Season 2013

Jan 7, 2013

One minute, Lucius sounds like a '60s girl group; the next might conjure images of Emmylou Harris.

Jan 14, 2013

With members of The Decemberists, the band lends a snappy, lilting quality to songs of alienation.

Jan 28, 2013

Frontman Kevin Barnes uses the intimacy of the NPR Music offices to try out some quiet new material.

Feb 4, 2013

The a cappella ensemble sings widely divergent songs from American, European and Sufi traditions.

Feb 11, 2013

In The xx's songs, all the calm chilliness in the world can't quite contain an exposed heart.

Feb 18, 2013

Winston Yellen's arresting voice propels a lighthearted but deeply affecting set at the NPR office.

Feb 25, 2013

The guitarist brings a decidedly non-standard approach to jazz's standard practices.

Mar 4, 2013

The fast-rising Brooklyn trio sings beautiful, heartfelt, impeccably harmonized folk-pop songs.

Mar 11, 2013

Watch one of the best fiddlers on the planet and a subtle guitar master work their magic.

Apr 8, 2013

The Danish band ransacks the NPR Music offices looking for sound-making material and new ideas.

Apr 15, 2013

To coincide with the release of the band's 13th album, Fade, Yo La Tengo performs an acoustic set.

Apr 22, 2013

The duo's quietly energetic performance hangs over the the NPR Music offices like a soft mist.

Apr 29, 2013

Zany, brainy and danceable, these guys' music mixes rock and jazz like King Crimson at its fiercest.

May 6, 2013

Watch the violinist spin out music by John Williams and Bach in sweet, soulful tendrils of sound.

May 13, 2013

The veteran country players mix corny humor, musical merrymaking and timeless vocal harmonies.

May 20, 2013

The 73-year-old Iranian icon unleashes torrents of swooping, soaring sound that elicit goosebumps.

May 29, 2013

Imani Winds' members shrink Igor Stravinsky down to size in a quintet take on The Rite of Spring.

Jun 3, 2013

OK Go helps us transport the Tiny Desk from NPR Music's old headquarters to our new facility.

Jun 10, 2013

Watch the band perform acoustic arrangements of four songs from its new album, Trouble Will Find Me.

Jun 15, 2013

An 11-piece brass band turns up the funk and flies the flag high for its native Richmond, Va.

Jun 17, 2013

One of the world's finest folksingers channels the spirit of Woody Guthrie at the NPR Music offices.

Jun 24, 2013

Watch the singer-songwriter and her band perform three songs from her fine new album, American Kid.

Jun 29, 2013

A brilliant cellist with a stunning command of her instrument, Beiser performs at the NPR offices.

Jul 1, 2013

The U.K. singer performs some of her most intimate material in a short set at the NPR Music offices.

Jul 6, 2013

The Malian musician and his band craft melodies and rhythms that cut across age and ethnicity.

Jul 8, 2013

The rowdy English folk-punk band brings its barely controlled mayhem to the NPR Music offices.

Jul 13, 2013

Two men with unplugged instruments convey the bawdy rowdiness of a full band.

Jul 15, 2013

When the British singer performs, her emotionally fiery music just gets hotter and grittier.

Jul 20, 2013

The singer, instrumentalist and music therapist plays slinky, forceful songs at NPR Music.

Jul 22, 2013

Hear three sturdy pop songs from In Guards We Trust, performed live at the NPR Music offices.

Jul 27, 2013

Hear the "classically trained garage band" perform with staggering technique and contagious energy.

Jul 29, 2013

Watch Falconberry and five bandmates perform three delicate songs from her recent album Leelanau.

Aug 3, 2013 · 14 min

Henson's voice is so fragile and hushed, if you were 10 feet away from him you'd barely hear a peep.

Aug 10, 2013

Guthrie and his band drove 18 hours round-trip from Ontario to perform three songs for NPR Music.

Aug 12, 2013

The Australian sextet crafts busily impeccable, harmony-intensive pop music with a danceable sway.

Aug 17, 2013

The 17-member chamber-rock collective uses its size in the service of great, snappy, stirring songs.

Aug 19, 2013

The community that's formed around The Front Bottoms speaks to the band's passion and compassion.

Aug 26, 2013

Concha Buika's voice comes from Africa and the past. Watch her perform in the NPR Music offices.

Aug 31, 2013

Watch Gunn's trio perform a set of hypnotic long-form jams that are perfect for taking it easy.

Sep 4, 2013

Watch Baths' Will Wiesenfeld perform mysterious, textured electronic music in the NPR offices.

Sep 7, 2013

For our 300th Tiny Desk Concert, we showcase a Tuareg guitarist's fierce, hypnotic, alluring jams.

Sep 10, 2013

Performing solo, singer Matthew Healy doesn't hesitate to transform both his songs and himself.

Sep 14, 2013

With an eye on both the past and the future, O'Farrill has jazz and Afro-Cuban music in his DNA.

Sep 16, 2013

The husband-and-wife duo mixes rowdy folk-rock and rootsy ballads, with the help of a canine friend.

Sep 21, 2013

A Galician bagpiper and her trio take Celtic sounds in an entirely wild and wonderful direction.

Sep 28, 2013

Hem makes a homey, fireside kind of music, with songs that feel as if they've always been there.

Sep 30, 2013

The Zimbabwean legend performs songs from the mournful but celebratory Sarawoga for NPR Music.

Oct 5, 2013

The operatic tenor, acclaimed for his Rossini, circles back to his roots as a singer of spirituals.

Oct 7, 2013

Watch the venerable band translate its electric sound to acoustic instruments in an intimate way.

Oct 12, 2013

Short of seeing her live and in person, this is the best way to encounter June's heartfelt sound.