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NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 7

January. 04,2014

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NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 7 Full Episode Guide

Episode 85 - HMSTR

First Aired: December. 24,2014

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

Episode 84 - Lucinda Williams

First Aired: December. 20,2014

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

Episode 83 - Yusuf/Cat Stevens

First Aired: December. 09,2014

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

Episode 82 - St. Paul And The Broken Bones

First Aired: December. 06,2014

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

Episode 81 - Dublin Guitar Quartet

First Aired: December. 04,2014

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

Episode 80 - Sam Amidon & Bill Frisell

First Aired: December. 01,2014

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

Episode 79 - Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

First Aired: November. 24,2014

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

Episode 78 - J Mascis

First Aired: November. 22,2014

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

Episode 77 - Davíd Garza

First Aired: November. 15,2014

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

Episode 76 - Roomful Of Teeth

First Aired: November. 10,2014

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

Episode 75 - Making Movies

First Aired: November. 08,2014

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

Episode 74 - Sun Ra Arkestra

First Aired: October. 31,2014

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

Episode 73 - Banks

First Aired: October. 30,2014

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

Episode 72 - T-Pain

First Aired: October. 29,2014

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

Episode 71 - Danish String Quartet

First Aired: October. 25,2014

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

Episode 70 - Anthony D'Amato

First Aired: October. 20,2014

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

Episode 69 - Ásgeir

First Aired: October. 18,2014

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

Episode 68 - The Bots

First Aired: October. 14,2014

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

Episode 67 - Raquel Sofia

First Aired: October. 11,2014

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

Episode 66 - Jackson Browne

First Aired: October. 06,2014

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

Episode 65 - Ryan Keberle & Catharsis

First Aired: October. 04,2014

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

Episode 64 - Bio Ritmo

First Aired: September. 29,2014

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

Episode 63 - Tweedy

First Aired: September. 22,2014

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

Episode 62 - Luluc

First Aired: September. 15,2014

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

Episode 61 - Justin Townes Earle

First Aired: September. 08,2014

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

Episode 60 - Jessica Lea Mayfield

First Aired: September. 06,2014

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

Episode 59 - Trampled By Turtles

First Aired: September. 03,2014

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

Episode 58 - Sturgill Simpson

First Aired: August. 30,2014

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

Episode 57 - Nickel Creek

First Aired: August. 26,2014

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

Episode 56 - Rodrigo Amarante

First Aired: August. 23,2014

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

Episode 55 - Pacifica Quartet

First Aired: August. 18,2014

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

Episode 54 - Ernest Ranglin

First Aired: August. 16,2014

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

Episode 53 - Bob Mould

First Aired: August. 11,2014

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

Episode 52 - Irene Diaz

First Aired: August. 09,2014

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

Episode 51 - The Family Crest

First Aired: August. 04,2014

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

Episode 50 - Quetzal

First Aired: August. 02,2014

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

Episode 49 - Saintseneca

First Aired: July. 29,2014

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

Episode 48 - Highasakite

First Aired: July. 25,2014

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

Episode 47 - Hamilton Leithauser

First Aired: July. 21,2014

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

Episode 46 - Marisa Anderson

First Aired: July. 19,2014

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

Episode 45 - Holly Williams

First Aired: July. 14,2014

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

Episode 44 - John Grant

First Aired: July. 13,2014

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

Episode 43 - Moon Hooch

First Aired: July. 07,2014

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

Episode 42 - The Foreign Exchange

First Aired: July. 05,2014

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

Episode 41 - Lydia Loveless

First Aired: July. 01,2014

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

Episode 40 - Tracy Silverman

First Aired: June. 28,2014

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

Episode 39 - Conor Oberst

First Aired: June. 23,2014

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

Episode 38 - Mali Music

First Aired: June. 21,2014

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

Episode 37 - Rodney Crowell

First Aired: June. 16,2014

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

Episode 36 - Eliot Fisk And Paco Peña

First Aired: June. 14,2014

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

Episode 35 - Marian McLaughlin

First Aired: June. 07,2014

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

Episode 34 - Simone Dinnerstein

First Aired: June. 02,2014

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

Episode 33 - Juana Molina

First Aired: May. 31,2014

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

Episode 32 - Hozier

First Aired: May. 27,2014

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

Episode 31 - Yasmine Hamdan

First Aired: May. 24,2014

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

Episode 30 - Ages And Ages

First Aired: May. 20,2014

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

Episode 29 - Iestyn Davies

First Aired: May. 17,2014

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

Episode 28 - Chvrches

First Aired: May. 12,2014

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

Episode 27 - Timber Timbre

First Aired: May. 10,2014

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

Episode 26 - Public Service Broadcasting

First Aired: May. 05,2014

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

Episode 25 - Cian Nugent

First Aired: May. 03,2014

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

Episode 24 - Johnnyswim

First Aired: April. 28,2014

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

Episode 23 - Quilt

First Aired: April. 26,2014

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

Episode 22 - Federico Aubele

First Aired: April. 21,2014

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

Episode 21 - Usman Riaz

First Aired: April. 19,2014

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

Episode 20 - Courtney Barnett

First Aired: April. 14,2014

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

Episode 19 - Tom Brosseau

First Aired: April. 12,2014

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

Episode 18 - The Both

First Aired: April. 07,2014

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

Episode 17 - The Haden Triplets

First Aired: March. 31,2014

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

Episode 16 - Joseph Calleja

First Aired: March. 24,2014

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

Episode 15 - Diane Cluck

First Aired: March. 17,2014

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

Episode 14 - Jake Bugg

First Aired: March. 10,2014

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

Episode 13 - Lowland Hum

First Aired: March. 06,2014

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

Episode 12 - Asaf Avidan

First Aired: March. 02,2014

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

Episode 11 - Brass Bed

First Aired: February. 24,2014

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

Episode 10 - Sofia Rei

First Aired: February. 22,2014

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

Episode 9 - Cate Le Bon

First Aired: February. 18,2014

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

Episode 8 - Suzanne Vega

First Aired: February. 10,2014

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

Episode 7 - Fanfare Ciocarlia

First Aired: February. 08,2014

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

Episode 6 - Pixies

First Aired: February. 03,2014

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

Episode 5 - Angel Olsen

First Aired: January. 27,2014

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

Episode 4 - Robert Glasper Experiment

First Aired: January. 20,2014

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

Episode 3 - Afro Blue

First Aired: January. 13,2014

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

Episode 2 - Lily & Madeleine

First Aired: January. 07,2014

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

Episode 1 - Van-Anh Vanessa Vo

First Aired: January. 04,2014

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

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