Tiny Desk Concerts - Audio
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Tiny Desk Concerts from NPR Music feature your favorite musicians performing at All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen's desk in the NPR office. Hear Wilco, Adele, Passion Pit, Tinariwen, Miguel, The xx and many more. This is the audio version of the podcast. A video version is also available.
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Sep 10, 2018 • 13min
Jupiter & Okwess
Jupiter Bokondji and his band Okwess play music that feels both African and American, with Jupiter's early musical tastes inspired by The Jackson 5, James Brown and the sounds of Motown.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Sep 5, 2018 • 14min
Kalbells
The band makes life-affirming music that singer Kalmia Traver created over the past few years, filled with the triumph of being cancer free.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Sep 4, 2018 • 15min
George Li
Watch the young Harvard grad dispatch some of the most "knuckle-busting" piano repertoire with uncommon panache and precision.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 29, 2018 • 14min
Tech N9ne Feat. Krizz Kaliko: Tiny Desk Concert
Two of Kansas City's finest — and indie hip-hop's trailblazers — deliver a dose of Strange Music.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 27, 2018 • 9min
T.I.
In the fifteen years since he released Trap Muzik, Tip Harris has reinvented himself a thousand times over. But the stories he recounts from that era make his Tiny Desk a memorable one.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 27, 2018 • 14min
Dermot Kennedy
Backed for the first time ever by members of the Howard Gospel Choir, the Irish singer-songwriter shows off a voice built to fill stadiums in more ways than one.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 22, 2018 • 14min
Camp Cope
The Australian band uses tiny moments of introspection to illuminate life's bewildering, terrifying, isolating aspects — especially as they apply to women.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 17, 2018 • 12min
Yo-Yo Ma
Watch the 19-time Grammy winner return to his lifelong passion for J.S. Bach, playing music from the Cello Suites and offering advice on the art of incremental learning.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 15, 2018 • 15min
Erykah Badu
The singer's performance at the Tiny Desk was an almost spiritual experience, leaving many at the NPR Music offices in awe.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 13, 2018 • 19min
Tower Of Power
Even from its beginnings in late-60s Oakland, the band has always stood out. Fifty years later, its devotion to classic horn-driven soul remains unmatched, its passion and precision unchanged.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
