Season 2015
84 episodes · Jan 5, 2015
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S8E1Trey Anastasio
Jan 5, 2015The Phish star was in town to put on a huge show, but the songs here feel more personal than that.
S8E2Daniel Lanois
Jan 3, 2015The producer presides over an all-instrumental, free-form trio with Brian Blade and Jim Wilson.
S8E3Rubblebucket
Jan 20, 2015Even without its confetti cannon, the band brings a fun mix of brass and brash to the NPR offices.
S8E4Bobby Bare Jr.
Jan 27, 2015The Nashville singer writes with acidic wit in lines worthy of his old mentor, Shel Silverstein.
S8E5John Reilly & Friends
Feb 3, 2015Reilly sings and plays guitar alongside Tom Brosseau and Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark.
S8E6Mucca Pazza
Feb 10, 2015With 23 members, the performance-art marching band is the biggest ever to play the Tiny Desk.
S8E7Until The Ribbon Breaks
Feb 17, 2015The band strips down its electronic sound with the aid of a spaghetti strainer and a paint bucket.
S8E8Zola Jesus
Feb 23, 2015With her huge voice and an assist on trombone, Nika Roza Danilova offers up a curious combination.
S8E10Phox
Mar 2, 2015The Wisconsin band performs three of its warm, accessible songs in the NPR Music offices.
S8E11Aurelio
Mar 7, 2015Aurelio weaves intricate layers of acoustic guitar to capture the feel of African and the Caribbean.
S8E12Fantastic Negrito
Mar 9, 2015The singer beat out nearly 7,000 other submissions to win NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert Contest.
S8E13Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O'Riley
Mar 14, 2015The duo plays visionary Beethoven, heartbreaking Janáček and Glass that unfolds like a lullaby.
S8E14Punch Brothers
Mar 16, 2015Before the wide-ranging band plays, the audience sings "Happy Birthday" to mandolinist Chris Thile.
S8E15Anonymous 4 With Bruce Molsky
Mar 28, 2015The a cappella quartet, with banjo and fiddle, offers popular songs from the Civil War era.
S8E16Sylvan Esso
Mar 20, 2015Performed softly in the light of day, these three songs feel fresh and lovable.
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Death Cab For Cutie
Apr 6, 2015In a beautifully stark performance, the band plays two songs from Kintsugi and two older favorites.
S8E18Beach Slang
Apr 10, 2015James Snyder's euphoric punk anthems become raw and uplifting confessionals in this acoustic set.
S8E19Chadwick Stokes
Apr 13, 2015Stokes' songs feel familiar; they're old friends before you're done hearing them for the first time.
S8E20Rosa Díaz
Apr 17, 2015The singer's lyrics reflect deeply felt emotions in this performance with cellist Daniel de Jesus.
S8E21Jessie Ware
Apr 20, 2015The young English singer brings warmth to electronic music and a swooning quality to her own pop.
S8E22DakhaBrakha
Apr 25, 2015The Ukrainian acoustic quartet's music encompasses sounds and rhythms from around the world.
S8E23José González
Apr 29, 2015This soft-spoken Swedish singer left an imprint at the Tiny Desk that was gentle and long lasting.
S8E24Diego El Cigala
May 1, 2015The singer has been called "the Sinatra of flamenco." His expressive style draws on jazz.
S8E25Vijay Iyer Trio
May 4, 2015Iyer's working band transforms selections from throughout the pianist's deep and varied catalog.
S8E26Eskmo
May 8, 2015Found objects are percussion instruments in the hands of a man who's part musician, part magician.
S8E27Bellows
May 11, 2015These are enchanting songs, with the power to drift in your head for days.
S8E28Camané
May 15, 2015A star in his native Portugal, Camané evokes melancholy with a silky baritone and elegant phrasing.
S8E29Young Fathers
May 19, 2015Intense, hip-hop-infused poetry is reduced to just the essentials in this two-song, four-minute set.
S8E30Jason Vieaux And Yolanda Kondonassis
May 22, 2015Watch the Grammy-winning guitarist and acclaimed harpist play music influenced by Africa and Asia.
S8E31Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear
May 26, 2015The mother-son duo's songs are memorable and singable even days after you hear them.
S8E32Frank Fairfield
May 29, 2015A young man with an old musical soul has a spellbinding voice and fluid fiddle playing.
S8E33Genevieve
Jun 1, 2015See a singer with a powerful voice and extremely encouraging message.
S8E34Anna & Elizabeth
Jun 8, 2015If you've never thought your tastes would lean to mountain music, breathe deep and soak it all in.
S8E35The Prettiots
Jun 15, 2015The clever trio shares its love of everything from Law & Order to old-school girl groups.
S8E36Strand Of Oaks
Jun 19, 2015Timothy Showalter's music is filled with bite and sometimes regret, but also a good deal of warmth.
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Hop Along
Jun 22, 2015Frances Quinlan's raspy voice whispers one moment, then lets loose a gut-punching howl the next.
S8E38Oddisee
Jun 26, 2015The charismatic Brooklyn-via-D.C.-area rapper creates just the right amount of space in his music.
S8E39And The Kids
Jun 30, 2015The trio's music is full of life, with dissonant sounds that still feel suited for singalongs.
S8E40Christopher Paul Stelling
Jul 6, 2015Best witnessed live, Stelling's music is steeped in tradition yet filled with vitality and soul.
S8E41Girlpool
Jul 10, 2015The charming duo performs three of the simple, direct songs from Before The World Was Big.
