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First Aired: April 22nd, 2008

Status: Continuing

Network: NPR

Summary: Intimate musical performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.

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Season 7

Episode 1: Van-Anh Vanessa Vo

Air Date: January 4th, 2014

Summary: The musician unpacks an array of traditional Vietnamese instruments — and 1,000 years of culture.

Episode 2: Lily & Madeleine

Air Date: January 7th, 2014

Summary: The teenagers play a restrained, homespun mix of folk and pop with undeniably sweet harmonies.

Episode 3: Afro Blue

Air Date: January 13rd, 2014

Summary: The Howard University vocal jazz ensemble performs beautiful African-American spirituals.

Episode 4: Robert Glasper Experiment

Air Date: January 20th, 2014

Summary: Members of the Grammy-winning, organic R&B Experiment band jam with singer Marsha Ambrosius.

Episode 5: Angel Olsen

Air Date: January 27th, 2014

Summary: The expressive, powerful singer previews songs from her new album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness.

Episode 6: Pixies

Air Date: February 3rd, 2014

Summary: Hear the legendary band perform 1989's "Monkey Gone to Heaven" and two new songs — one unreleased.

Episode 7: Fanfare Ciocarlia

Air Date: February 8th, 2014

Summary: The joyous Balkan brass band plays at a pace that would make the Ramones burst into a sweat.

Episode 8: Suzanne Vega

Air Date: February 10th, 2014

Summary: The inventive folk-music veteran book-ends a four-song set with her hits "Luka" and "Tom's Diner."

Episode 9: Cate Le Bon

Air Date: February 18th, 2014

Summary: The Welsh singer's set conveys loneliness and doubt with just two guitars and an inviting whisper.

Episode 10: Sofia Rei

Air Date: February 22nd, 2014

Summary: For about 20 minutes one sunny afternoon, Rei turned a desk into a small Latin American folk club.

Episode 11: Brass Bed

Air Date: February 24th, 2014

Summary: See the band re-create some of its stellar studio effects with a pedal steel and some novelty mics.

Episode 12: Asaf Avidan

Air Date: March 2nd, 2014

Summary: Avidan has an album and no U.S. record label to put it out. But he's on a solo tour that's stunning.

Episode 13: Lowland Hum

Air Date: March 6th, 2014

Summary: It's hard to convey the sound of two people in love, but Lowland Hum does that effortlessly.

Episode 14: Jake Bugg

Air Date: March 10th, 2014

Summary: Watch the 20-year-old English singer-songwriter, who has worked with superproducer Rick Rubin.

Episode 15: Diane Cluck

Air Date: March 17th, 2014

Summary: On record, Cluck's elastic voice and fingerpicking are impressive. Live, they jam the senses.

Episode 16: Joseph Calleja

Air Date: March 24th, 2014

Summary: All the world's top opera houses want the young tenor with the old-school approach.

Episode 17: The Haden Triplets

Air Date: March 31st, 2014

Summary: When the sisters cover classic country music together, the result is a treat and a trip in time.

Episode 18: The Both

Air Date: April 7th, 2014

Summary: Singer-songwriters Aimee Mann and Ted Leo unite from opposite ends of the volume knob.

Episode 19: Tom Brosseau

Air Date: April 12nd, 2014

Summary: The North Dakota singer-songwriter possesses one of the most arresting voices in folk music today.

Episode 20: Courtney Barnett

Air Date: April 14th, 2014

Summary: Barnett tells stories like your best friend, provided your best friend is a funny Australian poet.

Episode 21: Usman Riaz

Air Date: April 19th, 2014

Summary: A young Pakistani musician treats the guitar as percussion — with surprisingly shimmering results.

Episode 22: Federico Aubele

Air Date: April 21st, 2014

Summary: The Argentine singer uses his dark, husky voice to produce a specific effect in these three songs.

Episode 23: Quilt

Air Date: April 26th, 2014

Summary: Interweaving harmonies and guitar lines set the tone for these soft, benevolent, dreamy songs.

Episode 24: Johnnyswim

Air Date: April 28th, 2014

Summary: Impossibly telegenic and charming, the band mixes booming intensity with polish and sparkle.

Episode 25: Cian Nugent

Air Date: May 3rd, 2014

Summary: The Dublin guitarist runs through a ragtime jaunt, a basement-bar choogle and a sad-sack closer.

Episode 26: Public Service Broadcasting

Air Date: May 5th, 2014

Summary: The duo's sample-laden instrumental music is entertainment as education for the head and feet alike.

Episode 27: Timber Timbre

Air Date: May 10th, 2014

Summary: See the swamp-folk band play a characteristically eerie and mysterious set in the NPR Music offices.

Episode 28: Chvrches

Air Date: May 12nd, 2014

Summary: The Scottish synth-pop band turns up with a small arsenal of synthesizers to perform three songs.

