84 episodes · first aired 2015-01-05
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 | 01 | Trey Anastasio 2015-01-05 | The Phish star was in town to put on a huge show, but the songs here feel more personal than that. | 2015-01-05 | 0.0 |
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Daniel Lanois 2015-01-03 |
The producer presides over an all-instrumental, free-form trio with Brian Blade and Jim Wilson. |
| 2015-01-03 |
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 | 03 | Rubblebucket 2015-01-20 | Even without its confetti cannon, the band brings a fun mix of brass and brash to the NPR offices. | 2015-01-20 | 0.0 |
 | 04 | Bobby Bare Jr. 2015-01-27 | The Nashville singer writes with acidic wit in lines worthy of his old mentor, Shel Silverstein. | 2015-01-27 | 0.0 |
 | 05 | John Reilly & Friends 2015-02-03 | Reilly sings and plays guitar alongside Tom Brosseau and Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark. | 2015-02-03 | 0.0 |
 | 06 | Mucca Pazza 2015-02-10 | With 23 members, the performance-art marching band is the biggest ever to play the Tiny Desk. | 2015-02-10 | 0.0 |
 | 07 | Until The Ribbon Breaks 2015-02-17 | The band strips down its electronic sound with the aid of a spaghetti strainer and a paint bucket. | 2015-02-17 | 0.0 |
 | 08 | Zola Jesus 2015-02-23 | With her huge voice and an assist on trombone, Nika Roza Danilova offers up a curious combination. | 2015-02-23 | 0.0 |
 | 09 | Dan Deacon 2015-02-25 | The Tiny Desk becomes a DJ booth for an office space dance party. | 2015-02-25 | 0.0 |
 | 10 | Phox 2015-03-02 | The Wisconsin band performs three of its warm, accessible songs in the NPR Music offices. | 2015-03-02 | 0.0 |
 | 11 | Aurelio 2015-03-07 | Aurelio weaves intricate layers of acoustic guitar to capture the feel of African and the Caribbean. | 2015-03-07 | 0.0 |
 | 12 | Fantastic Negrito 2015-03-09 | The singer beat out nearly 7,000 other submissions to win NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert Contest. | 2015-03-09 | 0.0 |
 | 13 | Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O'Riley 2015-03-14 | The duo plays visionary Beethoven, heartbreaking Janáček and Glass that unfolds like a lullaby. | 2015-03-14 | 0.0 |
 | 14 | Punch Brothers 2015-03-16 | Before the wide-ranging band plays, the audience sings "Happy Birthday" to mandolinist Chris Thile. | 2015-03-16 | 0.0 |
 | 15 | Anonymous 4 With Bruce Molsky 2015-03-28 | The a cappella quartet, with banjo and fiddle, offers popular songs from the Civil War era. | 2015-03-28 | 0.0 |
 | 16 | Sylvan Esso 2015-03-20 | Performed softly in the light of day, these three songs feel fresh and lovable. | 2015-03-20 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Death Cab For Cutie 2015-04-06 | In a beautifully stark performance, the band plays two songs from Kintsugi and two older favorites. | 2015-04-06 | 0.0 |
 | 18 | Beach Slang 2015-04-10 | James Snyder's euphoric punk anthems become raw and uplifting confessionals in this acoustic set. | 2015-04-10 | 0.0 |
 | 19 | Chadwick Stokes 2015-04-13 | Stokes' songs feel familiar; they're old friends before you're done hearing them for the first time. | 2015-04-13 | 0.0 |
 | 20 | Rosa Díaz 2015-04-17 | The singer's lyrics reflect deeply felt emotions in this performance with cellist Daniel de Jesus. | 2015-04-17 | 0.0 |
 | 21 | Jessie Ware 2015-04-20 | The young English singer brings warmth to electronic music and a swooning quality to her own pop. | 2015-04-20 | 0.0 |
 | 22 | DakhaBrakha 2015-04-25 | The Ukrainian acoustic quartet's music encompasses sounds and rhythms from around the world. | 2015-04-25 | 0.0 |
 | 23 | José González 2015-04-29 | This soft-spoken Swedish singer left an imprint at the Tiny Desk that was gentle and long lasting. | 2015-04-29 | 0.0 |
 | 24 | Diego El Cigala 2015-05-01 | The singer has been called "the Sinatra of flamenco." His expressive style draws on jazz. | 2015-05-01 | 0.0 |
 | 25 | Vijay Iyer Trio 2015-05-04 | Iyer's working band transforms selections from throughout the pianist's deep and varied catalog. | 2015-05-04 | 0.0 |
 | 26 | Eskmo 2015-05-08 | Found objects are percussion instruments in the hands of a man who's part musician, part magician. | 2015-05-08 | 0.0 |
 | 27 | Bellows 2015-05-11 | These are enchanting songs, with the power to drift in your head for days. | 2015-05-11 | 0.0 |
