Daniel Hope: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Watch violinist Daniel Hope play Beethoven from the composer's own birth house in Bonn, Germany.
Music
The Thistle & Shamrock: Irish songs at Swannanoa
This week's episode explores the contribution of Irish songs from artists Cathy Jordan, Dáithí Sproule and Cathie Ryan.
How North Carolina's experimental folk scene creates a new American sound
North Carolina is home to musicians and composers who are building on folk's overlapping and divergent regional styles.
World Cafe 30th Anniversary Playlist: 2012
We were introduced to new voices like Alabama Shakes, Alt-J, Kishi Bashi and Lianne La Havas. Lana Del Rey released her major label debut, Born To Die, along with Frank Ocean's Channel Orange.
Remembering jazz trumpet player Ron Miles, a thinking person's improviser
Some trumpeters aim to blow you away with their imposing technique; Miles drew the listener in. The performer, who died March 8, specialized in genre-blurring jazz that mixed old and new sounds.
Wormrot, 'Behind Closed Doors'
The Singaporean grindcore trio has released their first single in six years.
Justin Golden, 'Can't Get Right'
Justin Golden takes a story of heartbreak and loss and makes it sound like we should all be so lucky to have the blues like he does.
Entries We Love: Kimiko, 'Hush and a Warning Sign'
This is Kimiko's first time entering the Tiny Desk Contest, but – observing her steady and effortlessly commanding demeanor and voice – you'd never know it.
Entries We Love: SNACKTIME PHILLY, 'Gotta Get Funky'
Juggling sophisticated solos, impassioned breakdowns and joyful lyrics, this Tiny Desk Contest entry takes you on a wonderfully windy journey.
Entries We Love: Lauren Frihauf, 'Fragments of a Stranger'
Frihauf starts her meditative Tiny Desk Contest entry off simple and gracefully ascends up to a shimmery falsetto.