Episode 29: Iestyn Davies

Air Date: May 17th, 2014

Summary: See the countertenor and lutenist Thomas Dunford perform John Dowland's melancholy songs.

Episode 30: Ages And Ages

Air Date: May 20th, 2014

Summary: The band makes the kind of music that can at least briefly restore your faith in humanity.

Episode 31: Yasmine Hamdan

Air Date: May 24th, 2014

Summary: The Lebanese singer-songwriter is one of the most groundbreaking musicians in the Middle East.

Episode 32: Hozier

Air Date: May 27th, 2014

Summary: Andrew Hozier-Byrne wraps his rich, vital, soulful voice around songs rooted in the blues.

Episode 33: Juana Molina

Air Date: May 31st, 2014

Summary: Molina sounds as if she'd been raised by wolves and discovered the world of music on her own.

Episode 34: Simone Dinnerstein

Air Date: June 2nd, 2014

Summary: Watch the celebrated pianist make Bach's Two-part Inventions sing and zing.

Episode 35: Marian McLaughlin

Air Date: June 7th, 2014

Summary: A quirky and wistful performer with a string section, McLaughlin makes music like few others.

Episode 36: Eliot Fisk And Paco Peña

Air Date: June 14th, 2014

Summary: A classical virtuoso and an equally captivating flamenco player combine for a set of duets.

Episode 37: Rodney Crowell

Air Date: June 16th, 2014

Summary: The country singer-songwriter performs with the ease and swagger of a man comfortable in his ways.

Episode 38: Mali Music

Air Date: June 21st, 2014

Summary: The singer-songwriter and musician performs with unabashed positivity and an uplifting spirit.

Episode 39: Conor Oberst

Air Date: June 23rd, 2014

Summary: The Bright Eyes singer performs songs from Upside Down Mountain with help from members of Dawes.

Episode 40: Tracy Silverman

Air Date: June 28th, 2014

Summary: See the innovative player create waves of sound with a six-string violin.

Episode 41: Lydia Loveless

Air Date: July 1st, 2014

Summary: The 23-year-old singer-guitarist performs gritty, countrified blues-rock in the NPR Music offices.

Episode 42: The Foreign Exchange

Air Date: July 5th, 2014

Summary: Watch the Tiny Desk turn into a church, comedy club and neo-soul spot.

Episode 43: Moon Hooch

Air Date: July 7th, 2014

Summary: They call what they make "cave music" — but it's just as powerful at the Tiny Desk.

Episode 44: John Grant

Air Date: July 13rd, 2014

Summary: Grant's songs don't mess around, with lyrics that function as darts of retort and thought.

Episode 45: Holly Williams

Air Date: July 14th, 2014

Summary: The singer has a magnificent way with phrasing, not to mention a remarkable country-music lineage.

Episode 46: Marisa Anderson

Air Date: July 19th, 2014

Summary: The guitarist kicks up some dirt with a Rev. Gary Davis deconstruction and a Stratocaster hoedown.

Episode 47: Hamilton Leithauser

Air Date: July 21st, 2014

Summary: In this three-song set, the Walkmen singer demonstrates that he's lost none of his vocal power.

Episode 48: Highasakite

Air Date: July 25th, 2014

Summary: Watch an atmospheric Norwegian band with a yearning sound. Also: See a flugabone!

Episode 49: Saintseneca

Air Date: July 29th, 2014

Summary: In the NPR offices, the Ohio band plays three alternately brooding and stomping songs from Dark Arc.

Episode 50: Quetzal

Air Date: August 2nd, 2014

Summary: The veteran East L.A. band's music penetrates the intellect even as it makes your hips sway.

Episode 51: The Family Crest

Air Date: August 4th, 2014

Summary: The band's seven players are trained in classical and jazz, led by Liam McCormick's powerful voice.

Episode 52: Irene Diaz

Air Date: August 9th, 2014

Summary: With Carolyn Cardoza, Diaz conjures a place where emotions run deep and beauty is unmistakable.

Episode 53: Bob Mould

Air Date: August 11st, 2014

Summary: The former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman plugs in for a characteristically loud four-song set.

Episode 54: Ernest Ranglin

Air Date: August 16th, 2014

Summary: Watch a talented, charming guitar legend make magic as his band Avila holds down the beat.

Episode 55: Pacifica Quartet

Air Date: August 18th, 2014

Summary: Watch the group play selections from Shostakovich's cycle of introspective string quartets.

Episode 56: Rodrigo Amarante

Air Date: August 23rd, 2014

Summary: A veteran of Little Joy and Los Hermanos, Amarante makes warm, tender music as a solo artist.

Episode 57: Nickel Creek

Air Date: August 26th, 2014

Summary: The band was made to sing and play around one microphone, so a Tiny Desk Concert seemed inevitable.

