NPR Music & Concerts

The hip-hop band reshapes its hypnotic melodies and serrating beats with the aid of MIDI-triggered robots and a desk full of glass bottles, coffee mugs and a pizza box.

The French artist strips away the electronics and autotune for piano, acoustic guitar, marimba and an eight-piece choir. The results preserve Oklou's sense of sonic adventure.

The effervescent pop-rock band is here with a crucial reminder: It's always summer somewhere.

Backed by a stellar band, the Nigerian artist effortlessly blends the sounds of Afrobeats, amapiano and Fuji in an intimate setting.

The Berlin-based, Australian band strips down its glossy electro-pop sound, but keeps the sunlit melodies and soulful voices.

With its fusion of funk, jazz, Afrobeats and R&B, the British band conveys a radical mission to choose joy.

Kevin Parker takes the less-is-more approach at the Tiny Desk: an all-acoustic set of Tame Impala songs, brilliantly reimagined.

Silvana Estrada's powerful, yet elegant voice finds a way to bend wounds to her will and become whole.

Macario Martínez, the street sweeper who became a Mexican pop star, brings his evocative music and longing lyricism to the Tiny Desk.

Equal parts educational and just plain silly, the Chilean puppet show makes its first trip ever to the United States to turn the Tiny Desk into a playground.