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Each year, NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest attracts entries from all across the country and across genres. We're highlighting a few entries from Southern Oregon and Northern California that stood out. -
Keval Virani / 500px/Getty Images/500px/500pxIndependent venue closures, social media algorithms and the rise of generative AI are all part of an ecosystem that artists say is becoming increasingly difficult for working musicians to weather.
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There's a lot of musical talent in our region. Here are some of our favorites from 2025. -
Part of the philosophy behind choosing music we play on JPR is uncovering new and emerging artists that might be flying under the mainstream radar. Here are a couple of emerging artists that caught our attention in 2025. -
2025 is behind us. Despite a turbulent year, or maybe because of it, there was some great new music to experience. -
NPR Tiny Desk editor Lars Gotrich takes you through an exceptional year in fingerstyle guitar, stretched-out jazz standards, glitched hymns and ecstatic shred. -
D'Angelo. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. We lost these greats and so many more in 2025 — singers, producers, conductors and writers whose departures gave us a pang of loss, but whose art still lifts us up. -
We're always looking for good new music, but a well done remake sometimes really hits the spot. -
If you're looking to shake things up in the new year, these streaming platforms will help you diversify your music-listening habits. -
The tune crooned by Bing Crosby is still one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. It's endured as a favorite — despite a complicated and controversial history. -
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." -
Anna Tivel's Animal Poem has been one of the interesting new full-length releases we’ve been spinning on Open Air. -
The Zac Brown Band's first five albums hit #1 on the Billboard Country Charts. Their latest is Love & Fear. -
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.