S8E43Kate Tempest
Jul 21, 2015A celebrated English playwright and rapper deploys storytelling and poetry.
S8E44Paul Weller
Jul 28, 2015See the beloved Britpop veteran perform songs from his new album, Saturns Pattern.
S8E45Shamir
Jul 31, 2015The singer's disco-infused funk and soul gets stripped down to a lone voice with a guitar.
S8E46SOAK
Aug 3, 2015Irish singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson makes the most of a single voice and an acoustic guitar.
S8E47Terence Blanchard Feat. The E-Collective
Aug 5, 2015The New Orleans trumpeter's funky new band creates dance music to ward off despair.
S8E48Torres
Aug 10, 2015Mackenzie Scott's music channels Patti Smith and PJ Harvey while hinting at further growth.
S8E49Restorations
Aug 14, 2015The Philly rock band's big-hearted songs are stripped down to a few guitars and a MiniKorg.
S8E50Kacey Musgraves
Aug 17, 2015The country singer plays four songs from Pageant Material, plus the set-closing "Follow Your Arrow."
S8E51Son Lux
Aug 21, 2015The trio blows up its sound by adding off-duty, civilian horn players from the U.S. Marine Band.
S8E52Caroline Rose
Aug 24, 2015Rose plays music as if she's just met her new best friend: It's fresh, fun and enthusiastic.
S8E53Eskimeaux
Aug 28, 2015There's lighthearted, almost childlike beauty in the way Gabrielle Smith puts words to song.
S8E54Mitski
Aug 31, 2015Mitski's music is dark and even scary, but glimmers of beauty peek through.
S8E55Happyness
Sep 4, 2015If you're a fan of dark, incredibly dry, wry humor, you've just found Happyness.
S8E56Leon Bridges
Sep 8, 2015Bridges is easy to love and hard to resist, with purity in his voice that's untouched by modern pop.
S8E57Sam Lee
Sep 11, 2015The singer found his voice by finding and preserving old British, Irish and Scottish folk songs.
S8E58Watkins Family Hour
Sep 18, 2015With help from Fiona Apple, two Nickel Creek alums gather a band to perform old and new songs.
S8E59Gina Chavez
Sep 22, 2015The Austin singer-songwriter performs with intense openness, directness and warmth.
S8E60Joan Shelley
Sep 25, 2015As technology rules the day, here's a reminder that a single voice can carry deep emotion.
S8E61The Internet
Sep 29, 2015The R&B band might just be the oddest thing to come from the hip-hop collective Odd Future.
S8E62Lianne La Havas
Oct 2, 2015The singer is soulful yet playful, raw and vulnerable in a commanding kind of way.
S8E63Deqn Sue
Oct 5, 2015She came so close to winning NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert Contest, we just had to see her play.
S8E64Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Oct 9, 2015The trumpeter presents his emotionally charged, jazz-hybridized "stretch music" in performance.
S8E66Oh Pep!
Oct 16, 2015The band's clever, thoughtful music fits in everywhere from Nashville to its hometown of Melbourne.
S8E67Paolo Angeli
Oct 19, 2015The Sardinian guitarist has a whole toy shop aboard his instrument.
S8E68Beauty Pill
Oct 23, 2015In Beauty Pill, life whirs with plunderphonic glee and riffs are funky from the inside out.
S8E69The Suffers
Oct 27, 2015The 10-piece band can barely fit all its horns, guitars, percussion and energy behind one desk.
S8E70Diane Coffee
Nov 2, 2015Conjuring David Bowie, Diane Coffee's Shaun Fleming swaggered and shimmied behind the Tiny Desk.
S8E71Chris Stapleton
Nov 5, 201515mWith his wife Morgane, the country singer-songwriter sings patient, detailed songs of devotion.
S8E72My bubba
Nov 6, 2015My bubba is a duo of women whose quirky, delicate, sweetly sung folk songs are a delight.
S8E73Aurora
Nov 9, 2015At 19 and on the cusp of her first album, the Norwegian singer performs with a sense of discovery.
S8E74Rahim AlHaj
Nov 13, 2015The oud player's wordless music tells powerful stories about life's blessedness and fragility.
S8E75Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Nov 17, 2015At the Tiny Desk, Rateliff's body-shaking Southern-style soul takes on a more laid-back sound.
S8E76The Wild Reeds
Nov 20, 2015Great singers aren't easy to come by, so finding three in one band is something special.
S8E77Youth Lagoon
Nov 23, 2015Trevor Powers' new songs are expansive and self-assured, a transition reflected in this performance.
S8E78Teddy Abrams
Nov 30, 2015Hear a young conductor, composer and pianist play Beethoven and his own jazzy pieces.
S8E79Protomartyr
Dec 4, 2015The Detroit band's loud, screeching, grousing rock can be profound, poetic and bewildering.
S8E80The Oh Hellos
Dec 8, 2015The nine-piece band bursts with anthemic joy, even as its songs convey darkness and loneliness.
S8E81Land Lines
Dec 11, 2015The Denver band's mysteriously swirling music is singular, new and adventurous.
S8E82Shakey Graves
Dec 14, 2015When the singer breaks out his guitar and suitcase drum, a rush of adrenaline hits the room.
S8E83Son Little
Dec 18, 2015A modernistic bluesman with a taste for electronics appears with just his acoustic guitar.
S8E84Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Dec 21, 2015Watch the soul star perform "Silent Night" and two originals — one for Christmas, one for Hanukkah.