Specials (2019)
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Episodes 19
Tiny Desk Family Hour: Gaelynn Lea
The former Tiny Desk Contest winner brought the crowd to its collective feet.
Read MoreTiny Desk Family Hour: Cautious Clay
The Brooklyn-based artist, in addition to offering up an impeccable vocal performance, brought perhaps the only flute solo of SXSW 2019 to NPR Music's Tiny Desk Family Hour.
Read MoreTiny Desk Family Hour: John Paul White
The former Civil Wars star performed a new song that even makes his kids cry.
Read MoreTiny Desk Family Hour: Mountain Man
We couldn't pick just one song from the trio's appearance at the Tiny Desk Family hour. So we went with three.
Read MoreTiny Desk Family Hour: Wyclef Jean
The former Fugees star brought an electric guitar and a young protégé.
Read MoreTiny Desk Family Hour: Gina Chavez
In this performance of "The Sweet Sound Of Your Name," a song of devotion from 2014, the Austin singer-songwriter finds magic in the intimacy of a communal setting.
Read MoreTiny Desk Family Hour: Fragile Rock
Fragile Rock's rowdy emo songs are performed by bickering puppets. Onstage at a church in Austin, the band savages the patriarchy in "Smile More."
Read MoreTiny Desk Family Hour: Amanda Palmer
The intense singer-songwriter performed "The Ride" on a grand piano.
Read MoreTiny Desk Family Hour: Leikeli47
The charismatic, genre-smashing masked rapper closes NPR Music's big night with intensity, joy and free-wheeling fervor.
Read MoreTy Dolla $ign Pays Tribute To Mac Miller At The Tiny Desk
While Ty Dolla $ign visited NPR to record his own Tiny Desk concert, he also performed a special tribute to his friend, the late Mac Miller.
Read MoreMegan Thee Stallion
The secret's out! One of 2019's brightest new stars peformed a live show at the Tiny Desk.
Read MoreSheryl Crow
Tuesday night's guest star just wants to have some fun behind the Tiny Desk. She'll revisit her classics and perform new songs from her album Threads.
Read MoreRaphael Saadiq
What a way to wrap up Tiny Desk Fest. Raphael Saadiq, one of the most respected voices in soul music, performs a live concert with rising R&B star Lucky Daye.
Read MoreHarry Styles Explains His Love Of The Packers
The English pop star has a Packers logo tattooed on his upper arm. So NPR Music's biggest Packers fan sat him down at the Tiny Desk to ask: What's the deal with that?
Read MoreOur first night of live performances features music from Algeria, Argentina, Ukraine and North Carolina.
Read MoreThe second night of our virtual festival features music from Japan, Peru, Guinea and Tunisia.
Read MoreWednesday night's showcases blends the sounds of Haiti, India, Italy and the Indigenous people of North America.
Read MoreOur final night of globalFEST 2021 features salsa, First Nations music, Appalachian folk and a West African superstar.
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