 | 28 | Camané 2015-05-15 | A star in his native Portugal, Camané evokes melancholy with a silky baritone and elegant phrasing. | 2015-05-15 | 0.0 |
 | 29 | Young Fathers 2015-05-19 | Intense, hip-hop-infused poetry is reduced to just the essentials in this two-song, four-minute set. | 2015-05-19 | 0.0 |
 | 30 | Jason Vieaux And Yolanda Kondonassis 2015-05-22 | Watch the Grammy-winning guitarist and acclaimed harpist play music influenced by Africa and Asia. | 2015-05-22 | 0.0 |
 | 31 | Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear 2015-05-26 | The mother-son duo's songs are memorable and singable even days after you hear them. | 2015-05-26 | 0.0 |
 | 32 | Frank Fairfield 2015-05-29 | A young man with an old musical soul has a spellbinding voice and fluid fiddle playing. | 2015-05-29 | 0.0 |
 | 33 | Genevieve 2015-06-01 | See a singer with a powerful voice and extremely encouraging message. | 2015-06-01 | 0.0 |
 | 34 | Anna & Elizabeth 2015-06-08 | If you've never thought your tastes would lean to mountain music, breathe deep and soak it all in. | 2015-06-08 | 0.0 |
 | 35 | The Prettiots 2015-06-15 | The clever trio shares its love of everything from Law & Order to old-school girl groups. | 2015-06-15 | 0.0 |
 | 36 | Strand Of Oaks 2015-06-19 | Timothy Showalter's music is filled with bite and sometimes regret, but also a good deal of warmth. | 2015-06-19 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Hop Along 2015-06-22 | Frances Quinlan's raspy voice whispers one moment, then lets loose a gut-punching howl the next. | 2015-06-22 | 0.0 |
 | 38 | Oddisee 2015-06-26 | The charismatic Brooklyn-via-D.C.-area rapper creates just the right amount of space in his music. | 2015-06-26 | 0.0 |
 | 39 | And The Kids 2015-06-30 | The trio's music is full of life, with dissonant sounds that still feel suited for singalongs. | 2015-06-30 | 0.0 |
 | 40 | Christopher Paul Stelling 2015-07-06 | Best witnessed live, Stelling's music is steeped in tradition yet filled with vitality and soul. | 2015-07-06 | 0.0 |
 | 41 | Girlpool 2015-07-10 | The charming duo performs three of the simple, direct songs from Before The World Was Big. | 2015-07-10 | 0.0 |
 | 42 | Songhoy Blues 2015-07-17 | See a Malian band that fuses African music with Western rock. | 2015-07-17 | 0.0 |
 | 43 | Kate Tempest 2015-07-21 | A celebrated English playwright and rapper deploys storytelling and poetry. | 2015-07-21 | 0.0 |
 | 44 | Paul Weller 2015-07-28 | See the beloved Britpop veteran perform songs from his new album, Saturns Pattern. | 2015-07-28 | 0.0 |
 | 45 | Shamir 2015-07-31 | The singer's disco-infused funk and soul gets stripped down to a lone voice with a guitar. | 2015-07-31 | 0.0 |
 | 46 | SOAK 2015-08-03 | Irish singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson makes the most of a single voice and an acoustic guitar. | 2015-08-03 | 0.0 |
 | 47 | Terence Blanchard Feat. The E-Collective 2015-08-05 | The New Orleans trumpeter's funky new band creates dance music to ward off despair. | 2015-08-05 | 0.0 |
 | 48 | Torres 2015-08-10 | Mackenzie Scott's music channels Patti Smith and PJ Harvey while hinting at further growth. | 2015-08-10 | 0.0 |
 | 49 | Restorations 2015-08-14 | The Philly rock band's big-hearted songs are stripped down to a few guitars and a MiniKorg. | 2015-08-14 | 0.0 |
 | 50 | Kacey Musgraves 2015-08-17 | The country singer plays four songs from Pageant Material, plus the set-closing "Follow Your Arrow." | 2015-08-17 | 0.0 |
 | 51 | Son Lux 2015-08-21 | The trio blows up its sound by adding off-duty, civilian horn players from the U.S. Marine Band. | 2015-08-21 | 0.0 |
 | 52 | Caroline Rose 2015-08-24 | Rose plays music as if she's just met her new best friend: It's fresh, fun and enthusiastic. | 2015-08-24 | 0.0 |
 | 53 | Eskimeaux 2015-08-28 | There's lighthearted, almost childlike beauty in the way Gabrielle Smith puts words to song. | 2015-08-28 | 0.0 |
 | 54 | Mitski 2015-08-31 | Mitski's music is dark and even scary, but glimmers of beauty peek through. | 2015-08-31 | 0.0 |
 | 55 | Happyness 2015-09-04 | If you're a fan of dark, incredibly dry, wry humor, you've just found Happyness. | 2015-09-04 | 0.0 |
