Season 2013

2013年1月7日

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

2013年1月14日

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

2013年1月28日

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

2013年2月4日

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

2013年2月11日

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

2013年2月18日

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

2013年2月25日

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

2013年3月4日

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

2013年3月11日

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

2013年4月8日

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

2013年4月15日

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

2013年4月22日

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

2013年4月29日

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

2013年5月6日

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

2013年5月13日

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

2013年5月20日

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

2013年5月29日

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

2013年6月3日

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

2013年6月10日

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

2013年6月15日

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

2013年6月17日

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

2013年6月24日

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

2013年6月29日

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

2013年7月1日

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

2013年7月6日

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

2013年7月8日

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

2013年7月13日

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

2013年7月15日

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

2013年7月20日

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

2013年7月22日

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

2013年7月27日

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

2013年7月29日

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

2013年8月3日 · 14分钟

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

2013年8月10日

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

2013年8月12日

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

2013年8月17日

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

2013年8月19日

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

2013年8月26日

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

2013年8月31日

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

2013年9月4日

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

2013年9月7日

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

2013年9月10日

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

2013年9月14日

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

2013年9月16日

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

2013年9月21日

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

2013年9月28日

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

2013年9月30日

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

2013年10月5日

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

2013年10月7日

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

2013年10月12日

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