Tiny Desk Concerts - Audio

Tony Shalhoub, Katrina Lenk and the cast of the Tony-nominated play The Band's Visit marked the first Broadway performance at the Tiny Desk.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The dream of the '90s is alive in this Canadian rock band.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

This trio from Houston, Texas makes trance-inducing music heavily inspired by 1960s and '70s funk and soul from, of all places, Thailand.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The winner of this year's Tiny Desk Concert Contest makes his official debut performance behind the desk.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn are two American musical treasures. This husband-and-wife banjo duo write original tunes steeped in the roots of folk music.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

In three songs from Reservoir, Gordi keeps her voice both unadorned and centered within warm, cool arrangements that include piano, guitar, pedal steel, a harmonium named Barbara, and more.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Even if the world came to an end, there's still beauty and hope in all of us and in song. That about sums up the wistful mystery that is the music of Darlingside.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Most rap fans would name RZA as the head of the Wu-Tang Clan. But Wu purists know that GZA, or The Genius, is the crew's unspoken elder statesman.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Bedouine is Azniv Korkejian, a singer and guitarist who echoes sounds from the 1960's North American folk songwriters, but with vocal inflections closer to Leonard Cohen than to Joni Mitchell.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

ÌFÉ isn't playing anything new. In fact, the band takes on something quite old: ritual Afro-Caribbean music that takes a lifetime to absorb and master.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The multinational band of theatrically fun and talented musicians in Superorganism mix melody and mischievous with almost Seussian folly.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Hear a triumphant fusion of jazz, rock and blues that moves with momentum and fresh anticipation. Logan Richardson plays with a lyrical intensity that is both focused and free.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

When you hear John Moreland's sweet voice, it's hard to believe he spent years singing in punk, metal-core and hardcore bands. He plays acoustic guitar now, but his songs are still full of passion.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The veteran Brooklyn rapper was an underground star during hip-hop's golden era. At the Tiny Desk, O.C. made it clear that he hasn't lost his edge.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The Breeders' dreamy scuzz sounds more wizened and frazzled at the Tiny Desk, featuring the same lineup behind the band's breakout, 1993 album Last Splash.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The Uruguayan singer-songwriter is one of the finest lyricists operating today. Watch his stunning performance behind the Tiny Desk.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Tyler Childers writes songs about hard lives and hard love with direct heart and a soulful Kentucky drawl.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Flamenco, jazz and classical share the stage in this Tiny Desk from one of our favorite Spanish composers.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

See the band perform a rare evening Tiny Desk concert, illuminated by flickering lightsLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The guitarist and singer for The Black Keys and The Arcs brings his Easy Eye Sound Revue to the Tiny Desk, recalling a time and sound from the '60s when southern R&B, including Nashville, was a force.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy