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NPR Tiny Desk Concerts on IMDB
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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# of Episodes: 1522
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Season 8
Episode 1: Trey Anastasio
Air Date: January 5th, 2015
Summary: The Phish star was in town to put on a huge show, but the songs here feel more personal than that.
Episode 2: Daniel Lanois
Air Date: January 3rd, 2015
Summary: The producer presides over an all-instrumental, free-form trio with Brian Blade and Jim Wilson.
Episode 3: Rubblebucket
Air Date: January 20th, 2015
Summary: Even without its confetti cannon, the band brings a fun mix of brass and brash to the NPR offices.
Episode 4: Bobby Bare Jr.
Air Date: January 27th, 2015
Summary: The Nashville singer writes with acidic wit in lines worthy of his old mentor, Shel Silverstein.
Episode 5: John Reilly & Friends
Air Date: February 3rd, 2015
Summary: Reilly sings and plays guitar alongside Tom Brosseau and Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark.
Episode 6: Mucca Pazza
Air Date: February 10th, 2015
Summary: With 23 members, the performance-art marching band is the biggest ever to play the Tiny Desk.
Episode 7: Until The Ribbon Breaks
Air Date: February 17th, 2015
Summary: The band strips down its electronic sound with the aid of a spaghetti strainer and a paint bucket.
Episode 8: Zola Jesus
Air Date: February 23rd, 2015
Summary: With her huge voice and an assist on trombone, Nika Roza Danilova offers up a curious combination.
Episode 9: Dan Deacon
Air Date: February 25th, 2015
Summary: The Tiny Desk becomes a DJ booth for an office space dance party.
Episode 10: Phox
Air Date: March 2nd, 2015
Summary: The Wisconsin band performs three of its warm, accessible songs in the NPR Music offices.
Episode 11: Aurelio
Air Date: March 7th, 2015
Summary: Aurelio weaves intricate layers of acoustic guitar to capture the feel of African and the Caribbean.
Episode 12: Fantastic Negrito
Air Date: March 9th, 2015
Summary: The singer beat out nearly 7,000 other submissions to win NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert Contest.
Episode 13: Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O'Riley
Air Date: March 14th, 2015
Summary: The duo plays visionary Beethoven, heartbreaking Janáček and Glass that unfolds like a lullaby.
Episode 14: Punch Brothers
Air Date: March 16th, 2015
Summary: Before the wide-ranging band plays, the audience sings "Happy Birthday" to mandolinist Chris Thile.
Episode 15: Anonymous 4 With Bruce Molsky
Air Date: March 28th, 2015
Summary: The a cappella quartet, with banjo and fiddle, offers popular songs from the Civil War era.
Episode 16: Sylvan Esso
Air Date: March 20th, 2015
Summary: Performed softly in the light of day, these three songs feel fresh and lovable.
Episode 17: Death Cab For Cutie
Air Date: April 6th, 2015
Summary: In a beautifully stark performance, the band plays two songs from Kintsugi and two older favorites.
Episode 18: Beach Slang
Air Date: April 10th, 2015
Summary: James Snyder's euphoric punk anthems become raw and uplifting confessionals in this acoustic set.
Episode 19: Chadwick Stokes
Air Date: April 13rd, 2015
Summary: Stokes' songs feel familiar; they're old friends before you're done hearing them for the first time.
Episode 20: Rosa Díaz
Air Date: April 17th, 2015
Summary: The singer's lyrics reflect deeply felt emotions in this performance with cellist Daniel de Jesus.
Episode 21: Jessie Ware
Air Date: April 20th, 2015
Summary: The young English singer brings warmth to electronic music and a swooning quality to her own pop.
Episode 22: DakhaBrakha
Air Date: April 25th, 2015
Summary: The Ukrainian acoustic quartet's music encompasses sounds and rhythms from around the world.
Episode 23: José González
Air Date: April 29th, 2015
Summary: This soft-spoken Swedish singer left an imprint at the Tiny Desk that was gentle and long lasting.
Episode 24: Diego El Cigala
Air Date: May 1st, 2015
Summary: The singer has been called "the Sinatra of flamenco." His expressive style draws on jazz.
Episode 25: Vijay Iyer Trio
Air Date: May 4th, 2015
Summary: Iyer's working band transforms selections from throughout the pianist's deep and varied catalog.
Episode 26: Eskmo
Air Date: May 8th, 2015
Summary: Found objects are percussion instruments in the hands of a man who's part musician, part magician.
Episode 27: Bellows
Air Date: May 11st, 2015
Summary: These are enchanting songs, with the power to drift in your head for days.
