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Scarface: Tiny Desk Concert

Scarface: Tiny Desk Concert Bobby Carter | December 18, 2023 Scarface’s Tiny Desk concert radiates with his decadeslong passion as an emcee and producer. There’s calculated intent behind every word and note of this 30-minute set and I learned that his love for golf also runs deep during our initial meeting. He was playing a…

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Laufey: Tiny Desk Concert

Laufey: Tiny Desk Concert Ashley Pointer | December 13, 2023 “I grew up playing classical music and it’s so special to get to play my songs almost in this chamber-like setting,” Laufey says in her performance. Accompanied by a string quartet, the singer-songwriter’s modern jazz-pop love songs soared at the Tiny Desk, the intimacy of…

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Olivia Rodrigo: Tiny Desk Concert

Olivia Rodrigo: Tiny Desk Concert Hazel Cills | December 11, 2023 The last time Olivia Rodrigo performed a Tiny Desk concert, it was two years ago, in a deserted DMV office, back when pandemic precautions meant artists sadly couldn’t play the real Desk. But this year, the singer-songwriter returned, bringing a handful of songs from…

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Post Malone: Tiny Desk Concert

Post Malone: Tiny Desk Concert Stephen Thompson | August 15, 2023 The Tiny Desk has hosted plenty of major pop, rock and hip-hop stars in its 15-plus years, but you’d be hard-pressed to find one more agreeable or self-effacing than Austin Richard Post. Whether lamenting the state of his singing voice, joking about his nerves…

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Action Bronson: Tiny Desk Concert

Action Bronson: Tiny Desk Concert Bobby Carter | August 8, 2023 There are times during Action Bronson’s Tiny Desk when his vocals momentarily drift. We instruct our guests to face the directional microphones so that our recorders clearly pick up the voices. Action warned us of the improbability of that happening before we started filming…

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Juvenile: Tiny Desk Concert

Juvenile: Tiny Desk Concert NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts. Together, these artists represent the past, present and future of Black music. This month of carefully curated shows is a celebration of Black artists expressing themselves in ways we’ve never seen before, and of the…

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Tank: Tiny Desk Concert

Tank: Tiny Desk Concert NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts. Together, these artists represent the past, present and future of Black music. This month of carefully curated shows is a celebration of Black artists expressing themselves in ways we’ve never seen before, and of the…

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Babyface: Tiny Desk Concert

Babyface: Tiny Desk Concert NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts. Together, these artists represent the past, present and future of Black music. This month of carefully curated shows is a celebration of Black artists expressing themselves in ways we’ve never seen before, and of the…

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Karol G: Tiny Desk Concert

Karol G: Tiny Desk Concert Anamaria Sayre | May 15, 2023 Arriving at the Tiny Desk not long after becoming the first female artist to have a Spanish-language album top the Billboard 200 chart, Colombian singer Karol G shined brighter than ever. With an all-female crew backing her, the proud energia femenina and the prowess…

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Fred again..: Tiny Desk Concert

Fred again..: Tiny Desk Concert Teresa Xie | April 10, 2023 When Fred again.. first proposed a Tiny Desk concert, it wasn’t immediately clear how he was going to make it work — not because he lacked creativity, but because translating purely electronic music at the Desk is a daunting task for anyone. How would…