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Regina Spektor: Tiny Desk Concert
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Regina Spektor sat in her hotel room waiting as we tuned the piano behind my desk. In those idle moments, she whipped up a “Tiny Song,” and she opens her… Read More

Belle and Sebastian: Tiny Desk Concert
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Now that we’re back filming Tiny Desk concerts behind my desk at NPR, I get to witness that nervous energy surrounding most artists who are about to perform in an… Read More

Sara Watkins: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
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The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It’s the… Read More

Angel Olsen: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
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The singer-songwriter performs four songs on her porch in Asheville, N.C., for Tiny Desk’s quarantine series.

Yola: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
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The soulful British singer invites us into her temporary backyard in Nashville for a Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

Nilüfer Yanya: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
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The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It’s the… Read More

Ohmme: Tiny Desk Concert
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These classically trained artists fill the NPR Music offices with shrieking, rhythmic noise that redefines what an electric guitar can do and be.