Claire Harbage/NPR The disco-pop earworm recently earned the boys their first No. For their next track, they went deep into the vault and pulled out 2016’s “Save ME.” Look, Tiny Desk can take the choreography from the boys, but no one can stop J-Hope, V, and Jimin from getting up and dancing. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.Did you know you can watch new Tiny Desk concerts on npr.org ONE WEEK before they go up on YouTube? They’re recorded by the artists in their home. March 19, 2020 This performance was recorded on Feb. 28, 2020.
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These five artists make music that is singular enough to stand out among the thousands of others who enter the Contest each year with high hopes of playing at the Desk. Tiny Desk Contest 2020: Entries Public Radio Loves July 21, 2020 • Each year, the Tiny Desk Contest receives entries from all 50 states, thanks to help from NPR Member stations across the country. The Best 2020 Tiny Desk Contest Entries We Saw This Week: Volume 7 May 7, 2020 • The 2020 Tiny Desk Contest closed for entries on April 27. With the help of some powerful performances, let's just get it all out. Mhari Shaw/NPR
A hypnotizing mix of music and visuals, plus performances that honor home are two themes that emerge as the team at Invisibilia pick their five favorite Tiny Desk concerts. Pixies' members perform a Tiny Desk concert on Jan. 27, 2014. November 5, 2019 hide caption. But some musicians really class up the space.
From gender-bending bling and a sharply-tailored pink suit to orange plaid and a classic black overcoat, these performers classed up the Tiny Desk, Max Richter performs during a Tiny Desk concert, on Oct. 21, 2019. In true Moses Sumney fashion, his favorite Tiny Desk concerts span a wide range of time, space and genres. Happily chatting between the seven of them and their band, RM, V, Suga, Jin, Jimin, Jungkook, and J-Hope sang their hit “Dynamite” with a live band for the first time, teasing us with the thought of non-virtual concerts.
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From Gucci Mane making Tiny Desk history as our first trap performer to Megan Thee Stallion repping Houston while headlining the very first Tiny Desk Fest, the South is legion at the Desk. Laughing, bouncing to the music and playing off the crowd, Martin and company gave one of the most jubilant, uplifting and memorable performances we've ever had at the Tiny Desk.Watching their gospel-infused take on \"Viva La Vida,\" it was hard not to beam with joy; hearing their stirring cover of Prince's \"1999\" brought on a mass urge to leap up and dance. From the good vibes of go-go band Rare Essence to the Afro-Cuban dance music of Cimafunk, this playlist of brass, funk and big bands will get you moving in no time. Snoh Aalegra plays a Tiny Desk Concert (Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR). In the meantime, check out Tiny Desk (home) concerts! September 30, 2020 5:08 AM ET. 6, 2017. In light of current events, NPR is postponing new live tapings of Tiny Desk Concerts. If you are a fan of the series, you know that most musicians dress comfortably. The result is the stark and haunting \"Salt And The Sea,\"which strikes a different chord than any other song they've written.It wouldn't be a Lumineers show without a foot-stompin' sing-along to end the set, which came with their crowd-pleasing hit \"Stubborn Love\". Later that day, Gabe Rosenberg, the digital news editor for Columbus, Ohio, NPR affiliate WOSU, encouraged the K-pop band’s fans to donate to public radio stations to say thanks.
The entire set was a perfectly executed showcase of the band's creative spirit and love of community through music.\"Viva La Vida\" was the only older track Coldplay performed, in addition to the surprise Prince cover. As soon as Bob Boilen met Lenny, Bob searched for every toy he could find on the shelves behind his desk to entertain the restless tyke.I've always been struck by how this band can make a crowd of 6,000 fans feel like an intimate jam session. Sept. 1, 2020 4:54 p.m. Jennifer Kerrigan/NPR They knew what they were doing with those tear-inducing harmonies.
Halfway through The Lumineers' set at the Newport Folk Festival in 2013, the entire band moved to the very back of the enormous crowd. Clare Bronfman Sentenced to 81 Months in NXIVM Sex-Cult Case, Shawn Mendes Announces New Album, and You Know Camila Cabello Is Involved. hide caption. In light of current events, NPR is postponing new live tapings of Tiny Desk Concerts. We will continue releasing Tiny Desk videos of shows that had already been taped. Brandon Chew/NPR You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. Rare Essence performs a Tiny Desk Concert on June 9, 2017.
Cameron Pollack/NPR (The band had just performed at a Prince tribute show in January.) Including a few spooky picks for October. Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR Stevie Nicks Does the Math and Wishes Harry Styles Was Older, Disney Casts Iman Vellani As Its Marvelous.
One special guest in particular was Lenny, the toddler son of lead singer Wes Schultz. This performance was recorded on January 23, 2020.
tiny desk (home) concerts Sept. 21, 2020. June 5, 2020 From Terri Lyne Carrington to Jorja Smith, many artists have used their Tiny Desk concerts to express themselves, including songs of protest, cries for help, and messages of hope and rage. Well, here they are, according to the guy mixing the performances. July 31, 2020 He tasked Schultz and his suspender-clad writing partner, Jeremiah Fraites, with composing a song for the end credits of a film.
As our judges comb through entries to find a winner, we're sharing some of the best entries we saw in the Contest's final weeks. Greg Endries/Greg Endries/SHOWTIME