NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
Season: 7
Episode: 1
Van-Anh Vanessa Vo
Air Date:04/01/2014
The musician unpacks an array of traditional Vietnamese instruments — and 1,000 years of culture.
Episode: 2
Lily & Madeleine
Air Date:07/01/2014
The teenagers play a restrained, homespun mix of folk and pop with undeniably sweet harmonies.
Episode: 3
Afro Blue
Air Date:13/01/2014
The Howard University vocal jazz ensemble performs beautiful African-American spirituals.
Episode: 4
Robert Glasper Experiment
Air Date:20/01/2014
Members of the Grammy-winning, organic R&B Experiment band jam with singer Marsha Ambrosius.
Episode: 5
Angel Olsen
Air Date:27/01/2014
The expressive, powerful singer previews songs from her new album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness.
Episode: 6
Pixies
Air Date:03/02/2014
Hear the legendary band perform 1989's "Monkey Gone to Heaven" and two new songs — one unreleased.
Episode: 7
Fanfare Ciocarlia
Air Date:08/02/2014
The joyous Balkan brass band plays at a pace that would make the Ramones burst into a sweat.
Episode: 8
Suzanne Vega
Air Date:10/02/2014
The inventive folk-music veteran book-ends a four-song set with her hits "Luka" and "Tom's Diner."
Episode: 9
Cate Le Bon
Air Date:18/02/2014
The Welsh singer's set conveys loneliness and doubt with just two guitars and an inviting whisper.
Episode: 10
Sofia Rei
Air Date:22/02/2014
For about 20 minutes one sunny afternoon, Rei turned a desk into a small Latin American folk club.
Episode: 11
Brass Bed
Air Date:24/02/2014
See the band re-create some of its stellar studio effects with a pedal steel and some novelty mics.
Episode: 12
Asaf Avidan
Air Date:02/03/2014
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
Air Date:06/03/2014
It's hard to convey the sound of two people in love, but Lowland Hum does that effortlessly.
Episode: 14
Jake Bugg
Air Date:10/03/2014
Watch the 20-year-old English singer-songwriter, who has worked with superproducer Rick Rubin.
Episode: 15
Diane Cluck
Air Date:17/03/2014
On record, Cluck's elastic voice and fingerpicking are impressive. Live, they jam the senses.
Episode: 16
Joseph Calleja
Air Date:24/03/2014
All the world's top opera houses want the young tenor with the old-school approach.
Episode: 17
The Haden Triplets
Air Date:31/03/2014
When the sisters cover classic country music together, the result is a treat and a trip in time.
Episode: 18
The Both
Air Date:07/04/2014
Singer-songwriters Aimee Mann and Ted Leo unite from opposite ends of the volume knob.
Episode: 19
Tom Brosseau
Air Date:12/04/2014
The North Dakota singer-songwriter possesses one of the most arresting voices in folk music today.
Episode: 20
Courtney Barnett
Air Date:14/04/2014
Barnett tells stories like your best friend, provided your best friend is a funny Australian poet.
Episode: 21
Usman Riaz
Air Date:19/04/2014
A young Pakistani musician treats the guitar as percussion — with surprisingly shimmering results.
Episode: 22
Federico Aubele
Air Date:21/04/2014
The Argentine singer uses his dark, husky voice to produce a specific effect in these three songs.
Episode: 23
Quilt
Air Date:26/04/2014
Interweaving harmonies and guitar lines set the tone for these soft, benevolent, dreamy songs.
Episode: 24
Johnnyswim
Air Date:28/04/2014
Impossibly telegenic and charming, the band mixes booming intensity with polish and sparkle.
Episode: 25
Cian Nugent
Air Date:03/05/2014
The Dublin guitarist runs through a ragtime jaunt, a basement-bar choogle and a sad-sack closer.
Episode: 26
Public Service Broadcasting
Air Date:05/05/2014
The duo's sample-laden instrumental music is entertainment as education for the head and feet alike.
Episode: 27
Timber Timbre
Air Date:10/05/2014
See the swamp-folk band play a characteristically eerie and mysterious set in the NPR Music offices.
Episode: 28
Chvrches
Air Date:12/05/2014
The Scottish synth-pop band turns up with a small arsenal of synthesizers to perform three songs.
Episode: 29
Iestyn Davies
Air Date:17/05/2014
See the countertenor and lutenist Thomas Dunford perform John Dowland's melancholy songs.
Episode: 30
Ages And Ages
Air Date:20/05/2014
The band makes the kind of music that can at least briefly restore your faith in humanity.
