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Tiny Desk Intimate concerts, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.
Tiny Desk

Tiny Desk

Intimate video performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen
Dee Dee Bridgewater: Tiny Desk Concert

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Dee Dee Bridgewater

Bridgewater connects with her roots, her birthplace and the town she's loved all her life, with a set of songs from Memphis.

Robin Olson: Tiny Desk Concert

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Robin Olson

Hear the elusive avant-garde pianist debut a new piece, etched in shimmering chords and dark, lamenting octaves.

Masta Ace: Tiny Desk Concert

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Masta Ace

The Juice Crew legend brought his biggest hit, "Born To Roll," and a heartfelt recollection of his personal journey to the Tiny Desk.

I'm With Her: Tiny Desk Concert

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I'm With Her

Aoife O'Donovan, Sarah Jarosz and Sara Watkins are bound by a love for bluegrass, chamber music, jazz, storytelling and singing.

Jenny And The Mexicats: Tiny Desk Concert

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Jenny And The Mexicats

Sometimes frenetic, sometimes slow and luxurious, the grooves the band creates are the perfect cushion for Jenny Ball's impassioned singing and engaging stage presence.

Väsen: Tiny Desk Concert

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Väsen

The Swedish trio brought a 30-string sonic blast to the Tiny Desk, performing on 12-string guitar, viola and the nyckelharpa (a fiddle with keys — think 15th century keytar).

Cornelius: Tiny Desk Concert

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Cornelius

Cornelius' Keigo Oyamada deconstructs and reassembles music like it's a neon cubist-pop sculpture. On a rare U.S. tour, the Japanese band brought its complex cool to the Tiny Desk.

Raul Midón: Tiny Desk Concert

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Raul Midón

Raul Midón brought nothing but a guitar and his voice to an extended Tiny Desk set of dense, breathtaking jazz and soul textures.

John Prine: Tiny Desk Concert

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John Prine

For more than 45 years, the legendary John Prine has written some of the most powerful lyrics in the American music canon. He brings some of his best to this unforgettable Tiny Desk performance.

Kuinka: Tiny Desk Concert

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Kuinka

Each year we get thousands of submissions for our annual Tiny Desk contest. Seattle's Kuinka was one of last year's entrants. While they didn't win, we loved them so much we invited them to come play.

Alex Clare: Tiny Desk Concert

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Alex Clare

Clare's songs ask listeners to probe their own emotions through the lens of life's bigger pictures. His visit to Bob Boilen's desk is the perfect setting to bask in the power of his voice.

Big K.R.I.T.: Tiny Desk Concert

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Big K.R.I.T.

The Mississippi rapper paid homage to his grandmother and performed songs from his new album 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time.

Anna Meredith: Tiny Desk Concert

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Anna Meredith

Out of nearly 700 performances at the Tiny Desk over the past decade, this one by British composer Anna Meredith is one of the most exhilarating.

Roy Ayers: Tiny Desk Concert

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Roy Ayers

Watch the 77-year-old jazz-funk icon perform "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" (and more) at the Tiny Desk.

Lee Ann Womack: Tiny Desk Concert

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Lee Ann Womack

The Nashville star brought some good old country music stories to the Tiny Desk.

Vagabon: Tiny Desk

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Vagabon

Laetitia Tamko, the artist known as Vagabon, is a 25-year-old, Cameroon-born musician with a big, tenor voice just bursting with new musical ideas.

Big Daddy Kane: Tiny Desk Concert

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Big Daddy Kane

One of the greatest to ever bless the mic treated the Tiny Desk audience to an office block party.

Betsayda Machado y Parranda El Clavo: Tiny Desk Concert

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Betsayda Machado y Parranda El Clavo

The Afro-Venezuelan collective brings the boisterous parranda sound to the Tiny Desk.

Nick Hakim: Tiny Desk Concert

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Nick Hakim

The music of Nick Hakim occupies a space and time that feels out of this world, with songs that explore the quietude of inner thoughts.

Marlon Williams: Tiny Desk Concert

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Marlon Williams

Marlon Williams has a heart-stopping voice, is in love with a good, traditional blues or country tune, and writes songs about vampires and horror films.

The Crossrhodes: Tiny Desk Concert

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The Crossrhodes

The Crossrhodes showed up to the Tiny Desk with game faces on, bringing with it a locally cultivated, globally appreciated energy.

Ibeyi: Tiny Desk Concert

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Ibeyi

Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz never fail to mesmerize. Watch the twin sisters perform a four-song set at the Tiny Desk.

Hurray For The Riff Raff: Tiny Desk Concert

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Hurray For The Riff Raff

The music of Hurray For The Riff Raff builds bridges, unites people and forms communities. It's a spirit singer Alynda Segarra and the rest of the band bring to this memorable Tiny Desk performance.

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