Episode 28: Camané
Air Date: May 15th, 2015
Summary: A star in his native Portugal, Camané evokes melancholy with a silky baritone and elegant phrasing.
Episode 29: Young Fathers
Air Date: May 19th, 2015
Summary: Intense, hip-hop-infused poetry is reduced to just the essentials in this two-song, four-minute set.
Episode 30: Jason Vieaux And Yolanda Kondonassis
Air Date: May 22nd, 2015
Summary: Watch the Grammy-winning guitarist and acclaimed harpist play music influenced by Africa and Asia.
Episode 31: Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear
Air Date: May 26th, 2015
Summary: The mother-son duo's songs are memorable and singable even days after you hear them.
Episode 32: Frank Fairfield
Air Date: May 29th, 2015
Summary: A young man with an old musical soul has a spellbinding voice and fluid fiddle playing.
Episode 33: Genevieve
Air Date: June 1st, 2015
Summary: See a singer with a powerful voice and extremely encouraging message.
Episode 34: Anna & Elizabeth
Air Date: June 8th, 2015
Summary: If you've never thought your tastes would lean to mountain music, breathe deep and soak it all in.
Episode 35: The Prettiots
Air Date: June 15th, 2015
Summary: The clever trio shares its love of everything from Law & Order to old-school girl groups.
Episode 36: Strand Of Oaks
Air Date: June 19th, 2015
Summary: Timothy Showalter's music is filled with bite and sometimes regret, but also a good deal of warmth.
Episode 37: Hop Along
Air Date: June 22nd, 2015
Summary: Frances Quinlan's raspy voice whispers one moment, then lets loose a gut-punching howl the next.
Episode 38: Oddisee
Air Date: June 26th, 2015
Summary: The charismatic Brooklyn-via-D.C.-area rapper creates just the right amount of space in his music.
Episode 39: And The Kids
Air Date: June 30th, 2015
Summary: The trio's music is full of life, with dissonant sounds that still feel suited for singalongs.
Episode 40: Christopher Paul Stelling
Air Date: July 6th, 2015
Summary: Best witnessed live, Stelling's music is steeped in tradition yet filled with vitality and soul.
Episode 41: Girlpool
Air Date: July 10th, 2015
Summary: The charming duo performs three of the simple, direct songs from Before The World Was Big.
Episode 42: Songhoy Blues
Air Date: July 17th, 2015
Summary: See a Malian band that fuses African music with Western rock.
Episode 43: Kate Tempest
Air Date: July 21st, 2015
Summary: A celebrated English playwright and rapper deploys storytelling and poetry.
Episode 44: Paul Weller
Air Date: July 28th, 2015
Summary: See the beloved Britpop veteran perform songs from his new album, Saturns Pattern.
Episode 45: Shamir
Air Date: July 31st, 2015
Summary: The singer's disco-infused funk and soul gets stripped down to a lone voice with a guitar.
Episode 46: SOAK
Air Date: August 3rd, 2015
Summary: Irish singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson makes the most of a single voice and an acoustic guitar.
Episode 47: Terence Blanchard Feat. The E-Collective
Air Date: August 5th, 2015
Summary: The New Orleans trumpeter's funky new band creates dance music to ward off despair.
Episode 48: Torres
Air Date: August 10th, 2015
Summary: Mackenzie Scott's music channels Patti Smith and PJ Harvey while hinting at further growth.
Episode 49: Restorations
Air Date: August 14th, 2015
Summary: The Philly rock band's big-hearted songs are stripped down to a few guitars and a MiniKorg.
Episode 50: Kacey Musgraves
Air Date: August 17th, 2015
Summary: The country singer plays four songs from Pageant Material, plus the set-closing "Follow Your Arrow."
Episode 51: Son Lux
Air Date: August 21st, 2015
Summary: The trio blows up its sound by adding off-duty, civilian horn players from the U.S. Marine Band.
Episode 52: Caroline Rose
Air Date: August 24th, 2015
Summary: Rose plays music as if she's just met her new best friend: It's fresh, fun and enthusiastic.
Episode 53: Eskimeaux
Air Date: August 28th, 2015
Summary: There's lighthearted, almost childlike beauty in the way Gabrielle Smith puts words to song.
Episode 54: Mitski
Air Date: August 31st, 2015
Summary: Mitski's music is dark and even scary, but glimmers of beauty peek through.
Episode 55: Happyness
Air Date: September 4th, 2015
Summary: If you're a fan of dark, incredibly dry, wry humor, you've just found Happyness.
