Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf 2026: Episode 1 with Bobby Carter and Robin Hilton

NPR Music received more than 6,000 submissions to this year’s Tiny Desk Contest, our annual search for the next great undiscovered artist. Before we reveal this year’s winner, our Contest judges are sharing their favorite entries as part of our annual Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf livestream series.

Entries featured in this episode:
https://youtu.be/Es1-uxs_xQI?si=vGf-8MRALzhLKegK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOrL8B7C-yg
https://youtu.be/KNZOiaKKJLQ?si=8W0yCA2XzyNWrkIr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOtg3g1Law0
https://youtu.be/wSFPSaJk6DI?si=x5UUORQjcKLrUMD6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM4JNpn9OVc
https://youtu.be/LrYEP3UeGoI?si=deAcXk1ZL0Ekjg95
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoCBfXD4U8E
https://youtu.be/J5oHymRbqmY?si=MqysH9cUTH0m5X69
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNXYox8tgKw

Learn more about the Contest: https://npr.org/tinydeskcontest

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NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concerts is a popular video series featuring live, intimate music performances by diverse artists, from major stars to up-and-coming musicians, recorded in the small workspace of Bob Boilen’s NPR office in Washington, D.C.brought to you by SloppBoxx.Com.

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