May 20, 2026 • In her recordings, RaiNao leans into reggaeton and electronic beats. Her Tiny Desk performance presents a different version of Puerto Rico's song spine, built on guiros, timbales and ...

On Monday, the hyphy movement had a brief moment of national celebration when E-40 played a set for Tiny Desk Concerts, NPR’s popular YouTube concert series. Backed by a full band, the rapper ran ...

Remember in Curb Your Enthusiasm when Larry David gets so mad about being banned from Mocha Joe’s that he opens a coffee shop called Latte Larry’s next door to spite him? Well, pop singer Alessia Cara ...

NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concerts are a way for recording artists to promoted their latest project. For Faye Webster, she has quite the discography to pick through, so during her Tiny Desk Concert ...

All you need is a small desk and musical instruments. NHK is launching a Japanese version of the worldwide phenomenon "tiny desk concerts," originally pioneered by American public broadcaster NPR. Set ...

For the first installment of the News Literacy Edition of the NPR Public Editor newsletter, we're pulling the curtain back on a popular NPR program: Tiny Desk. We dig into the details on how artists ...

It was a banner year at the Tiny Desk. We published more than 120 concerts in 2024, featuring superstars from around the globe, beloved legacy artists playing their hits, and emerging artists who used ...

In 2025, we crammed rap and rock legends, instrumental virtuosos, Broadway musicals and, well, puppets and robots behind a desk in the NPR Music office. Never forget: Tiny Desk has the range. "Is this ...

The reunited Clipse continued their promo tour in support of their new album Let God Sort Em Out with a visit to NPR’s Tiny Desk on Friday. “We didn’t foresee these twists and turns, but I think it ...

While many musicians on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series might require a piano or drum kit, the Peabody-packed ensemble Sandbox Percussion necessitated a much more unusual set up. Composed of Peabody ...