody Guthrie at the NPR Music offices.
2013-06-17
S6 • E22
Patty Griffin
Watch the singer-songwriter and her band perform three songs from her fine new album, American Kid.
2013-06-24
S6 • E23
Maya Beiser
A brilliant cellist with a stunning command of her instrument, Beiser performs at the NPR offices.
2013-06-29
S6 • E24
Laura Mvula
The U.K. singer performs some of her most intimate material in a short set at the NPR Music offices.
2013-07-01
S6 • E25
Cheick Hamala Diabate
The Malian musician and his band craft melodies and rhythms that cut across age and ethnicity.
2013-07-06
S6 • E26
Skinny Lister
The rowdy English folk-punk band brings its barely controlled mayhem to the NPR Music offices.
2013-07-08
S6 • E27
Frank Turner
Two men with unplugged instruments convey the bawdy rowdiness of a full band.
2013-07-13
S6 • E28
Alice Russell
When the British singer performs, her emotionally fiery music just gets hotter and grittier.
2013-07-15
S6 • E29
Cheyenne Mize
The singer, instrumentalist and music therapist plays slinky, forceful songs at NPR Music.
2013-07-20
S6 • E30
Guards
Hear three sturdy pop songs from In Guards We Trust, performed live at the NPR Music offices.
2013-07-22
S6 • E31
Time For Three
Hear the "classically trained garage band" perform with staggering technique and contagious energy.
2013-07-27
S6 • E32
Dana Falconberry
Watch Falconberry and five bandmates perform three delicate songs from her recent album Leelanau.
2013-07-29
S6 • E33
Keaton Henson
Henson's voice is so fragile and hushed, if you were 10 feet away from him you'd barely hear a peep.
2013-08-03
S6 • E34
Jim Guthrie
Guthrie and his band drove 18 hours round-trip from Ontario to perform three songs for NPR Music.
2013-08-10
S6 • E35
Alpine
The Australian sextet crafts busily impeccable, harmony-intensive pop music with a danceable sway.
2013-08-12
S6 • E36
Mother Falcon
The 17-member chamber-rock collective uses its size in the service of great, snappy, stirring songs.
2013-08-17
S6 • E37
The Front Bottoms
The community that's formed around The Front Bottoms speaks to the band's passion and compassion.
2013-08-19
S6 • E38
Buika
Concha Buika's voice comes from Africa and the past. Watch her perform in the NPR Music offices.
2013-08-26
S6 • E39
Steve Gunn
Watch Gunn's trio perform a set of hypnotic long-form jams that are perfect for taking it easy.
2013-08-31
S6 • E40
Baths
Watch Baths' Will Wiesenfeld perform mysterious, textured electronic music in the NPR offices.
2013-09-04
S6 • E41
Bombino
For our 300th Tiny Desk Concert, we showcase a Tuareg guitarist's fierce, hypnotic, alluring jams.
2013-09-07
S6 • E42
The 1975
Performing solo, singer Matthew Healy doesn't hesitate to transform both his songs and himself.
2013-09-10
S6 • E43
Arturo O'Farrill
With an eye on both the past and the future, O'Farrill has jazz and Afro-Cuban music in his DNA.
2013-09-14
S6 • E44
Shovels & Rope
The husband-and-wife duo mixes rowdy folk-rock and rootsy ballads, with the help of a canine friend.
2013-09-16
S6 • E45
The Cristina Pato Trio
A Galician bagpiper and her trio take Celtic sounds in an entirely wild and wonderful direction.
2013-09-21
S6 • E46
Hem
Hem makes a homey, fireside kind of music, with songs that feel as if they've always been there.
2013-09-28
S6 • E47
Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi
The Zimbabwean legend performs songs from the mournful but celebratory Sarawoga for NPR Music.
2013-09-30
S6 • E48
Lawrence Brownlee
The operatic tenor, acclaimed for his Rossini, circles back to his roots as a singer of spirituals.
2013-10-05
S6 • E49
Superchunk
Watch the venerable band translate its electric sound to acoustic instruments in an intimate way.
2013-10-07
S6 • E50
Valerie June
Short of seeing her live and in person, this is the best way to encounter June's heartfelt sound.
2013-10-12
S6 • E51
Okkervil River
The band performs three songs from a record inspired by the childhood of singer Will Sheff.
2013-10-15
S6 • E52
Matt Ulery's Loom
The bassist composes beautiful, unpretentious music for an unusual jazz band with accordion.
2013-10-19
S6 • E53
Daughter
Pretty and melancholy, the Londoners' music conjures a perfect mix of gloom, desire and hostility.
2013-10-21
S6 • E54
Typhoon
The dozen members of this Portland, Ore. band crammed behind the Tiny Desk for a transcendent set.
2013-10-26
S6 • E55
San Fermin
The orchestral folk-pop band's little song-worlds burst with ambition, talent and extreme joy.
2013-10-28
S6 • E56
Neko Case
Watch a Halloween Tiny Desk Concert in which Case performs with Kelly Hogan and Eric Bachmann.
2013-10-31
S6 • E57
Ashley Monroe
This three-song set in the NPR Music offices captures a nice cross-section of Monroe's appeal.
2013-11-03
S6 • E58
Gary Burton
The jazz vibraphone pioneer is 70 now, but that hasn't slowed his flying four-mallet technique.
2013-11-09
S6 • E59
Debashish Bhattacharya
Bhattacharya draws on North Indian classical music, but blues also pours out of his stunning work.
2013-11-12
S6 • E60
John Legend
The soul singer retains the easygoing grace of a performer fit for any stage — even a tiny one.
2013-11-16
S6 • E61
Waxahatchee
This is Katie Crutchfield as Waxahatchee, playing intimate music for an intimate setting.
2013-11-23
S6 • E62
Kronos Quartet
The intrepid champions of new music bring a lullaby, rare blues and a work by Bryce Dessner to NPR.
2013-11-25
S6 • E63
The Dismemberment Plan
The band exudes playfulness and wry charm throughout these three songs from Uncanney Valley.
2013-12-02
S6 • E64
Sarah Jarosz
Jarosz and her small backing band craft a careful mix of technical proficiency and poppy warmth.
2013-12-07
S6 • E65
Dessa
The whip-smart rapper, singer, poet and songwriter performs three tracks from Parts of Speech.
2013-12-09
S6 • E66
Christine Salem
Salem sings work songs and chants from the maloya tradition on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean.
2013-12-14
S6 • E67
La Santa Cecilia
The video here provides just a hint of the L.A. band's dynamic live shows, albeit a spectacular one.
2013-12-16
S6 • E68
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The hot and historic New Orleans band brings a tuba-wielding Santa and some original holiday cheer.
2013-12-21