Episode: 31
Yasmine Hamdan
Air Date:24/05/2014
The Lebanese singer-songwriter is one of the most groundbreaking musicians in the Middle East.
Episode: 32
Hozier
Air Date:27/05/2014
Andrew Hozier-Byrne wraps his rich, vital, soulful voice around songs rooted in the blues.
Crew
Name: Bob Boilen
Role: Producer
Department: Production
Name: Denise DeBelius
Role: Producer
Department: Production
Name: Kevin Wait
Role: Sound Engineer
Department: Sound
Name: Denise DeBelius
Role: Camera Operator
Department: Camera
Name: Olivia Merrion
Role: Camera Operator
Department: Camera
Name: Alex Schelldorf
Role: Production Assistant
Department: Production
Episode: 33
Juana Molina
Air Date:31/05/2014
Molina sounds as if she'd been raised by wolves and discovered the world of music on her own.
Episode: 34
Simone Dinnerstein
Air Date:02/06/2014
Watch the celebrated pianist make Bach's Two-part Inventions sing and zing.
Episode: 35
Marian McLaughlin
Air Date:07/06/2014
A quirky and wistful performer with a string section, McLaughlin makes music like few others.
Episode: 36
Eliot Fisk And Paco Peña
Air Date:14/06/2014
A classical virtuoso and an equally captivating flamenco player combine for a set of duets.
Episode: 37
Rodney Crowell
Air Date:16/06/2014
The country singer-songwriter performs with the ease and swagger of a man comfortable in his ways.
Episode: 38
Mali Music
Air Date:21/06/2014
The singer-songwriter and musician performs with unabashed positivity and an uplifting spirit.
Episode: 39
Conor Oberst
Air Date:23/06/2014
The Bright Eyes singer performs songs from Upside Down Mountain with help from members of Dawes.
Episode: 40
Tracy Silverman
Air Date:28/06/2014
See the innovative player create waves of sound with a six-string violin.
Episode: 41
Lydia Loveless
Air Date:01/07/2014
The 23-year-old singer-guitarist performs gritty, countrified blues-rock in the NPR Music offices.
Episode: 42
The Foreign Exchange
Air Date:05/07/2014
Watch the Tiny Desk turn into a church, comedy club and neo-soul spot.
Episode: 43
Moon Hooch
Air Date:07/07/2014
They call what they make "cave music" — but it's just as powerful at the Tiny Desk.
Episode: 44
John Grant
Air Date:13/07/2014
Grant's songs don't mess around, with lyrics that function as darts of retort and thought.
Episode: 45
Holly Williams
Air Date:14/07/2014
The singer has a magnificent way with phrasing, not to mention a remarkable country-music lineage.
Episode: 46
Marisa Anderson
Air Date:19/07/2014
The guitarist kicks up some dirt with a Rev. Gary Davis deconstruction and a Stratocaster hoedown.
Episode: 47
Hamilton Leithauser
Air Date:21/07/2014
In this three-song set, the Walkmen singer demonstrates that he's lost none of his vocal power.
Episode: 48
Highasakite
Air Date:25/07/2014
Watch an atmospheric Norwegian band with a yearning sound. Also: See a flugabone!
Episode: 49
Saintseneca
Air Date:29/07/2014
In the NPR offices, the Ohio band plays three alternately brooding and stomping songs from Dark Arc.
Episode: 50
Quetzal
Air Date:02/08/2014
The veteran East L.A. band's music penetrates the intellect even as it makes your hips sway.
Episode: 51
The Family Crest
Air Date:04/08/2014
The band's seven players are trained in classical and jazz, led by Liam McCormick's powerful voice.
Episode: 52
Irene Diaz
Air Date:09/08/2014
With Carolyn Cardoza, Diaz conjures a place where emotions run deep and beauty is unmistakable.
Episode: 53
Bob Mould
Air Date:11/08/2014
The former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman plugs in for a characteristically loud four-song set.
Episode: 54
Ernest Ranglin
Air Date:16/08/2014
Watch a talented, charming guitar legend make magic as his band Avila holds down the beat.
Episode: 55
Pacifica Quartet
Air Date:18/08/2014
Watch the group play selections from Shostakovich's cycle of introspective string quartets.
Episode: 56
Rodrigo Amarante
Air Date:23/08/2014
A veteran of Little Joy and Los Hermanos, Amarante makes warm, tender music as a solo artist.
Episode: 57
Nickel Creek
Air Date:26/08/2014
The band was made to sing and play around one microphone, so a Tiny Desk Concert seemed inevitable.