Episode 58: Sturgill Simpson

Air Date: August 30th, 2014

Summary: The Kentucky native writes country songs about loneliness, failed dreams, drinking and drugs.

Episode 59: Trampled By Turtles

Air Date: September 3rd, 2014

Summary: Known for the speed of their playing, the Minnesotans are about more than just blistering bluegrass.

Episode 60: Jessica Lea Mayfield

Air Date: September 6th, 2014

Summary: Mayfield's music has gotten more beguiling as she explores the many contrasts in her hypnotic sound.

Episode 61: Justin Townes Earle

Air Date: September 8th, 2014

Summary: In advance of his new album Single Mothers, the singer performs two new songs and an old favorite.

Episode 62: Luluc

Air Date: September 15th, 2014

Summary: Graceful singing and storytelling meet guitars and textures that help create an unforgettable aura.

Episode 63: Tweedy

Air Date: September 22nd, 2014

Summary: With his drummer son Spencer, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy performs songs from their new album, Sukierae.

Episode 64: Bio Ritmo

Air Date: September 29th, 2014

Summary: The 10-piece salsa band built its career on dance floors, where it never fails to make people move.

Episode 65: Ryan Keberle & Catharsis

Air Date: October 4th, 2014

Summary: The trombonist's working band established some nifty swing, assisted in absentia by Sufjan Stevens.

Episode 66: Jackson Browne

Air Date: October 6th, 2014

Summary: Browne still writes songs with conviction, craftsmanship and careful attention to detail.

Episode 67: Raquel Sofia

Air Date: October 11st, 2014

Summary: Sofia has spent most of her career 20 feet from stardom as a backup singer for Juanes and Shakira.

Episode 68: The Bots

Air Date: October 14th, 2014

Summary: The band plays with a great rock-duo punch that recalls The White Stripes or JEFF The Brotherhood.

Episode 69: Ásgeir

Air Date: October 18th, 2014

Summary: The Icelandic singer's voice is angelic and yearning, his songs simple and universal.

Episode 70: Anthony D'Amato

Air Date: October 20th, 2014

Summary: D'Amato's music can feel Motown-y, garage-y and Springsteen-y, but he sounds sparer here.

Episode 71: Danish String Quartet

Air Date: October 25th, 2014

Summary: Watch the young, versatile ensemble play folk music from around Denmark and beyond.

Episode 72: T-Pain

Air Date: October 29th, 2014

Summary: We asked the King of Auto-Tune to grace the Tiny Desk without any embellishment or effects.

Episode 73: Banks

Air Date: October 30th, 2014

Summary: Known for lavish electronic productions, Banks serves notice as a powerful singer in her own right.

Episode 74: Sun Ra Arkestra

Air Date: October 31st, 2014

Summary: With costumes inspired by Egyptian symbolism and sci-fi, Ra's band plays a special Halloween set.

Episode 75: Making Movies

Air Date: November 8th, 2014

Summary: A rousing band from Kansas City, Making Movies mixes languages and eras with infectious energy.

Episode 76: Roomful Of Teeth

Air Date: November 10th, 2014

Summary: Watch the group sing new music with yelps, yodels and a few fine harmonies.

Episode 77: Davíd Garza

Air Date: November 15th, 2014

Summary: The Austin singer-songwriter joins his stunning voice with that of touring partner Gaby Moreno.

Episode 78: J Mascis

Air Date: November 22nd, 2014

Summary: The Dinosaur Jr. frontman, one of the world's loudest musicians, performs unplugged and acoustic.

Episode 79: Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

Air Date: November 24th, 2014

Summary: Benatar and Giraldo play three classics: "We Live For Love," "We Belong" and "Promises In The Dark."

Episode 80: Sam Amidon & Bill Frisell

Air Date: December 1st, 2014

Summary: Amidon weaves his compositions into traditional music, while Frisell adds atmospheric guitar.

Episode 81: Dublin Guitar Quartet

Air Date: December 4th, 2014

Summary: Hear the Irish ensemble's fresh take on Philip Glass' propulsive yet intimate string quartets.

Episode 82: St. Paul And The Broken Bones

Air Date: December 6th, 2014

Summary: The band's got heart and soul and flair, with a well-worn sound buoyed by strong, fresh songwriting.

Episode 83: Yusuf/Cat Stevens

Air Date: December 9th, 2014

Summary: The singer performs two new songs, as well as "The First Cut Is the Deepest" and "Father and Son."

Episode 84: Lucinda Williams

Air Date: December 20th, 2014

Summary: She came to the desk a little unsure, and left singing "West Memphis" with intensity and passion.

Episode 85: HMSTR

Air Date: December 24th, 2014

Summary: Watch our favorite hamsters play their twee-as-all-get-out holiday pop-punk song, "Snow Day."

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