Specials

E1. Tiny Desk Family Hour: Gaelynn Lea

Mar 13, 2019

The former Tiny Desk Contest winner brought the crowd to its collective feet.

E2. Tiny Desk Family Hour: Cautious Clay

Mar 14, 2019

The Brooklyn-based artist, in addition to offering up an impeccable vocal performance, brought perhaps the only flute solo of SXSW 2019 to NPR Music's Tiny Desk Family Hour.

E3. Tiny Desk Family Hour: John Paul White

Mar 15, 2019

The former Civil Wars star performed a new song that even makes his kids cry.

E4. Tiny Desk Family Hour: Mountain Man

Mar 16, 2019

We couldn't pick just one song from the trio's appearance at the Tiny Desk Family hour. So we went with three.

E5. Tiny Desk Family Hour: Wyclef Jean

Mar 18, 2019

The former Fugees star brought an electric guitar and a young protégé.

E6. Tiny Desk Family Hour: Gina Chavez

Mar 20, 2019

In this performance of "The Sweet Sound Of Your Name," a song of devotion from 2014, the Austin singer-songwriter finds magic in the intimacy of a communal setting.

E7. Tiny Desk Family Hour: Fragile Rock

Mar 20, 2019

Fragile Rock's rowdy emo songs are performed by bickering puppets. Onstage at a church in Austin, the band savages the patriarchy in "Smile More."

E8. Tiny Desk Family Hour: Amanda Palmer

Mar 21, 2019

The intense singer-songwriter performed "The Ride" on a grand piano.

E9. Tiny Desk Family Hour: Leikeli47

Mar 22, 2019

The charismatic, genre-smashing masked rapper closes NPR Music's big night with intensity, joy and free-wheeling fervor.

E10. Ty Dolla $ign Pays Tribute To Mac Miller At The Tiny Desk

Aug 8, 2019 · 6m

While Ty Dolla $ign visited NPR to record his own Tiny Desk concert, he also performed a special tribute to his friend, the late Mac Miller.

E11. Megan Thee Stallion

Oct 28, 2019 · 26m

The secret's out! One of 2019's brightest new stars peformed a live show at the Tiny Desk.

E12. Sheryl Crow

Oct 29, 2019

Tuesday night's guest star just wants to have some fun behind the Tiny Desk. She'll revisit her classics and perform new songs from her album Threads.

E13. Wale

Oct 30, 2019 · 28m

The chart-topping Washington, D.C., rapper brings his songs to life at the Tiny Desk with the help of a six-piece go-go band.

E14. Raphael Saadiq

Oct 31, 2019

What a way to wrap up Tiny Desk Fest. Raphael Saadiq, one of the most respected voices in soul music, performs a live concert with rising R&B star Lucky Daye.

E15. Harry Styles Explains His Love Of The Packers

Mar 13, 2020

The English pop star has a Packers logo tattooed on his upper arm. So NPR Music's biggest Packers fan sat him down at the Tiny Desk to ask: What's the deal with that?

E16. Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Dedicated Men Of Zion, Labess, Sofia Rei & DakhaBrakha

Jan 11, 2021 · 59m

Our first night of live performances features music from Algeria, Argentina, Ukraine and North Carolina.

E17. Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Minyo Crusaders, Hit La Rosa, Natu Camara, Emel

Jan 12, 2021 · 70m

The second night of our virtual festival features music from Japan, Peru, Guinea and Tunisia.

E18. Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Vox Sambou, Aditya Prakash, Martha Redbone And More

Jan 13, 2021 · 69m

Wednesday night's showcases blends the sounds of Haiti, India, Italy and the Indigenous people of North America.

E19. Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Edwin Perez, Elisapie, Nora Brown, Rokia Traoré

Jan 14, 2021 · 59m

Our final night of globalFEST 2021 features salsa, First Nations music, Appalachian folk and a West African superstar.