Episode: 58
Sturgill Simpson
Air Date:30/08/2014
The Kentucky native writes country songs about loneliness, failed dreams, drinking and drugs.
Crew
Episode: 59
Trampled By Turtles
Air Date:03/09/2014
Known for the speed of their playing, the Minnesotans are about more than just blistering bluegrass.
Episode: 60
Jessica Lea Mayfield
Air Date:06/09/2014
Mayfield's music has gotten more beguiling as she explores the many contrasts in her hypnotic sound.
Episode: 61
Justin Townes Earle
Air Date:08/09/2014
In advance of his new album Single Mothers, the singer performs two new songs and an old favorite.
Episode: 62
Luluc
Air Date:15/09/2014
Graceful singing and storytelling meet guitars and textures that help create an unforgettable aura.
Episode: 63
Tweedy
Air Date:22/09/2014
With his drummer son Spencer, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy performs songs from their new album, Sukierae.
Episode: 64
Bio Ritmo
Air Date:29/09/2014
The 10-piece salsa band built its career on dance floors, where it never fails to make people move.
Episode: 65
Ryan Keberle & Catharsis
Air Date:04/10/2014
The trombonist's working band established some nifty swing, assisted in absentia by Sufjan Stevens.
Episode: 66
Jackson Browne
Air Date:06/10/2014
Browne still writes songs with conviction, craftsmanship and careful attention to detail.
Episode: 67
Raquel Sofia
Air Date:11/10/2014
Sofia has spent most of her career 20 feet from stardom as a backup singer for Juanes and Shakira.
Episode: 68
The Bots
Air Date:14/10/2014
The band plays with a great rock-duo punch that recalls The White Stripes or JEFF The Brotherhood.
Episode: 69
Ásgeir
Air Date:18/10/2014
The Icelandic singer's voice is angelic and yearning, his songs simple and universal.
Episode: 70
Anthony D'Amato
Air Date:20/10/2014
D'Amato's music can feel Motown-y, garage-y and Springsteen-y, but he sounds sparer here.
Episode: 71
Danish String Quartet
Air Date:25/10/2014
Watch the young, versatile ensemble play folk music from around Denmark and beyond.
Episode: 72
T-Pain
Air Date:29/10/2014
We asked the King of Auto-Tune to grace the Tiny Desk without any embellishment or effects.
Episode: 73
Banks
Air Date:30/10/2014
Known for lavish electronic productions, Banks serves notice as a powerful singer in her own right.
Episode: 74
Sun Ra Arkestra
Air Date:31/10/2014
With costumes inspired by Egyptian symbolism and sci-fi, Ra's band plays a special Halloween set.
Episode: 75
Making Movies
Air Date:08/11/2014
A rousing band from Kansas City, Making Movies mixes languages and eras with infectious energy.
Episode: 76
Roomful Of Teeth
Air Date:10/11/2014
Watch the group sing new music with yelps, yodels and a few fine harmonies.
Episode: 77
Davíd Garza
Air Date:15/11/2014
The Austin singer-songwriter joins his stunning voice with that of touring partner Gaby Moreno.
Episode: 78
J Mascis
Air Date:22/11/2014
The Dinosaur Jr. frontman, one of the world's loudest musicians, performs unplugged and acoustic.
Episode: 79
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
Air Date:24/11/2014
Benatar and Giraldo play three classics: "We Live For Love," "We Belong" and "Promises In The Dark."
Episode: 80
Sam Amidon & Bill Frisell
Air Date:01/12/2014
Amidon weaves his compositions into traditional music, while Frisell adds atmospheric guitar.
Episode: 81
Dublin Guitar Quartet
Air Date:04/12/2014
Hear the Irish ensemble's fresh take on Philip Glass' propulsive yet intimate string quartets.
Episode: 82
St. Paul And The Broken Bones
Air Date:06/12/2014
The band's got heart and soul and flair, with a well-worn sound buoyed by strong, fresh songwriting.
Episode: 83
Yusuf/Cat Stevens
Air Date:09/12/2014
The singer performs two new songs, as well as "The First Cut Is the Deepest" and "Father and Son."
Episode: 84
Lucinda Williams
Air Date:20/12/2014
She came to the desk a little unsure, and left singing "West Memphis" with intensity and passion.
Episode: 85
HMSTR
Air Date:24/12/2014
Watch our favorite hamsters play their twee-as-all-get-out holiday pop-punk song, "Snow Day."