CeCe Winans' voice transcends genre, race and generations — something incredibly rare in the gospel and Christian music realms.

This Black Music Month, NPR welcomed Amerie for a dazzling set at the Tiny Desk. Joined by D.C. go‑go legends Backyard Band, she delivered a career-spanning performance that felt like sunshine in musical form.

On May 21, 2025, the jazz supergroup Artemis graced NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series, delivering a performance that was both electrifying and intimate.

In Death Becomes Her, the main characters kill each other multiple times … for laughs!

As a director, Jamie Lloyd applies a minimalist approach to theater. His revival of SUNSET BLVD. is the perfect match for the sometimes challenging directive of Tiny Desk — to distill the essence of the music.

For Madison McFerrin to deliver the proper experience of her live show at the Tiny Desk, she wanted to be sure she had the freedom to use the instruments that helped identify her.

Gypsy's visit encapsulates what fans love most about this musical. Since its debut in 1959, whether it be on stage or screen, on cast albums or at karaoke, audiences have flocked to Jule Styne's music and Stephen Sondheim's lyrics, with a book by Arthur L...

A Tony- and Grammy-winning star, Odom has added a slew of achievements to his portfolio since 2016, when he left his role playing Aaron Burr in Broadway's Hamilton. He's continued his work in television and film, written a book and released jazz and Chris...

Artists who play the Tiny Desk aren't always sure what they're getting into. "I wasn't expecting it to be in a big building," girl in red's Marie Ulven tells the NPR crowd. "I thought I was going to go into a little house or something."

Yasmin Williams is a fingerstyle guitarist who taps, slaps and slides up and down the fretboard of her instrument with a commanding sense of scenery that flickers between the strings. Storytellers build worlds; at the Tiny Desk, Williams invites us into h...

If you want it, Faye Webster’s Tiny Desk can offer an escape. Featuring her longtime band and a string quartet, Webster guides us through a swooning and sweeping set culled from her quickly growing catalog.

The Prince George's County-bred musician opens the set with "MB (for Ma'Khia Bryant)," a soul stirring and dynamic tribute to the Black teenager who was shot and killed by a police officer.

When it comes to musical dynasties, the Bach family is tough to beat, although today’s Kanneh-Mason clan is formidable. The Bachs included some 75 active musicians over a 200-year span, including superstar Johann Sebastian. The Kanneh-Mason household, fro...

Carpenter delivers far more than just charm in this performance. Backed by her band, complimented with pedal steel and a string quartet, she reimagines her biggest hits from Short n’ Sweet, while sharing the stories in between songs of how these tracks ca...

Just streamed Thursday, December 12, 2024 @ 12pm. Saudade is a Portuguese word that can be roughly defined as a feeling of melancholy, nostalgia or yearning for something that is beloved but not present. There's no perfect translation, but one of the clo...