Aired: 1/7/2013
One minute, Lucius sounds like a '60s girl group; the next might conjure images of Emmylou Harris.
Aired: 1/14/2013
With members of The Decemberists, the band lends a snappy, lilting quality to songs of alienation.
Aired: 1/28/2013
Frontman Kevin Barnes uses the intimacy of the NPR Music offices to try out some quiet new material.
Aired: 2/4/2013
The a cappella ensemble sings widely divergent songs from American, European and Sufi traditions.
Aired: 2/11/2013
In The xx's songs, all the calm chilliness in the world can't quite contain an exposed heart.
Aired: 2/18/2013
Winston Yellen's arresting voice propels a lighthearted but deeply affecting set at the NPR office.
Aired: 2/25/2013
The guitarist brings a decidedly non-standard approach to jazz's standard practices.
Aired: 3/4/2013
The fast-rising Brooklyn trio sings beautiful, heartfelt, impeccably harmonized folk-pop songs.
Aired: 3/11/2013
Watch one of the best fiddlers on the planet and a subtle guitar master work their magic.
Aired: 4/8/2013
The Danish band ransacks the NPR Music offices looking for sound-making material and new ideas.
Aired: 4/15/2013
To coincide with the release of the band's 13th album, Fade, Yo La Tengo performs an acoustic set.
Aired: 4/22/2013
The duo's quietly energetic performance hangs over the the NPR Music offices like a soft mist.
Aired: 4/29/2013
Zany, brainy and danceable, these guys' music mixes rock and jazz like King Crimson at its fiercest.
Aired: 5/6/2013
Watch the violinist spin out music by John Williams and Bach in sweet, soulful tendrils of sound.
Aired: 5/13/2013
The veteran country players mix corny humor, musical merrymaking and timeless vocal harmonies.
Aired: 5/20/2013
The 73-year-old Iranian icon unleashes torrents of swooping, soaring sound that elicit goosebumps.
Aired: 5/29/2013
Imani Winds' members shrink Igor Stravinsky down to size in a quintet take on The Rite of Spring.
Aired: 6/3/2013
OK Go helps us transport the Tiny Desk from NPR Music's old headquarters to our new facility.
Aired: 6/10/2013
Watch the band perform acoustic arrangements of four songs from its new album, Trouble Will Find Me.
Aired: 6/15/2013
An 11-piece brass band turns up the funk and flies the flag high for its native Richmond, Va.
Aired: 6/17/2013
One of the world's finest folksingers channels the spirit of Woody Guthrie at the NPR Music offices.
Aired: 6/24/2013
Watch the singer-songwriter and her band perform three songs from her fine new album, American Kid.
Aired: 6/29/2013
A brilliant cellist with a stunning command of her instrument, Beiser performs at the NPR offices.
Aired: 7/1/2013
The U.K. singer performs some of her most intimate material in a short set at the NPR Music offices.
Aired: 7/6/2013
The Malian musician and his band craft melodies and rhythms that cut across age and ethnicity.
Aired: 7/8/2013
The rowdy English folk-punk band brings its barely controlled mayhem to the NPR Music offices.
Aired: 7/13/2013
Two men with unplugged instruments convey the bawdy rowdiness of a full band.
Aired: 7/15/2013
When the British singer performs, her emotionally fiery music just gets hotter and grittier.
Aired: 7/20/2013
The singer, instrumentalist and music therapist plays slinky, forceful songs at NPR Music.
Aired: 7/22/2013
Hear three sturdy pop songs from In Guards We Trust, performed live at the NPR Music offices.
Aired: 7/27/2013
Hear the "classically trained garage band" perform with staggering technique and contagious energy.
Aired: 7/29/2013
Watch Falconberry and five bandmates perform three delicate songs from her recent album Leelanau.
Aired: 8/3/2013
Henson's voice is so fragile and hushed, if you were 10 feet away from him you'd barely hear a peep.
Aired: 8/10/2013
Guthrie and his band drove 18 hours round-trip from Ontario to perform three songs for NPR Music.
