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Season 2014
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Season 2014

January 4, 2014
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85 episodes
Season 7
Van-Anh Vanessa Vo

Van-Anh Vanessa Vo

Jan 4, 20140 votes

The musician unpacks an array of traditional Vietnamese instruments — and 1,000 years of culture.

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Lily & Madeleine

Lily & Madeleine

Jan 7, 20140 votes

The teenagers play a restrained, homespun mix of folk and pop with undeniably sweet harmonies.

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Afro Blue

Afro Blue

Jan 13, 20140 votes

The Howard University vocal jazz ensemble performs beautiful African-American spirituals.

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Robert Glasper Experiment

Robert Glasper Experiment

Jan 20, 20140 votes

Members of the Grammy-winning, organic R&B Experiment band jam with singer Marsha Ambrosius.

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Angel Olsen

Angel Olsen

Jan 27, 20140 votes

The expressive, powerful singer previews songs from her new album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness.

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Pixies

Pixies

Feb 3, 20140 votes

Hear the legendary band perform 1989's "Monkey Gone to Heaven" and two new songs — one unreleased.

4 guest stars
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Fanfare Ciocarlia

Fanfare Ciocarlia

Feb 8, 20140 votes

The joyous Balkan brass band plays at a pace that would make the Ramones burst into a sweat.

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Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Vega

Feb 10, 20140 votes

The inventive folk-music veteran book-ends a four-song set with her hits "Luka" and "Tom's Diner."

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Cate Le Bon

Cate Le Bon

Feb 18, 20140 votes

The Welsh singer's set conveys loneliness and doubt with just two guitars and an inviting whisper.

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Sofia Rei

Sofia Rei

Feb 22, 20140 votes

For about 20 minutes one sunny afternoon, Rei turned a desk into a small Latin American folk club.

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Brass Bed

Brass Bed

Feb 24, 20140 votes

See the band re-create some of its stellar studio effects with a pedal steel and some novelty mics.

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Asaf Avidan

Asaf Avidan

Mar 2, 20140 votes

Avidan has an album and no U.S. record label to put it out. But he's on a solo tour that's stunning.

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Lowland Hum

Lowland Hum

Mar 6, 20140 votes

It's hard to convey the sound of two people in love, but Lowland Hum does that effortlessly.

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Jake Bugg

Jake Bugg

Mar 10, 20140 votes

Watch the 20-year-old English singer-songwriter, who has worked with superproducer Rick Rubin.

1 guest star
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Diane Cluck

Diane Cluck

Mar 17, 20140 votes

On record, Cluck's elastic voice and fingerpicking are impressive. Live, they jam the senses.

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Joseph Calleja

Joseph Calleja

Mar 24, 20140 votes

All the world's top opera houses want the young tenor with the old-school approach.

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The Haden Triplets

The Haden Triplets

Mar 31, 20140 votes

When the sisters cover classic country music together, the result is a treat and a trip in time.

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The Both

The Both

Apr 7, 20140 votes

Singer-songwriters Aimee Mann and Ted Leo unite from opposite ends of the volume knob.

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Tom Brosseau

Tom Brosseau

Apr 12, 20140 votes

The North Dakota singer-songwriter possesses one of the most arresting voices in folk music today.

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Courtney Barnett

Courtney Barnett

Apr 14, 20140 votes

Barnett tells stories like your best friend, provided your best friend is a funny Australian poet.

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Usman Riaz

Usman Riaz

Apr 19, 20140 votes

A young Pakistani musician treats the guitar as percussion — with surprisingly shimmering results.

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Federico Aubele

Federico Aubele

Apr 21, 20140 votes

The Argentine singer uses his dark, husky voice to produce a specific effect in these three songs.

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Quilt

Quilt

Apr 26, 20140 votes

Interweaving harmonies and guitar lines set the tone for these soft, benevolent, dreamy songs.

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Johnnyswim

Johnnyswim

Apr 28, 20140 votes

Impossibly telegenic and charming, the band mixes booming intensity with polish and sparkle.

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Cian Nugent

Cian Nugent

May 3, 20140 votes

The Dublin guitarist runs through a ragtime jaunt, a basement-bar choogle and a sad-sack closer.

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Public Service Broadcasting

Public Service Broadcasting

May 5, 20140 votes

The duo's sample-laden instrumental music is entertainment as education for the head and feet alike.

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Timber Timbre

Timber Timbre

May 10, 20140 votes

See the swamp-folk band play a characteristically eerie and mysterious set in the NPR Music offices.

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Chvrches

Chvrches

May 12, 20140 votes

The Scottish synth-pop band turns up with a small arsenal of synthesizers to perform three songs.