 | 56 | Leon Bridges 2015-09-08 | Bridges is easy to love and hard to resist, with purity in his voice that's untouched by modern pop. | 2015-09-08 | 0.0 |
 | 57 | Sam Lee 2015-09-11 | The singer found his voice by finding and preserving old British, Irish and Scottish folk songs. | 2015-09-11 | 0.0 |
 | 58 | Watkins Family Hour 2015-09-18 | With help from Fiona Apple, two Nickel Creek alums gather a band to perform old and new songs. | 2015-09-18 | 0.0 |
 | 59 | Gina Chavez 2015-09-22 | The Austin singer-songwriter performs with intense openness, directness and warmth. | 2015-09-22 | 0.0 |
 | 60 | Joan Shelley 2015-09-25 | As technology rules the day, here's a reminder that a single voice can carry deep emotion. | 2015-09-25 | 0.0 |
 | 61 | The Internet 2015-09-29 | The R&B band might just be the oddest thing to come from the hip-hop collective Odd Future. | 2015-09-29 | 0.0 |
 | 62 | Lianne La Havas 2015-10-02 | The singer is soulful yet playful, raw and vulnerable in a commanding kind of way. | 2015-10-02 | 0.0 |
 | 63 | Deqn Sue 2015-10-05 | She came so close to winning NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert Contest, we just had to see her play. | 2015-10-05 | 0.0 |
 | 64 | Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah 2015-10-09 | The trumpeter presents his emotionally charged, jazz-hybridized "stretch music" in performance. | 2015-10-09 | 0.0 |
 | 65 | Andra Day 2015-10-13 | Day's songs feel candid and vulnerable, but not understated. | 2015-10-13 | 0.0 |
 | 66 | Oh Pep! 2015-10-16 | The band's clever, thoughtful music fits in everywhere from Nashville to its hometown of Melbourne. | 2015-10-16 | 0.0 |
 | 67 | Paolo Angeli 2015-10-19 | The Sardinian guitarist has a whole toy shop aboard his instrument. | 2015-10-19 | 0.0 |
 | 68 | Beauty Pill 2015-10-23 | In Beauty Pill, life whirs with plunderphonic glee and riffs are funky from the inside out. | 2015-10-23 | 0.0 |
 | 69 | The Suffers 2015-10-27 | The 10-piece band can barely fit all its horns, guitars, percussion and energy behind one desk. | 2015-10-27 | 0.0 |
 | 70 | Diane Coffee 2015-11-02 | Conjuring David Bowie, Diane Coffee's Shaun Fleming swaggered and shimmied behind the Tiny Desk. | 2015-11-02 | 0.0 |
 | 71 | Chris Stapleton 2015-11-05 | With his wife Morgane, the country singer-songwriter sings patient, detailed songs of devotion. | 2015-11-05 | 0.0 |
 | 72 | My bubba 2015-11-06 | My bubba is a duo of women whose quirky, delicate, sweetly sung folk songs are a delight. | 2015-11-06 | 0.0 |
 | 73 | Aurora 2015-11-09 | At 19 and on the cusp of her first album, the Norwegian singer performs with a sense of discovery. | 2015-11-09 | 0.0 |
 | 74 | Rahim AlHaj 2015-11-13 | The oud player's wordless music tells powerful stories about life's blessedness and fragility. | 2015-11-13 | 0.0 |
 | 75 | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 2015-11-17 | At the Tiny Desk, Rateliff's body-shaking Southern-style soul takes on a more laid-back sound. | 2015-11-17 | 0.0 |
 | 76 | The Wild Reeds 2015-11-20 | Great singers aren't easy to come by, so finding three in one band is something special. | 2015-11-20 | 0.0 |
 | 77 | Youth Lagoon 2015-11-23 | Trevor Powers' new songs are expansive and self-assured, a transition reflected in this performance. | 2015-11-23 | 0.0 |
 | 78 | Teddy Abrams 2015-11-30 | Hear a young conductor, composer and pianist play Beethoven and his own jazzy pieces. | 2015-11-30 | 0.0 |
 | 79 | Protomartyr 2015-12-04 | The Detroit band's loud, screeching, grousing rock can be profound, poetic and bewildering. | 2015-12-04 | 0.0 |
 | 80 | The Oh Hellos 2015-12-08 | The nine-piece band bursts with anthemic joy, even as its songs convey darkness and loneliness. | 2015-12-08 | 0.0 |
 | 81 | Land Lines 2015-12-11 | The Denver band's mysteriously swirling music is singular, new and adventurous. | 2015-12-11 | 0.0 |
 | 82 | Shakey Graves 2015-12-14 | When the singer breaks out his guitar and suitcase drum, a rush of adrenaline hits the room. | 2015-12-14 | 0.0 |
 | 83 | Son Little 2015-12-18 | A modernistic bluesman with a taste for electronics appears with just his acoustic guitar. | 2015-12-18 | 0.0 |
 | 84 | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 2015-12-21 | Watch the soul star perform "Silent Night" and two originals — one for Christmas, one for Hanukkah. | 2015-12-21 | 0.0 |
