85 episodes · first aired 2014-01-04
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 | 01 | Van-Anh Vanessa Vo 2014-01-04 | The musician unpacks an array of traditional Vietnamese instruments — and 1,000 years of culture. | 2014-01-04 | 0.0 |
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Lily & Madeleine 2014-01-07 |
The teenagers play a restrained, homespun mix of folk and pop with undeniably sweet harmonies. |
| 2014-01-07 |
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 | 03 | Afro Blue 2014-01-13 | The Howard University vocal jazz ensemble performs beautiful African-American spirituals. | 2014-01-13 | 0.0 |
 | 04 | Robert Glasper Experiment 2014-01-20 | Members of the Grammy-winning, organic R&B Experiment band jam with singer Marsha Ambrosius. | 2014-01-20 | 0.0 |
 | 05 | Angel Olsen 2014-01-27 | The expressive, powerful singer previews songs from her new album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness. | 2014-01-27 | 0.0 |
 | 06 | Pixies 2014-02-03 | Hear the legendary band perform 1989's "Monkey Gone to Heaven" and two new songs — one unreleased. | 2014-02-03 | 0.0 |
 | 07 | Fanfare Ciocarlia 2014-02-08 | The joyous Balkan brass band plays at a pace that would make the Ramones burst into a sweat. | 2014-02-08 | 0.0 |
 | 08 | Suzanne Vega 2014-02-10 | The inventive folk-music veteran book-ends a four-song set with her hits "Luka" and "Tom's Diner." | 2014-02-10 | 0.0 |
 | 09 | Cate Le Bon 2014-02-18 | The Welsh singer's set conveys loneliness and doubt with just two guitars and an inviting whisper. | 2014-02-18 | 0.0 |
 | 10 | Sofia Rei 2014-02-22 | For about 20 minutes one sunny afternoon, Rei turned a desk into a small Latin American folk club. | 2014-02-22 | 0.0 |
 | 11 | Brass Bed 2014-02-24 | See the band re-create some of its stellar studio effects with a pedal steel and some novelty mics. | 2014-02-24 | 0.0 |
 | 12 | Asaf Avidan 2014-03-02 | Avidan has an album and no U.S. record label to put it out. But he's on a solo tour that's stunning. | 2014-03-02 | 0.0 |
 | 13 | Lowland Hum 2014-03-06 | It's hard to convey the sound of two people in love, but Lowland Hum does that effortlessly. | 2014-03-06 | 0.0 |
 | 14 | Jake Bugg 2014-03-10 | Watch the 20-year-old English singer-songwriter, who has worked with superproducer Rick Rubin. | 2014-03-10 | 0.0 |
 | 15 | Diane Cluck 2014-03-17 | On record, Cluck's elastic voice and fingerpicking are impressive. Live, they jam the senses. | 2014-03-17 | 0.0 |
 | 16 | Joseph Calleja 2014-03-24 | All the world's top opera houses want the young tenor with the old-school approach. | 2014-03-24 | 0.0 |
 | 17 | The Haden Triplets 2014-03-31 | When the sisters cover classic country music together, the result is a treat and a trip in time. | 2014-03-31 | 0.0 |
 | 18 | The Both 2014-04-07 | Singer-songwriters Aimee Mann and Ted Leo unite from opposite ends of the volume knob. | 2014-04-07 | 0.0 |
 | 19 | Tom Brosseau 2014-04-12 | The North Dakota singer-songwriter possesses one of the most arresting voices in folk music today. | 2014-04-12 | 0.0 |
 | 20 | Courtney Barnett 2014-04-14 | Barnett tells stories like your best friend, provided your best friend is a funny Australian poet. | 2014-04-14 | 0.0 |