3 guest stars
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Iestyn Davies

Iestyn Davies

May 17, 20140 votes

See the countertenor and lutenist Thomas Dunford perform John Dowland's melancholy songs.

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Ages And Ages

Ages And Ages

May 20, 20140 votes

The band makes the kind of music that can at least briefly restore your faith in humanity.

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Yasmine Hamdan

Yasmine Hamdan

May 24, 20140 votes

The Lebanese singer-songwriter is one of the most groundbreaking musicians in the Middle East.

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Hozier

Hozier

May 27, 201415m0 votes

Andrew Hozier-Byrne wraps his rich, vital, soulful voice around songs rooted in the blues.

4 guest stars
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Juana Molina

Juana Molina

May 31, 20140 votes

Molina sounds as if she'd been raised by wolves and discovered the world of music on her own.

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Simone Dinnerstein

Simone Dinnerstein

Jun 2, 20140 votes

Watch the celebrated pianist make Bach's Two-part Inventions sing and zing.

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Marian McLaughlin

Marian McLaughlin

Jun 7, 20140 votes

A quirky and wistful performer with a string section, McLaughlin makes music like few others.

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Eliot Fisk And Paco Peña

Eliot Fisk And Paco Peña

Jun 14, 20140 votes

A classical virtuoso and an equally captivating flamenco player combine for a set of duets.

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Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell

Jun 16, 20140 votes

The country singer-songwriter performs with the ease and swagger of a man comfortable in his ways.

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Mali Music

Mali Music

Jun 21, 20140 votes

The singer-songwriter and musician performs with unabashed positivity and an uplifting spirit.

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Conor Oberst

Conor Oberst

Jun 23, 20140 votes

The Bright Eyes singer performs songs from Upside Down Mountain with help from members of Dawes.

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Tracy Silverman

Tracy Silverman

Jun 28, 20140 votes

See the innovative player create waves of sound with a six-string violin.

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Lydia Loveless

Lydia Loveless

Jul 1, 20140 votes

The 23-year-old singer-guitarist performs gritty, countrified blues-rock in the NPR Music offices.

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The Foreign Exchange

The Foreign Exchange

Jul 5, 20140 votes

Watch the Tiny Desk turn into a church, comedy club and neo-soul spot.

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Moon Hooch

Moon Hooch

Jul 7, 20140 votes

They call what they make "cave music" — but it's just as powerful at the Tiny Desk.

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John Grant

John Grant

Jul 13, 20140 votes

Grant's songs don't mess around, with lyrics that function as darts of retort and thought.

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Holly Williams

Holly Williams

Jul 14, 20140 votes

The singer has a magnificent way with phrasing, not to mention a remarkable country-music lineage.

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Marisa Anderson

Marisa Anderson

Jul 19, 20140 votes

The guitarist kicks up some dirt with a Rev. Gary Davis deconstruction and a Stratocaster hoedown.

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Hamilton Leithauser

Hamilton Leithauser

Jul 21, 20140 votes

In this three-song set, the Walkmen singer demonstrates that he's lost none of his vocal power.

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Highasakite

Highasakite

Jul 25, 20140 votes

Watch an atmospheric Norwegian band with a yearning sound. Also: See a flugabone!

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Saintseneca

Saintseneca

Jul 29, 20140 votes

In the NPR offices, the Ohio band plays three alternately brooding and stomping songs from Dark Arc.

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Quetzal

Quetzal

Aug 2, 20140 votes

The veteran East L.A. band's music penetrates the intellect even as it makes your hips sway.

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The Family Crest

The Family Crest

Aug 4, 20140 votes

The band's seven players are trained in classical and jazz, led by Liam McCormick's powerful voice.

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Irene Diaz

Irene Diaz

Aug 9, 20140 votes

With Carolyn Cardoza, Diaz conjures a place where emotions run deep and beauty is unmistakable.

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Bob Mould

Bob Mould

Aug 11, 20140 votes

The former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman plugs in for a characteristically loud four-song set.

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Ernest Ranglin

Ernest Ranglin

Aug 16, 20140 votes

Watch a talented, charming guitar legend make magic as his band Avila holds down the beat.

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Pacifica Quartet

Pacifica Quartet

Aug 18, 20140 votes

Watch the group play selections from Shostakovich's cycle of introspective string quartets.

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Rodrigo Amarante

Rodrigo Amarante

Aug 23, 20140 votes

A veteran of Little Joy and Los Hermanos, Amarante makes warm, tender music as a solo artist.

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Nickel Creek

Nickel Creek

Aug 26, 20140 votes

The band was made to sing and play around one microphone, so a Tiny Desk Concert seemed inevitable.

