Category: Music

Robin Hilton | November 13, 2025 I don’t think anyone expected to get a new album from Pulp in 2025, let alone a Tiny Desk. But the much-beloved group, fronted by the singular voice of Jarvis Cocker, returned this spring with More, its first full-length in nearly a quarter century. A couple of months later, the group celebrated with a visit to our D.C. offices for a career-spanning set. Just before making the short walk from our makeshift green room (a converted office) to the Tiny Desk down the hall, the band members held hands and sang, “This will be [See More…]

Bobby Carter | November 5, 2025 There’s often a moment during a Tiny Desk concert when an artist realizes that playing in an office was either the right or wrong thing to do. After starting the set with “Takin’ It to the Streets,” one of The Doobie Brothers’ many hits, Tom Johnston tells the audience, “It’s not like this at gigs. We just played up in New York at Jones Beach last night and y’all are outdoing them. It’s pretty cool.” For a band as accomplished as this to still encounter new experiences as performers says a lot about the [See More…]