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Summer Walker: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 0 (0)

Watch Summer Walker play”Session 32″, “Wasted”, “Girls Need Love”, “Riot” and “Playing Games” at the Tiny Desk. Watch Tiny Desk Concerts ONE WEEK before they go on YouTube at https://www.npr.org/tinydesk More from NPR Music: Tiny Desk Concerts: https://www.npr.org/tinydesk Twitter: https://twitter.com/nprmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nprmusic Oct. 21, 2019 | Rodney Carmichael — Seconds before the cameras started to roll, Summer Walker showed just how much she was willing to sacrifice for her day at the Tiny Desk: She clipped her nails. It wasn’t an aesthetic choice but a pragmatic one. Not even her love for a fresh set of bedazzled acrylics would get [See More…]

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Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 0 (0)

Watch Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley play “Slave Mill”, “So a Child May Follow” and “Speak Life” at the Tiny Desk. More from NPR Music: Tiny Desk Concerts: https://www.npr.org/tinydesk Twitter: https://twitter.com/nprmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nprmusic Sept. 9, 2019 | Felix Contreras — There was a distinct feeling of history in the air when Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley took his place in our office with his band, and it wasn’t just the legend behind his surname. For fifteen minutes, we were treated to the same socially relevant reggae that his father, legendary Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley, made popular when he put the genre [See More…]

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Ty Dolla $ign Pays Tribute To Mac Miller At The Tiny Desk 0 (0)

Watch Ty Dolla $ign pay a special tribute to Mac Miller at the Tiny Desk. More from NPR Music: Tiny Desk Concerts: https://www.npr.org/tinydesk Twitter: https://twitter.com/nprmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nprmusic Aug. 8, 2019 | Bobby Carter — Today, Aug. 8, marks the one-year anniversary of when NPR Music published the late Mac Miller’s Tiny Desk. Last week, Ty Dolla $ign visited NPR headquarters to record a fantastic Tiny Desk concert of his own that will air in its entirety soon. But once we wrapped the taping, something special happened: I reminded Ty that he sat at the desk almost a year to the [See More…]

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Lizzo: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 0 (0)

Watch Lizzo play “Cuz I Love You”, “Truth Hurts” and “Juice” at the Tiny Desk. Follow Lizzo https://facebook.com/LizzoMusic https://twitter.com/lizzo https://instagram.com/lizzobeeating https://soundcloud.com/lizzomusic http://lizzomusic.com More from NPR Music: Tiny Desk Concerts: https://www.npr.org/tinydesk Twitter: https://twitter.com/nprmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nprmusic July 29, 2019 | Stephen Thompson — Lots of musicians cut corners during sound check. It’s a time to make sure everyone’s in tune and in balance, everyone’s blocked properly for the cameras, and every piece of recording equipment is doing its job the way it’s supposed to, but it’s not as if anyone’s rolling tape for posterity. Sometimes, Tiny Desk artists do their sound check [See More…]

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Sting And Shaggy: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 0 (0)

Watch Sting And Shaggy play “Englishman in New York”, “Don’t Make Me Wait” and “Shape of My Heart/Lucid Dreams” at the Tiny Desk. Watch Tiny Desk Concerts ONE WEEK before they go on YouTube at https://www.npr.org/tinydesk Follow NPR Music: Twitter: https://twitter.com/nprmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nprmusic July 10, 2019 | Josh Rogosin — Sting and Shaggy might not be the most likely musical pairing. But one thing is certain, they love playing each other’s music. On a bright autumn morning, the legends arrived at the NPR Music office bleary-eyed yet excited to play for the diverse staff of Shaggy and Sting fans. What [See More…]

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Betty Who: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 0 (0)

Watch Betty Who play “Taste”, “Friend Like Me” and “I Remember” at the Tiny Desk. More from NPR Music: Tiny Desk Concerts: https://www.npr.org/tinydesk Twitter: https://twitter.com/nprmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nprmusic June 26, 2019 | Josh Rogosin — One of my favorite things about Tiny Desk concerts is that artists are often inspired to experiment. Betty Who was in town recently for a three-night residency at D.C.’s famed 9:30 Club where her sound was larger than life. The subwoofers cranked out backing tracks you could feel in your gut and dancers flanked the pop star, punctuating every pulsating beat. But she began her Tiny [See More…]

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IDLES: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 0 (0)

Watch Idles play “Never Fight A Man With A Perm”, “Mercedes Marxist” and “I’m Scum” at the Tiny Desk. June 18, 2019 | Bob Boilen — My first time seeing Idles ended with guitarist Mark “Bobo” Bowen frenetically dancing on a bar, his guitar still keeping time, until the swinging neck suddenly shattered some low-hanging, glass lighting fixtures. The band’s set at South by Southwest was fierce and I knew it’d be a challenge trying to figure out how to bring that cathartic rage behind my desk. There was talk for a while of some members of the band strapping [See More…]

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Sesame Street: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 0 (0)

Watch the Sesame Street Muppets play a Tiny Desk Concert. Watch Tiny Desk Concerts ONE WEEK before they go on YouTube at https://www.npr.org/tinydesk Follow NPR Music: Twitter: https://twitter.com/nprmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nprmusic June 10, 2019 | Bob Boilen — This just in: The Muppets have arrived at NPR! The news has stopped!Count von Count and the NPR kids count us down: 5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1! And there they are at the Tiny Desk: Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Rosita, Abby Cadabby and Cookie Monster, all singing about a sunny day and how everything is A-OK. The Sesame [See More…]

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Kurt Vile: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 0 (0)

Feb. 6, 2019 | Bob Boilen — Kurt Vile exudes a casualness at the Tiny Desk in his style and body language that is so unlike most anxious artists who come to play behind my desk. Sure, he’s done this Tiny Desk thing before, with Courtney Barnett. But even then, I remember thinking that he’s got something else on his mind — and it made me laugh this time around when Kurt played his opening tune, “Bassackwards,” and sang these words: “I was on the beach but I was thinking about the bay / Got to the bay but by [See More…]

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H.E.R.: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 0 (0)

Dec. 12, 2018 | Bobby Carter — It’s been said that you only get one chance to make a first impression. In H.E.R.’s case, you get two. She stunned us as a special guest for Daniel Ceasar’s Tiny Desk concert earlier this year, in an appearance that showcased her vocal mastery. That earned her an invite to play again, front-and-center. She attacked her second go ’round with more fervor than the first, highlighting her skills as a multi-instrumentalist, maneuvering between acoustic and electric guitars, then the Fender Rhodes. While H.E.R. stands for “Having Everything Revealed,” she’s an artist who’s built [See More…]