The Tiny Desk Contest is back for 2025

The Tiny Desk Contest is NPR Music’s annual search for the next great undiscovered artist. Share This Article
The Tiny Desk Contest is NPR Music’s annual search for the next great undiscovered artist. Share This Article
Sabrina Carpenter is wrapping up a stellar 2024 with a stop at NPR’s famous Tiny Desk for an intimate concert. The pop star offered up an array of hits while backed by pedal steel and […]
The cast of Apple TV’s Yo Gabba GabbaLand! linked up with Thundercat to transform the NPR office into a colorful, kid-friendly world. Watch their edition of NPR’s long-running Tiny Desk Concert series below. Featuring Kammy Kam […]
Aphex Twin has set a new compilation titled Music from the Merch Desk (2016-2023) for release on streaming services tomorrow (December 17th). As the name suggests, Music from the Merch Desk is comprised of tracks […]
Billie Eilish is the latest artist to grace NPR’s well-loved Tiny Desk concert series. On December 12th, Eilish visited the Washington, D.C. set to perform four re-imagined tracks from her 2024 album Hit Me Hard […]
Doechii is one of the most talked-about rising stars in the music industry right now, and after you watch her Tiny Desk Concert, you’ll understand exactly why. Source: Michael Blackshire / Getty Fresh off of […]
15 years after NPR tried to book TV on the Radio for a Tiny Desk Concert during the series’ early days, the reunited band has finally made their debut performance. Watch the replay below. During […]
Ooh cat daddy! Source: Paras Griffin/Getty Images We love us some Teedra Moses who celebrated the 20th Anniversary of her classic debut album Complex Simplicity with a stellar performance that trended across social media […]
Chelsea Wolfe is the latest artist to perform a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR, offering a stripped-down, four-song set showcasing tunes mostly from her latest album, She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She. […]
Dua Lipa stopped by the NPR office in Washington D.C. this week to perform a Tiny Desk Concert. Lipa had originally performed a “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” remotely during the pandemic in 2020; the show […]
These days, we’re all about ambient lighting and low lighting to set the mood. Truly, there’s nothing worse than turning on the “big” light in your room and casting everything in that eerie, fluorescent glow. […]
Jeremy Gan ❘ Published: 2024-08-23T06:41:02 IShowSpeed smashed his desk after Cristiano Ronaldo passed him in YouTube subscribers just a day after joining the platform. Millions can say they are fans of Ronaldo, but […]
Recently, I had the sort of intrusive thought that’s only of any value when your specific job is trivia-adjacent. I wanted to know who inspired the original bobblehead. What public figure was so beloved, so […]
DEVO recently stopped by NPR to play a Tiny Desk Concert featuring lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh at his whimsical best while they ran through deep cuts. Watch a replay of the performance below. During the […]
Feist stopped by NPR’s office in Washington D.C. to make her Tiny Desk Concert debut this week. The singer and songwriter arrived in support of her 2023 album, Multitudes, and she opened the performance with a […]
On the heels of releasing their new album, Evolve, Phish have stopped by the NPR headquarters in Washington DC to perform their first-ever Tiny Desk Concert. Setting up shop at Bob Boilen’s now-iconic desk, the […]
NPR’s Tiny Desk is celebrating Black Music Month with a stacked lineup of performances by female artists, including a set from the Queen of Funk herself, Chaka Khan. Running just over a half-hour with seven songs, […]
Tierra Whack stopped by NPR for her first Tiny Desk Concert, performing a captivating set of old and new songs, and bringing out a special guest, the Phillie Phanatic. Whack kicked off the performance with a […]
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The Philharmonik Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the artist The Philharmonik Courtesy of the artist Nearly 7,000 independent artists entered this year’s Tiny Desk Contest, NPR Music’s annual search for […]