Nilüfer Yanya: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
After performing for us last year, Nilüfer Yanya rejoins the Tiny Desk team from afar, performing three works from her last album and debuting a new song.
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Tiny Desk Contest 2020: Entries Public Radio Loves
Each year, the Tiny Desk Contest receives entries from all 50 states, thanks to help from NPR Member stations across the country. Here are some of the 2020 entries that Member stations love.
HAIM Radiates Sunniness In 'Women In Music Pt. III'
The new album by three Los Angeles sisters feels like it was meant to be blasted loud in your car as you try to time all the green lights along Sunset Boulevard.
Kanye West Tweets, Then Deletes, Claims Of His Family's Concern — And More
West has announced he's running for president. Following an apparent campaign rally on Sunday, the rapper said in a string of now-deleted tweets that his wife was trying to "lock me up with a doctor."
Independent Venues Face Bleak Future Without Aid
Small music venues in the US are looking for a lifeline — and a new bill in Congress called the Restart Act might be it. Advocates say the future of independent clubs relies on government relief.
Tom Adams: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The singer and songwriter plays four new songs from his home in Cornwall, accompanied by a modular synthesizer and fronted by Adams' gifted falsetto.
Billy Joel Says Discarded Piano Is 'Perfectly Good'
Five-time Grammy winner Billy Joel recently saw a piano left on a sidewalk in Long Island, and just had to stop to tickle the ivories. He said it would be a shame to throw it away.
Lenny Kravitz: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The bohemian rock icon performs a Tiny Desk quarantine concert from his home in the Bahamas.
Asher Gamedze's Astral Jazz Will Carry Your Soul To Utopia
Dialectic Soul, the South African drummer's debut as a bandleader, is a stunning protest album meant to soundtrack resistance anywhere in the world.
Breaking Into The Close-Knit World Of Country Music, While Keeping Distant
Nashville has rigid hierarchy of success — particularly when it comes to artists promoting themselves and ascending the city's ladder. And then came a virus.