 | 21 | Usman Riaz 2014-04-19 | A young Pakistani musician treats the guitar as percussion — with surprisingly shimmering results. | 2014-04-19 | 0.0 |
 | 22 | Federico Aubele 2014-04-21 | The Argentine singer uses his dark, husky voice to produce a specific effect in these three songs. | 2014-04-21 | 0.0 |
 | 23 | Quilt 2014-04-26 | Interweaving harmonies and guitar lines set the tone for these soft, benevolent, dreamy songs. | 2014-04-26 | 0.0 |
 | 24 | Johnnyswim 2014-04-28 | Impossibly telegenic and charming, the band mixes booming intensity with polish and sparkle. | 2014-04-28 | 0.0 |
 | 25 | Cian Nugent 2014-05-03 | The Dublin guitarist runs through a ragtime jaunt, a basement-bar choogle and a sad-sack closer. | 2014-05-03 | 0.0 |
 | 26 | Public Service Broadcasting 2014-05-05 | The duo's sample-laden instrumental music is entertainment as education for the head and feet alike. | 2014-05-05 | 0.0 |
 | 27 | Timber Timbre 2014-05-10 | See the swamp-folk band play a characteristically eerie and mysterious set in the NPR Music offices. | 2014-05-10 | 0.0 |
 | 28 | Chvrches 2014-05-12 | The Scottish synth-pop band turns up with a small arsenal of synthesizers to perform three songs. | 2014-05-12 | 0.0 |
 | 29 | Iestyn Davies 2014-05-17 | See the countertenor and lutenist Thomas Dunford perform John Dowland's melancholy songs. | 2014-05-17 | 0.0 |
 | 30 | Ages And Ages 2014-05-20 | The band makes the kind of music that can at least briefly restore your faith in humanity. | 2014-05-20 | 0.0 |
 | 31 | Yasmine Hamdan 2014-05-24 | The Lebanese singer-songwriter is one of the most groundbreaking musicians in the Middle East. | 2014-05-24 | 0.0 |
 | 32 | Hozier 2014-05-27 | Andrew Hozier-Byrne wraps his rich, vital, soulful voice around songs rooted in the blues. | 2014-05-27 | 0.0 |
 | 33 | Juana Molina 2014-05-31 | Molina sounds as if she'd been raised by wolves and discovered the world of music on her own. | 2014-05-31 | 0.0 |
 | 34 | Simone Dinnerstein 2014-06-02 | Watch the celebrated pianist make Bach's Two-part Inventions sing and zing. | 2014-06-02 | 0.0 |
 | 35 | Marian McLaughlin 2014-06-07 | A quirky and wistful performer with a string section, McLaughlin makes music like few others. | 2014-06-07 | 0.0 |
 | 36 | Eliot Fisk And Paco Peña 2014-06-14 | A classical virtuoso and an equally captivating flamenco player combine for a set of duets. | 2014-06-14 | 0.0 |
 | 37 | Rodney Crowell 2014-06-16 | The country singer-songwriter performs with the ease and swagger of a man comfortable in his ways. | 2014-06-16 | 0.0 |
 | 38 | Mali Music 2014-06-21 | The singer-songwriter and musician performs with unabashed positivity and an uplifting spirit. | 2014-06-21 | 0.0 |
 | 39 | Conor Oberst 2014-06-23 | The Bright Eyes singer performs songs from Upside Down Mountain with help from members of Dawes. | 2014-06-23 | 0.0 |
 | 40 | Tracy Silverman 2014-06-28 | See the innovative player create waves of sound with a six-string violin. | 2014-06-28 | 0.0 |
 | 41 | Lydia Loveless 2014-07-01 | The 23-year-old singer-guitarist performs gritty, countrified blues-rock in the NPR Music offices. | 2014-07-01 | 0.0 |
 | 42 | The Foreign Exchange 2014-07-05 | Watch the Tiny Desk turn into a church, comedy club and neo-soul spot. | 2014-07-05 | 0.0 |