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Sturgill Simpson

Sturgill Simpson

Aug 30, 201415m0 votes

The Kentucky native writes country songs about loneliness, failed dreams, drinking and drugs.

1 guest star
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Trampled By Turtles

Trampled By Turtles

Sep 3, 20140 votes

Known for the speed of their playing, the Minnesotans are about more than just blistering bluegrass.

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Jessica Lea Mayfield

Jessica Lea Mayfield

Sep 6, 20140 votes

Mayfield's music has gotten more beguiling as she explores the many contrasts in her hypnotic sound.

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Justin Townes Earle

Justin Townes Earle

Sep 8, 20140 votes

In advance of his new album Single Mothers, the singer performs two new songs and an old favorite.

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Luluc

Luluc

Sep 15, 20140 votes

Graceful singing and storytelling meet guitars and textures that help create an unforgettable aura.

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Tweedy

Tweedy

Sep 22, 20140 votes

With his drummer son Spencer, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy performs songs from their new album, Sukierae.

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Bio Ritmo

Bio Ritmo

Sep 29, 20140 votes

The 10-piece salsa band built its career on dance floors, where it never fails to make people move.

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Ryan Keberle & Catharsis

Ryan Keberle & Catharsis

Oct 4, 20140 votes

The trombonist's working band established some nifty swing, assisted in absentia by Sufjan Stevens.

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Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne

Oct 6, 20140 votes

Browne still writes songs with conviction, craftsmanship and careful attention to detail.

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Raquel Sofia

Raquel Sofia

Oct 11, 20140 votes

Sofia has spent most of her career 20 feet from stardom as a backup singer for Juanes and Shakira.

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The Bots

The Bots

Oct 14, 20140 votes

The band plays with a great rock-duo punch that recalls The White Stripes or JEFF The Brotherhood.

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Ásgeir

Ásgeir

Oct 18, 20140 votes

The Icelandic singer's voice is angelic and yearning, his songs simple and universal.

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Anthony D'Amato

Anthony D'Amato

Oct 20, 20140 votes

D'Amato's music can feel Motown-y, garage-y and Springsteen-y, but he sounds sparer here.

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Danish String Quartet

Danish String Quartet

Oct 25, 20140 votes

Watch the young, versatile ensemble play folk music from around Denmark and beyond.

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T-Pain

T-Pain

Oct 29, 20140 votes

We asked the King of Auto-Tune to grace the Tiny Desk without any embellishment or effects.

1 guest star
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Banks

Banks

Oct 30, 20140 votes

Known for lavish electronic productions, Banks serves notice as a powerful singer in her own right.

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Sun Ra Arkestra

Sun Ra Arkestra

Oct 31, 20140 votes

With costumes inspired by Egyptian symbolism and sci-fi, Ra's band plays a special Halloween set.

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Making Movies

Making Movies

Nov 8, 20140 votes

A rousing band from Kansas City, Making Movies mixes languages and eras with infectious energy.

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Roomful Of Teeth

Roomful Of Teeth

Nov 10, 20140 votes

Watch the group sing new music with yelps, yodels and a few fine harmonies.

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Davíd Garza

Davíd Garza

Nov 15, 20140 votes

The Austin singer-songwriter joins his stunning voice with that of touring partner Gaby Moreno.

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J Mascis

J Mascis

Nov 22, 20140 votes

The Dinosaur Jr. frontman, one of the world's loudest musicians, performs unplugged and acoustic.

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Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

Nov 24, 20140 votes

Benatar and Giraldo play three classics: "We Live For Love," "We Belong" and "Promises In The Dark."

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Sam Amidon & Bill Frisell

Sam Amidon & Bill Frisell

Dec 1, 20140 votes

Amidon weaves his compositions into traditional music, while Frisell adds atmospheric guitar.

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Dublin Guitar Quartet

Dublin Guitar Quartet

Dec 4, 20140 votes

Hear the Irish ensemble's fresh take on Philip Glass' propulsive yet intimate string quartets.

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St. Paul And The Broken Bones

St. Paul And The Broken Bones

Dec 6, 20140 votes

The band's got heart and soul and flair, with a well-worn sound buoyed by strong, fresh songwriting.

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Yusuf/Cat Stevens

Yusuf/Cat Stevens

Dec 9, 20140 votes

The singer performs two new songs, as well as "The First Cut Is the Deepest" and "Father and Son."

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Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams

Dec 20, 20140 votes

She came to the desk a little unsure, and left singing "West Memphis" with intensity and passion.

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HMSTR

HMSTR

Dec 24, 20140 votes

Watch our favorite hamsters play their twee-as-all-get-out holiday pop-punk song, "Snow Day."

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