For years, the cello-led band has been a constant favorite of the Tiny Desk Contest. Ollella's Ellie Barber brings her playful, occasionally sad songs to our space.

Amerie joined NPR for a soulful “Tiny Desk” concert celebrating hits from her albums All I Have and Touch. Backed by the Backyard Band, she performed fan-favorites including “1 Thing” and “Why Don’t ...

Scott Brocato spoke with two of NPR'S ten judges, Anamarie Sayre, co-host of Alt.Latino and the curator/producer for Tiny ...

We received nearly 7,500 entries from independent artists across the country for the Tiny Desk Contest. That's a record for the project, now in its 11th year, which has catapulted the careers of ...

In 2025, we crammed rap and rock legends, instrumental virtuosos, Broadway musicals and, well, puppets and robots behind a desk in the NPR Music office. Never forget: Tiny Desk has the range.

NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest receives thousands of videos from bands all over the U.S. and Puerto Rico hoping to impress our panel of judges and land a spot behind the Desk as the winner of the Tiny ...

This Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, NPR Music celebrates artists from all corners of Latinidad with an 'El Tiny' takeover. Every aspect of a Lido Pimienta performance is intensely intentional. Her turn behind ...

Given that Tame Impala’s new album Deadbeat, which is out today, has Kevin Parker exploring more of an electronic-inspired territory, it might not seem like the best project to get the acoustic ...

R&B Heiress and GRAMMY®-nominated singer, songwriter, and producer Alex Isley recently took the stage to deliver a new edition of NPR's iconic Tiny Desk Concert. Her latest project, When, represents ...

This is the very first K-pop band to play behind the Tiny Desk. SEVENTEEN's name comes from an equation: 13 members + 3 teams + 1 group. Those three teams focus on hip-hop, vocal and performance to ...

Musicians are constantly reimagining their discography, and nowhere are these changes more radical than the stage. Tiny Desk provides a uniquely intimate platform for these reinventions to take place ...