Episode 56: Leon Bridges
Air Date: September 8th, 2015
Summary: Bridges is easy to love and hard to resist, with purity in his voice that's untouched by modern pop.
Episode 57: Sam Lee
Air Date: September 11st, 2015
Summary: The singer found his voice by finding and preserving old British, Irish and Scottish folk songs.
Episode 58: Watkins Family Hour
Air Date: September 18th, 2015
Summary: With help from Fiona Apple, two Nickel Creek alums gather a band to perform old and new songs.
Episode 59: Gina Chavez
Air Date: September 22nd, 2015
Summary: The Austin singer-songwriter performs with intense openness, directness and warmth.
Episode 60: Joan Shelley
Air Date: September 25th, 2015
Summary: As technology rules the day, here's a reminder that a single voice can carry deep emotion.
Episode 61: The Internet
Air Date: September 29th, 2015
Summary: The R&B band might just be the oddest thing to come from the hip-hop collective Odd Future.
Episode 62: Lianne La Havas
Air Date: October 2nd, 2015
Summary: The singer is soulful yet playful, raw and vulnerable in a commanding kind of way.
Episode 63: Deqn Sue
Air Date: October 5th, 2015
Summary: She came so close to winning NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert Contest, we just had to see her play.
Episode 64: Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Air Date: October 9th, 2015
Summary: The trumpeter presents his emotionally charged, jazz-hybridized "stretch music" in performance.
Episode 65: Andra Day
Air Date: October 13rd, 2015
Summary: Day's songs feel candid and vulnerable, but not understated.
Episode 66: Oh Pep!
Air Date: October 16th, 2015
Summary: The band's clever, thoughtful music fits in everywhere from Nashville to its hometown of Melbourne.
Episode 67: Paolo Angeli
Air Date: October 19th, 2015
Summary: The Sardinian guitarist has a whole toy shop aboard his instrument.
Episode 68: Beauty Pill
Air Date: October 23rd, 2015
Summary: In Beauty Pill, life whirs with plunderphonic glee and riffs are funky from the inside out.
Episode 69: The Suffers
Air Date: October 27th, 2015
Summary: The 10-piece band can barely fit all its horns, guitars, percussion and energy behind one desk.
Episode 70: Diane Coffee
Air Date: November 2nd, 2015
Summary: Conjuring David Bowie, Diane Coffee's Shaun Fleming swaggered and shimmied behind the Tiny Desk.
Episode 71: Chris Stapleton
Air Date: November 5th, 2015
Summary: With his wife Morgane, the country singer-songwriter sings patient, detailed songs of devotion.
Episode 72: My bubba
Air Date: November 6th, 2015
Summary: My bubba is a duo of women whose quirky, delicate, sweetly sung folk songs are a delight.
Episode 73: Aurora
Air Date: November 9th, 2015
Summary: At 19 and on the cusp of her first album, the Norwegian singer performs with a sense of discovery.
Episode 74: Rahim AlHaj
Air Date: November 13rd, 2015
Summary: The oud player's wordless music tells powerful stories about life's blessedness and fragility.
Episode 75: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Air Date: November 17th, 2015
Summary: At the Tiny Desk, Rateliff's body-shaking Southern-style soul takes on a more laid-back sound.
Episode 76: The Wild Reeds
Air Date: November 20th, 2015
Summary: Great singers aren't easy to come by, so finding three in one band is something special.
Episode 77: Youth Lagoon
Air Date: November 23rd, 2015
Summary: Trevor Powers' new songs are expansive and self-assured, a transition reflected in this performance.
Episode 78: Teddy Abrams
Air Date: November 30th, 2015
Summary: Hear a young conductor, composer and pianist play Beethoven and his own jazzy pieces.
Episode 79: Protomartyr
Air Date: December 4th, 2015
Summary: The Detroit band's loud, screeching, grousing rock can be profound, poetic and bewildering.
Episode 80: The Oh Hellos
Air Date: December 8th, 2015
Summary: The nine-piece band bursts with anthemic joy, even as its songs convey darkness and loneliness.
Episode 81: Land Lines
Air Date: December 11st, 2015
Summary: The Denver band's mysteriously swirling music is singular, new and adventurous.
Episode 82: Shakey Graves
Air Date: December 14th, 2015
Summary: When the singer breaks out his guitar and suitcase drum, a rush of adrenaline hits the room.
Episode 83: Son Little
Air Date: December 18th, 2015
Summary: A modernistic bluesman with a taste for electronics appears with just his acoustic guitar.
Episode 84: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Air Date: December 21st, 2015
Summary: Watch the soul star perform "Silent Night" and two originals — one for Christmas, one for Hanukkah.
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