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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. -
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.
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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.
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David Crosby, Becca Stevens, Michelle Willis and Michael League are The Lighthouse Band, and together they harmonized the heck out of the Tiny Desk. -
Backed by a band assembled just for this occasion, the breakthrough pop icon performs three joyfully showy songs from Cuz I Love You. -
As the NPR staff gathered to watch his performance, Jacob Collier sprinted full bore down the hallway for his set, hardly able to contain his creative energy or enthusiasm. -
The two musical legends brought plenty of joy to the Tiny Desk, with an unexpected collaboration that works surprisingly well. -
These three songs, from Clark's incendiary new album This Land, roar with the assurance and force of a showman at the top of his game. -
Chan Marshall and her band perform a brisk and beautifully orchestrated medley of Cat Power songs: "Wanderer," "Woman" and 2006's "The Moon." -
"I'm sorry I'm shy," Florence Welch told the crowd of NPR family and friends gathered for her Tiny Desk performance. "If this was a big gig, I'd probably be climbing all over here and running around." -
The singer stuns in her second appearance at the Tiny Desk, showcasing not only her vocal mastery, but her skills as a captivating multi-instrumentalist. -
Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers are all Tiny Desk alumae, but here they play together at NPR for the first time as boygenius, one of this year's best surprises. -
Even from its beginnings in late-'60s Oakland, the band has always stood out. Fifty years later, its devotion to classic horn-driven soul remains unmatched, its passion and precision unchanged. -
The one-woman riot who made headlines during the inaugural Women's March On Washington visits the Tiny Desk. -
Even if the world came to an end, there's still beauty and hope in all of us and in song. That about sums up the wistful mystery that is the music of Darlingside.
