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Season 2013

January 7, 2013
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68 episodes
Season 6
Lucius

Lucius

Jan 7, 20130 votes

One minute, Lucius sounds like a '60s girl group; the next might conjure images of Emmylou Harris.

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Black Prairie

Black Prairie

Jan 14, 20130 votes

With members of The Decemberists, the band lends a snappy, lilting quality to songs of alienation.

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Of Montreal

Of Montreal

Jan 28, 20130 votes

Frontman Kevin Barnes uses the intimacy of the NPR Music offices to try out some quiet new material.

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Cantus

Cantus

Feb 4, 20130 votes

The a cappella ensemble sings widely divergent songs from American, European and Sufi traditions.

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The xx

The xx

Feb 11, 20130 votes

In The xx's songs, all the calm chilliness in the world can't quite contain an exposed heart.

2 guest stars
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Night Beds

Night Beds

Feb 18, 20130 votes

Winston Yellen's arresting voice propels a lighthearted but deeply affecting set at the NPR office.

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Mary Halvorson Quintet

Mary Halvorson Quintet

Feb 25, 20130 votes

The guitarist brings a decidedly non-standard approach to jazz's standard practices.

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The Lone Bellow

The Lone Bellow

Mar 4, 20130 votes

The fast-rising Brooklyn trio sings beautiful, heartfelt, impeccably harmonized folk-pop songs.

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Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill

Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill

Mar 11, 20130 votes

Watch one of the best fiddlers on the planet and a subtle guitar master work their magic.

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Efterklang

Efterklang

Apr 8, 20130 votes

The Danish band ransacks the NPR Music offices looking for sound-making material and new ideas.

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Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo

Apr 15, 20130 votes

To coincide with the release of the band's 13th album, Fade, Yo La Tengo performs an acoustic set.

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Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu

Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu

Apr 22, 20130 votes

The duo's quietly energetic performance hangs over the the NPR Music offices like a soft mist.

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Father Figures

Father Figures

Apr 29, 20130 votes

Zany, brainy and danceable, these guys' music mixes rock and jazz like King Crimson at its fiercest.

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Nicola Benedetti

Nicola Benedetti

May 6, 20130 votes

Watch the violinist spin out music by John Williams and Bach in sweet, soulful tendrils of sound.

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Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale

Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale

May 13, 20130 votes

The veteran country players mix corny humor, musical merrymaking and timeless vocal harmonies.

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Mohammad Reza Shajarian

Mohammad Reza Shajarian

May 20, 20130 votes

The 73-year-old Iranian icon unleashes torrents of swooping, soaring sound that elicit goosebumps.

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Imani Winds

Imani Winds

May 29, 20130 votes

Imani Winds' members shrink Igor Stravinsky down to size in a quintet take on The Rite of Spring.

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OK Go

OK Go

Jun 3, 20130 votes

OK Go helps us transport the Tiny Desk from NPR Music's old headquarters to our new facility.

4 guest stars
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The National

The National

Jun 10, 20130 votes

Watch the band perform acoustic arrangements of four songs from its new album, Trouble Will Find Me.

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NO BS! Brass Band

NO BS! Brass Band

Jun 15, 20130 votes

An 11-piece brass band turns up the funk and flies the flag high for its native Richmond, Va.

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Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg

Jun 17, 20130 votes

One of the world's finest folksingers channels the spirit of Woody Guthrie at the NPR Music offices.

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Patty Griffin

Patty Griffin

Jun 24, 20130 votes

Watch the singer-songwriter and her band perform three songs from her fine new album, American Kid.

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Maya Beiser

Maya Beiser

Jun 29, 20130 votes

A brilliant cellist with a stunning command of her instrument, Beiser performs at the NPR offices.

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Laura Mvula

Laura Mvula

Jul 1, 20130 votes

The U.K. singer performs some of her most intimate material in a short set at the NPR Music offices.

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Cheick Hamala Diabate

Cheick Hamala Diabate

Jul 6, 20130 votes

The Malian musician and his band craft melodies and rhythms that cut across age and ethnicity.

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Skinny Lister

Skinny Lister

Jul 8, 20130 votes

The rowdy English folk-punk band brings its barely controlled mayhem to the NPR Music offices.

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Frank Turner

Frank Turner

Jul 13, 20130 votes

Two men with unplugged instruments convey the bawdy rowdiness of a full band.

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Alice Russell

Alice Russell

Jul 15, 20130 votes

When the British singer performs, her emotionally fiery music just gets hotter and grittier.

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Cheyenne Mize

Cheyenne Mize

Jul 20, 20130 votes

The singer, instrumentalist and music therapist plays slinky, forceful songs at NPR Music.

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Guards

Guards

Jul 22, 20130 votes

Hear three sturdy pop songs from In Guards We Trust, performed live at the NPR Music offices.

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Time For Three

Time For Three

Jul 27, 20130 votes

Hear the "classically trained garage band" perform with staggering technique and contagious energy.

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Dana Falconberry

Dana Falconberry

Jul 29, 20130 votes

Watch Falconberry and five bandmates perform three delicate songs from her recent album Leelanau.

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Keaton Henson

Keaton Henson

Aug 3, 201314m0 votes

Henson's voice is so fragile and hushed, if you were 10 feet away from him you'd barely hear a peep.

1 guest star
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Jim Guthrie

Jim Guthrie

Aug 10, 20130 votes

Guthrie and his band drove 18 hours round-trip from Ontario to perform three songs for NPR Music.