Aired: 8/12/2013
The Australian sextet crafts busily impeccable, harmony-intensive pop music with a danceable sway.
Aired: 8/17/2013
The 17-member chamber-rock collective uses its size in the service of great, snappy, stirring songs.
Aired: 8/19/2013
The community that's formed around The Front Bottoms speaks to the band's passion and compassion.
Aired: 8/26/2013
Concha Buika's voice comes from Africa and the past. Watch her perform in the NPR Music offices.
Aired: 8/31/2013
Watch Gunn's trio perform a set of hypnotic long-form jams that are perfect for taking it easy.
Aired: 9/4/2013
Watch Baths' Will Wiesenfeld perform mysterious, textured electronic music in the NPR offices.
Aired: 9/7/2013
For our 300th Tiny Desk Concert, we showcase a Tuareg guitarist's fierce, hypnotic, alluring jams.
Aired: 9/10/2013
Performing solo, singer Matthew Healy doesn't hesitate to transform both his songs and himself.
Aired: 9/14/2013
With an eye on both the past and the future, O'Farrill has jazz and Afro-Cuban music in his DNA.
Aired: 9/16/2013
The husband-and-wife duo mixes rowdy folk-rock and rootsy ballads, with the help of a canine friend.
Aired: 9/21/2013
A Galician bagpiper and her trio take Celtic sounds in an entirely wild and wonderful direction.
Aired: 9/28/2013
Hem makes a homey, fireside kind of music, with songs that feel as if they've always been there.
Aired: 9/30/2013
The Zimbabwean legend performs songs from the mournful but celebratory Sarawoga for NPR Music.
Aired: 10/5/2013
The operatic tenor, acclaimed for his Rossini, circles back to his roots as a singer of spirituals.
Aired: 10/7/2013
Watch the venerable band translate its electric sound to acoustic instruments in an intimate way.
Aired: 10/12/2013
Short of seeing her live and in person, this is the best way to encounter June's heartfelt sound.
Aired: 10/15/2013
The band performs three songs from a record inspired by the childhood of singer Will Sheff.
Aired: 10/19/2013
The bassist composes beautiful, unpretentious music for an unusual jazz band with accordion.
Aired: 10/21/2013
Pretty and melancholy, the Londoners' music conjures a perfect mix of gloom, desire and hostility.
Aired: 10/26/2013
The dozen members of this Portland, Ore. band crammed behind the Tiny Desk for a transcendent set.
Aired: 10/28/2013
The orchestral folk-pop band's little song-worlds burst with ambition, talent and extreme joy.
Aired: 10/31/2013
Watch a Halloween Tiny Desk Concert in which Case performs with Kelly Hogan and Eric Bachmann.
Aired: 11/3/2013
This three-song set in the NPR Music offices captures a nice cross-section of Monroe's appeal.
Aired: 11/9/2013
The jazz vibraphone pioneer is 70 now, but that hasn't slowed his flying four-mallet technique.
Aired: 11/12/2013
Bhattacharya draws on North Indian classical music, but blues also pours out of his stunning work.
Aired: 11/16/2013
The soul singer retains the easygoing grace of a performer fit for any stage — even a tiny one.
Aired: 11/23/2013
This is Katie Crutchfield as Waxahatchee, playing intimate music for an intimate setting.
Aired: 11/25/2013
The intrepid champions of new music bring a lullaby, rare blues and a work by Bryce Dessner to NPR.
Aired: 12/2/2013
The band exudes playfulness and wry charm throughout these three songs from Uncanney Valley.
Aired: 12/7/2013
Jarosz and her small backing band craft a careful mix of technical proficiency and poppy warmth.
Aired: 12/9/2013
The whip-smart rapper, singer, poet and songwriter performs three tracks from Parts of Speech.
Aired: 12/14/2013
Salem sings work songs and chants from the maloya tradition on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean.
Aired: 12/16/2013
The video here provides just a hint of the L.A. band's dynamic live shows, albeit a spectacular one.
Aired: 12/21/2013
The hot and historic New Orleans band brings a tuba-wielding Santa and some original holiday cheer.
