NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
Specials
201919 episodes
Episode 1
Tiny Desk Family Hour: Gaelynn Lea
Mar 13, 2019
The former Tiny Desk Contest winner brought the crowd to its collective feet.
Episode 2
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.
Episode 3
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.
Episode 4
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.
Episode 5
Tiny Desk Family Hour: Wyclef Jean
Mar 18, 2019
The former Fugees star brought an electric guitar and a young protégé.
Episode 6
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.
Episode 7
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."
Episode 8
Tiny Desk Family Hour: Amanda Palmer
Mar 21, 2019
The intense singer-songwriter performed "The Ride" on a grand piano.
Episode 9
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.
Episode 10
Ty Dolla $ign Pays Tribute To Mac Miller At The Tiny Desk
Aug 8, 2019
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.
Episode 11
Megan Thee Stallion
Oct 28, 2019
The secret's out! One of 2019's brightest new stars peformed a live show at the Tiny Desk.
Episode 12
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.
Episode 13
Wale
Oct 30, 2019
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.
Episode 14
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.
Episode 15
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?
Episode 16
Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Dedicated Men Of Zion, Labess, Sofia Rei & DakhaBrakha
Jan 11, 2021
Our first night of live performances features music from Algeria, Argentina, Ukraine and North Carolina.
Episode 17
Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Minyo Crusaders, Hit La Rosa, Natu Camara, Emel
Jan 12, 2021
The second night of our virtual festival features music from Japan, Peru, Guinea and Tunisia.
Episode 18
Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Vox Sambou, Aditya Prakash, Martha Redbone And More
Jan 13, 2021
Wednesday night's showcases blends the sounds of Haiti, India, Italy and the Indigenous people of North America.
Episode 19
Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Edwin Perez, Elisapie, Nora Brown, Rokia Traoré
Jan 14, 2021
Our final night of globalFEST 2021 features salsa, First Nations music, Appalachian folk and a West African superstar.