 | 43 | Moon Hooch 2014-07-07 | They call what they make "cave music" — but it's just as powerful at the Tiny Desk. | 2014-07-07 | 0.0 |
 | 44 | John Grant 2014-07-13 | Grant's songs don't mess around, with lyrics that function as darts of retort and thought. | 2014-07-13 | 0.0 |
 | 45 | Holly Williams 2014-07-14 | The singer has a magnificent way with phrasing, not to mention a remarkable country-music lineage. | 2014-07-14 | 0.0 |
 | 46 | Marisa Anderson 2014-07-19 | The guitarist kicks up some dirt with a Rev. Gary Davis deconstruction and a Stratocaster hoedown. | 2014-07-19 | 0.0 |
 | 47 | Hamilton Leithauser 2014-07-21 | In this three-song set, the Walkmen singer demonstrates that he's lost none of his vocal power. | 2014-07-21 | 0.0 |
 | 48 | Highasakite 2014-07-25 | Watch an atmospheric Norwegian band with a yearning sound. Also: See a flugabone! | 2014-07-25 | 0.0 |
 | 49 | Saintseneca 2014-07-29 | In the NPR offices, the Ohio band plays three alternately brooding and stomping songs from Dark Arc. | 2014-07-29 | 0.0 |
 | 50 | Quetzal 2014-08-02 | The veteran East L.A. band's music penetrates the intellect even as it makes your hips sway. | 2014-08-02 | 0.0 |
 | 51 | The Family Crest 2014-08-04 | The band's seven players are trained in classical and jazz, led by Liam McCormick's powerful voice. | 2014-08-04 | 0.0 |
 | 52 | Irene Diaz 2014-08-09 | With Carolyn Cardoza, Diaz conjures a place where emotions run deep and beauty is unmistakable. | 2014-08-09 | 0.0 |
 | 53 | Bob Mould 2014-08-11 | The former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman plugs in for a characteristically loud four-song set. | 2014-08-11 | 0.0 |
 | 54 | Ernest Ranglin 2014-08-16 | Watch a talented, charming guitar legend make magic as his band Avila holds down the beat. | 2014-08-16 | 0.0 |
 | 55 | Pacifica Quartet 2014-08-18 | Watch the group play selections from Shostakovich's cycle of introspective string quartets. | 2014-08-18 | 0.0 |
 | 56 | Rodrigo Amarante 2014-08-23 | A veteran of Little Joy and Los Hermanos, Amarante makes warm, tender music as a solo artist. | 2014-08-23 | 0.0 |
 | 57 | Nickel Creek 2014-08-26 | The band was made to sing and play around one microphone, so a Tiny Desk Concert seemed inevitable. | 2014-08-26 | 0.0 |
 | 58 | Sturgill Simpson 2014-08-30 | The Kentucky native writes country songs about loneliness, failed dreams, drinking and drugs. | 2014-08-30 | 0.0 |
 | 59 | Trampled By Turtles 2014-09-03 | Known for the speed of their playing, the Minnesotans are about more than just blistering bluegrass. | 2014-09-03 | 0.0 |
 | 60 | Jessica Lea Mayfield 2014-09-06 | Mayfield's music has gotten more beguiling as she explores the many contrasts in her hypnotic sound. | 2014-09-06 | 0.0 |
 | 61 | Justin Townes Earle 2014-09-08 | In advance of his new album Single Mothers, the singer performs two new songs and an old favorite. | 2014-09-08 | 0.0 |
 | 62 | Luluc 2014-09-15 | Graceful singing and storytelling meet guitars and textures that help create an unforgettable aura. | 2014-09-15 | 0.0 |
 | 63 | Tweedy 2014-09-22 | With his drummer son Spencer, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy performs songs from their new album, Sukierae. | 2014-09-22 | 0.0 |
 | 64 | Bio Ritmo 2014-09-29 | The 10-piece salsa band built its career on dance floors, where it never fails to make people move. | 2014-09-29 | 0.0 |
