Something rather astonishing occurs when kids take over the Tiny Desk. Our very future of music-making is on display. Over the years, we have invited some of the brightest young musicians in the ...

How do we find beauty in a broken world? This is the question that Ganavya's music asks, but lets you answer. Raised in the Hindu tradition of the harikatha — where she would sing poems called abhangs ...

We rarely invite the same band back to the Tiny Desk. But the beloved Kronos Quartet, which first played our offices 12 years ago, isn't the same band. Three of the four members are brand new: Cellist ...

All reporters at NPR, including me, are very pleased when our stories generate a lot of public interest, when they get seen and heard on air and online by thousands and sometimes millions of readers ...

Do you have big dreams … or tiny ones? NPR’s Tiny Desk competition is the annual contest looking for the next great undiscovered musicians. NPR is accepting submissions until Feb. 9. The winner will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you've never watched an NPR Tiny Desk concert, it's basically exactly what it sounds like — artists performing live in a tiny ...

At a time when much of the conversation around music centers on technology and artificial intelligence, one young pianist is reminding audiences that classical training — and a lot of practice — still ...

NPR's Tiny Desk Contest is back on the road in 2026! Join us this summer as we travel across the country for a one-of-a-kind ...

The boys of Seventeen were all giggles and smiles as they delivered stripped-back performances of their high-throttle songs while visiting NPR HQ for Tiny Desk on Monday. Backed by a full band, five ...

From a list of all Okies who've played NPR's Tiny Desk to a Cogar and Yukon native writing the ACM song of the year, here's ...

The group beat out more than 6000 entrants to nab the prize of playing a show behind NPR's iconic Tiny Desk in Washington, D.C., and going on a 10-city Tiny Desk Contest on the Road tour this summer.