The acclaimed singer and actor explains how the arts have that rare ability to change minds, give hope and connect people.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/25/1246577673/lara-downes-brian-stokes-mitchell
The respected lyricist and hip-hop hitmaker comes to the Desk for one of the longest set lists in Tiny Desk history.
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/27/1240624890/big-sean-tiny-desk-concert
Two adventurous musicians trace the history of their fruitful collaboration in a set of pieces both ferocious and beautiful.
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/13/1238034051/tiny-desk-concert-jennifer-koh-and-missy-mazzoli
Jennifer Lopez offers a companion to her 2002 album This Is Me...Then. On This Is Me...Now she is once again inspired by falling in love with Ben Affleck.
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/16/1231185047/jennifer-lopez-then-and-now
The Chihuahuan artist transfigures traditional Sinaloan instrumentation into folky new styles.
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/08/1223064067/tiny-desk-concert-kevin-kaarl
Sunny Jain's music promotes the idea of not just crossing boundaries but obliterating them all together.
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/05/1222862548/tiny-desk-concert-sunny-jains-wild-wild-east
From the storied Blue Note club in New York, the five-time Grammy-winner talks about the diverse audiences his eclectic music attracts and how he's reshaping the idea of musical genres.
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/12/1218263135/the-genre-busting-world-of-keyboardist-robert-glasper
On her album, Black Rainbows, Bailey Rae was inspired by the art, books and magazines at the Stony Island Arts Bank, a repository for Black history on Chicago's South Side, created by Gates.
In 1995, the Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia took a shoestring DIY approach to recording their debut album, Mystic Stylez. Their example led to a flourishing independent hip-hop scene.
The intrepid champion of new music turns her attention to female composers, offering a sampler of works by women across four centuries, including a favorite of Louis XIV and an Ethiopian nun.
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/18/1194365297/sarah-cahill-tiny-desk-concert