Bobby Carter, host and series producer of NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts, pointed to three main components that make for a great performance. An artist must be comfortable performing live, captivating an ...

The 2025 winner will receive a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform their very own Tiny Desk concert, gain mentorship ..

Many entrants will be featured by NPR Music in some way — whether it be on our YouTube channel as part of our Top Shelf series ... will get to play a real Tiny Desk concert — as well as ...

The 2025 Tiny Desk Contest is now open! The folks at NPR Music are thrilled to be back for another year, searching for the ...

In addition to having the chance to perform their very own Tiny Desk concert, the 2025 winner will receive mentorship from a ...

According to NPR’s Felix Contreras, “the performance is a front row seat to the joys and sorrows of the fado spirit, delivered by an artist that uses the genre as a base to explore other musical ...

The world of Portuguese fado is full of emotion that is on display within seconds of this performance by vocalist Carminho.

Watch British pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason perform Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor as part of NPR’s ...

Machel Montano is already making history. On Monday (Jan. 13), the Trinidadian music icon treated NPR's Tiny Desk series to ...

For the first installment of the News Literacy Edition of the NPR Public Editor newsletter, we're pulling the curtain back on a popular NPR program: Tiny Desk. We dig into the details on how ...

The Tiny Desk Contest, NPR Music's annual showcase for undiscovered musicians, is back for its 11th year and accepting ...

Create a new video that shows you playing one song you've written. Do it the way you'd perform a Tiny Desk concert: at a desk ...