 | 65 | Ryan Keberle & Catharsis 2014-10-04 | The trombonist's working band established some nifty swing, assisted in absentia by Sufjan Stevens. | 2014-10-04 | 0.0 |
 | 66 | Jackson Browne 2014-10-06 | Browne still writes songs with conviction, craftsmanship and careful attention to detail. | 2014-10-06 | 0.0 |
 | 67 | Raquel Sofia 2014-10-11 | Sofia has spent most of her career 20 feet from stardom as a backup singer for Juanes and Shakira. | 2014-10-11 | 0.0 |
 | 68 | The Bots 2014-10-14 | The band plays with a great rock-duo punch that recalls The White Stripes or JEFF The Brotherhood. | 2014-10-14 | 0.0 |
 | 69 | Ásgeir 2014-10-18 | The Icelandic singer's voice is angelic and yearning, his songs simple and universal. | 2014-10-18 | 0.0 |
 | 70 | Anthony D'Amato 2014-10-20 | D'Amato's music can feel Motown-y, garage-y and Springsteen-y, but he sounds sparer here. | 2014-10-20 | 0.0 |
 | 71 | Danish String Quartet 2014-10-25 | Watch the young, versatile ensemble play folk music from around Denmark and beyond. | 2014-10-25 | 0.0 |
 | 72 | T-Pain 2014-10-29 | We asked the King of Auto-Tune to grace the Tiny Desk without any embellishment or effects. | 2014-10-29 | 0.0 |
 | 73 | Banks 2014-10-30 | Known for lavish electronic productions, Banks serves notice as a powerful singer in her own right. | 2014-10-30 | 0.0 |
 | 74 | Sun Ra Arkestra 2014-10-31 | With costumes inspired by Egyptian symbolism and sci-fi, Ra's band plays a special Halloween set. | 2014-10-31 | 0.0 |
 | 75 | Making Movies 2014-11-08 | A rousing band from Kansas City, Making Movies mixes languages and eras with infectious energy. | 2014-11-08 | 0.0 |
 | 76 | Roomful Of Teeth 2014-11-10 | Watch the group sing new music with yelps, yodels and a few fine harmonies. | 2014-11-10 | 0.0 |
 | 77 | Davíd Garza 2014-11-15 | The Austin singer-songwriter joins his stunning voice with that of touring partner Gaby Moreno. | 2014-11-15 | 0.0 |
 | 78 | J Mascis 2014-11-22 | The Dinosaur Jr. frontman, one of the world's loudest musicians, performs unplugged and acoustic. | 2014-11-22 | 0.0 |
 | 79 | Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo 2014-11-24 | Benatar and Giraldo play three classics: "We Live For Love," "We Belong" and "Promises In The Dark." | 2014-11-24 | 0.0 |
 | 80 | Sam Amidon & Bill Frisell 2014-12-01 | Amidon weaves his compositions into traditional music, while Frisell adds atmospheric guitar. | 2014-12-01 | 0.0 |
 | 81 | Dublin Guitar Quartet 2014-12-04 | Hear the Irish ensemble's fresh take on Philip Glass' propulsive yet intimate string quartets. | 2014-12-04 | 0.0 |
 | 82 | St. Paul And The Broken Bones 2014-12-06 | The band's got heart and soul and flair, with a well-worn sound buoyed by strong, fresh songwriting. | 2014-12-06 | 0.0 |
 | 83 | Yusuf/Cat Stevens 2014-12-09 | The singer performs two new songs, as well as "The First Cut Is the Deepest" and "Father and Son." | 2014-12-09 | 0.0 |
 | 84 | Lucinda Williams 2014-12-20 | She came to the desk a little unsure, and left singing "West Memphis" with intensity and passion. | 2014-12-20 | 0.0 |
 | 85 | HMSTR 2014-12-24 | Watch our favorite hamsters play their twee-as-all-get-out holiday pop-punk song, "Snow Day." | 2014-12-24 | 0.0 |
