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NPR Music is kicking off its Latinx Heritage Month celebrations with a Latin music icon. Colombian star Juanes stopped by Tiny Desk — renamed “El Tiny” for the next several weeks — to perform a medley of his hits, including a new take on his track “La Luz” and a …

It was a long time coming, but worth the wait. Even Kehlani knew that as they finally appeared on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series, quipping against a background of lush choral harmonies: “I definitely know I’m overdue for doing this, so thank you for making sure I was able to …

Phish staged perhaps their smallest gig in decades as they packed into a cubicle for NPR’s latest Tiny Desk concert. Over the course of five songs and 35 minutes, the legendary jam band delivered a performance that spanned their decades-long discography, from the title track of their just-released album Evolve …

NPR‘s Tiny Desk might be small, but Flo Milli‘s presence as a performer made expansive use of the space. The rapper made her debut on the live performance series with a set that spanned her growing catalogue of hits, kicking off with rock versions of the ultimate self-affirmation anthem “Conceited” …

During Brittney Spencer‘s NPR Tiny Desk Concert debut, the Baltimore-born musician delivered the first-ever live performance of “The Last Time,” a deep cut from her debut album My Stupid Life. As she explained mid-way through her six-song set, the song emerged from a conversation about the rarity of love songs …

Meshell Ndegeocello brings the power of reflection and gratitude to NPR‘s Tiny Desk. On Tuesday, the musician visited NPR to perform songs from her upcoming August, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, along with some classics. Ndegeocello opened her Tiny Desk performance with “Travel,” where she played bass …

NPR‘s Tiny Desk series is dedicating the month of June to “giving the ladies their flowers” during Black Music Month. On Tuesday, Tiny Desk hosted music legend Chaka Khan for a full 35-minute performance of her biggest hits. The 10-time Grammy winner set the energy high with “Tell Me Something …

For twenty minutes, Sean Paul had the NPR Tiny Desk office in the palm of his hand. “This ain’t no Tiny Desk no more,” the Jamaican singer and rapper declared as he prepared to kick off his set for the concert series, which featured two decades worth of career highlights …

There are many mysteries in Nelly Furtado‘s 21-minute Tiny Desk Concert: How far forward did NPR have to move its Tiny Desk to accommodate Furtado and her retinue of eight? Why doesn’t Furtado open her eyes when she sings? And why wouldn’t she want to look and see how cool …

Ne-Yo performed his own hits, singles he penned for artists like Rihanna and Beyoncé, and debuted a new song during the R&B singer’s Tiny Desk concert that NPR Music shared Friday. The hitmaker and his eight-person backing band kicked off the 23-minute set with a trio of his 2000s tracks …