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Alpine

Alpine

Aug 12, 20130 votes

The Australian sextet crafts busily impeccable, harmony-intensive pop music with a danceable sway.

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Mother Falcon

Mother Falcon

Aug 17, 20130 votes

The 17-member chamber-rock collective uses its size in the service of great, snappy, stirring songs.

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The Front Bottoms

The Front Bottoms

Aug 19, 20130 votes

The community that's formed around The Front Bottoms speaks to the band's passion and compassion.

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Buika

Buika

Aug 26, 20130 votes

Concha Buika's voice comes from Africa and the past. Watch her perform in the NPR Music offices.

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Steve Gunn

Steve Gunn

Aug 31, 20130 votes

Watch Gunn's trio perform a set of hypnotic long-form jams that are perfect for taking it easy.

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Baths

Baths

Sep 4, 20130 votes

Watch Baths' Will Wiesenfeld perform mysterious, textured electronic music in the NPR offices.

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Bombino

Bombino

Sep 7, 20130 votes

For our 300th Tiny Desk Concert, we showcase a Tuareg guitarist's fierce, hypnotic, alluring jams.

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The 1975

The 1975

Sep 10, 20130 votes

Performing solo, singer Matthew Healy doesn't hesitate to transform both his songs and himself.

1 guest star
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Arturo O'Farrill

Arturo O'Farrill

Sep 14, 20130 votes

With an eye on both the past and the future, O'Farrill has jazz and Afro-Cuban music in his DNA.

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Shovels & Rope

Shovels & Rope

Sep 16, 20130 votes

The husband-and-wife duo mixes rowdy folk-rock and rootsy ballads, with the help of a canine friend.

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The Cristina Pato Trio

The Cristina Pato Trio

Sep 21, 20130 votes

A Galician bagpiper and her trio take Celtic sounds in an entirely wild and wonderful direction.

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Hem

Hem

Sep 28, 20130 votes

Hem makes a homey, fireside kind of music, with songs that feel as if they've always been there.

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Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi

Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi

Sep 30, 20130 votes

The Zimbabwean legend performs songs from the mournful but celebratory Sarawoga for NPR Music.

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Lawrence Brownlee

Lawrence Brownlee

Oct 5, 20130 votes

The operatic tenor, acclaimed for his Rossini, circles back to his roots as a singer of spirituals.

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Superchunk

Superchunk

Oct 7, 20130 votes

Watch the venerable band translate its electric sound to acoustic instruments in an intimate way.

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Valerie June

Valerie June

Oct 12, 20130 votes

Short of seeing her live and in person, this is the best way to encounter June's heartfelt sound.

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Okkervil River

Okkervil River

Oct 15, 20130 votes

The band performs three songs from a record inspired by the childhood of singer Will Sheff.

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Matt Ulery's Loom

Matt Ulery's Loom

Oct 19, 20130 votes

The bassist composes beautiful, unpretentious music for an unusual jazz band with accordion.

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Daughter

Daughter

Oct 21, 20130 votes

Pretty and melancholy, the Londoners' music conjures a perfect mix of gloom, desire and hostility.

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Typhoon

Typhoon

Oct 26, 20130 votes

The dozen members of this Portland, Ore. band crammed behind the Tiny Desk for a transcendent set.

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San Fermin

San Fermin

Oct 28, 20130 votes

The orchestral folk-pop band's little song-worlds burst with ambition, talent and extreme joy.

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Neko Case

Neko Case

Oct 31, 20130 votes

Watch a Halloween Tiny Desk Concert in which Case performs with Kelly Hogan and Eric Bachmann.

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Ashley Monroe

Ashley Monroe

Nov 3, 20130 votes

This three-song set in the NPR Music offices captures a nice cross-section of Monroe's appeal.

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Gary Burton

Gary Burton

Nov 9, 20130 votes

The jazz vibraphone pioneer is 70 now, but that hasn't slowed his flying four-mallet technique.

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Debashish Bhattacharya

Debashish Bhattacharya

Nov 12, 20130 votes

Bhattacharya draws on North Indian classical music, but blues also pours out of his stunning work.

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John Legend

John Legend

Nov 16, 20130 votes

The soul singer retains the easygoing grace of a performer fit for any stage — even a tiny one.

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Waxahatchee

Waxahatchee

Nov 23, 20130 votes

This is Katie Crutchfield as Waxahatchee, playing intimate music for an intimate setting.

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Kronos Quartet

Kronos Quartet

Nov 25, 20130 votes

The intrepid champions of new music bring a lullaby, rare blues and a work by Bryce Dessner to NPR.

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The Dismemberment Plan

The Dismemberment Plan

Dec 2, 20130 votes

The band exudes playfulness and wry charm throughout these three songs from Uncanney Valley.

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Sarah Jarosz

Sarah Jarosz

Dec 7, 20130 votes

Jarosz and her small backing band craft a careful mix of technical proficiency and poppy warmth.

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Dessa

Dessa

Dec 9, 20130 votes

The whip-smart rapper, singer, poet and songwriter performs three tracks from Parts of Speech.

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Christine Salem

Christine Salem

Dec 14, 20130 votes

Salem sings work songs and chants from the maloya tradition on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean.

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La Santa Cecilia

La Santa Cecilia

Dec 16, 20130 votes

The video here provides just a hint of the L.A. band's dynamic live shows, albeit a spectacular one.

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Dec 21, 20130 votes

The hot and historic New Orleans band brings a tuba-wielding Santa and some original holiday cheer.

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