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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: 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

Rhiannon Giddens On The Many Meanings of ‘Home’
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While Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi made her new album in their new home of Ireland during 2020, they felt called by the places that had given them life and drawn to the mysteries of death.

Future Islands: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
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Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday, we hear from Ruth Cohen, an Auschwitz survivor, about her message to young people about the importance of the phrase: never forget.

Coreyah: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
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The Seoul-based sextet performs music that blends Korean traditional music with modern sounds.

CHAI: Tiny Desk Concert
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The group from Japan is on a mission to expand the conventional meaning of “cute.” Their performance included synchronized dancing, pom-poms and matching pink uniforms, with a heavy, angular sound.

Sesame Street: Tiny Desk Concert
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Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Elmo, Grover, Rosita, Count von Count, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster and other surprise guests gather at NPR’s headquarters to celebrate 50 years of love, learning and joy.