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The bluegrass virtuoso brings back the spirit of Tiny Desk's early days: fewer microphones to capture "the way these instruments are meant to sound." -
Brandi Carlile has a way of making any performance feel like a tête-à-tête, a deep emotional exchange between friends that just happens to take place in a crowd. -
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." -
Robert Plant's voice has only gotten better with age. In this beautiful set, Plant and his band cover Low, Moby Grape, Martha Scanlan and interpret traditional songs. -
At the Tiny Desk, our small office crowd joins the thousands who have been inside of these power ballads and felt something real. -
The Doobie Brothers, now more than 50 years in, start this set with "Takin' It to the Streets" and never let off the gas.
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As Gloria Estefan embarks on a 50-year retrospective of her career, this Tiny Desk takes on the same tone, heart and air of reflection. -
NPRFeaturing brand new songs from the album Play, plus an old favorite, watch Sheeran build the instrumental elements in real time with guitar, keyboard and a looping station.
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From his deep baritone chest to wonderfully fluttering head voice, Michael Mayo joyfully bends notes to his will. -
The mandolin virtuoso captivates with her deep storytelling and incredibly fast fingerpicking. -
The venerated string quartet makes a stop on its 50th anniversary tour to play music from the dawn of the string quartet era right up to the present. -
The duo's music leans into small moments in order to make the outsized ones seem surmountable. -
Stanley Clarke and his band 4EVER perform a locked-in set of classics from the bassist's catalog while also giving them new life. -
With the help of Washington, D.C., go-go legends Backyard Band, Amerie sets the tone for summer with a career-spanning set. -
The Broadway musical is a living, breathing and deeply grooving homage to a bygone era of Cuban music. -
This jazz supergroup has super powers and they're on full display from beginning to end during this Tiny Desk. -
Katie Gavin is the kind of performer whose dynamism knows no bounds. Whether she's performing with her pop band MUNA or solo, Gavin is a captivating presence. -
From plumbing pipes and rice bowls to vibraphones and one big bass drum, Sandbox Percussion makes mesmerizing music that you have to see to believe. -
The soprano and her pianist husband offer a deeply considered look at the human condition through seven distinct songs. -
The self-proclaimed Emo Cowgirl blends classic country with earworm pop and confessional storytelling.
