NaN/100 votes#1 - Open Mike Eagle
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/2018
The indie rap denizen behind one of 2017's most inventive albums came to the nation's capital to represent all the Brick Body Kids who Still Daydream.
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NaN/100 votes#2 - Lo Moon
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 1/5/2018
The LA band's signature sound is intimate and demonstrative, haunting yet uplifting, an old-fashioned rock beat under glimmering guitar and keys. And at the Tiny Desk, it was at ease.
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NaN/100 votes#3 - The Weather Station
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 1/8/2018
One of the joys of listening to The Weather station is the tension and release in the group's enchanting music. It's what made the band's most recent album one of Bob Boilen's favorite of 2017.
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NaN/100 votes#4 - Julien Baker
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 1/10/2018
Julien Baker's Turn Out The Lights brought her much-deserved critical acclaim and wider attention in 2017. Before its release we asked her to make a rare return to the Tiny Desk for something special.
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NaN/100 votes#5 - Daniil Trifonov
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 1/12/2018
Watch the young Russian musician, who The Times of London calls “the most astounding pianist of our age,” play a smart, Chopin-focused concert on a grand piano, precisely wedged behind the Tiny Desk.
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NaN/100 votes#6 - Artists From The 'Take Me To The River' Tour
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 1/15/2018
More than a dozen artists gather behind the Tiny Desk to celebrate Memphis soul in a joyful, triumphant performance.
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NaN/100 votes#7 - AHI
Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 1/16/2018
The Ontario-based singer has a gruff but sweet voice with openly honest words behind soulful tunes of hope.
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NaN/100 votes#8 - The Lemon Twigs
Season 11 Episode 8 - Aired 1/17/2018
Brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario seem like they beamed into the Tiny Desk from the year 1971, untouched by the 21st century.
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NaN/100 votes#9 - Amadou and Mariam
Season 11 Episode 9 - Aired 1/19/2018
The Malian musicians, who've been playing together for nearly 40 years, bring some of the most lyrical melodies and joyful sounds we've ever had at the Tiny Desk.
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NaN/100 votes#10 - St. Vincent
Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 1/22/2018
The singer performed at the Tiny Desk without a warmup or soundcheck, with just her acoustic guitar and un-amplified voice, letting the wordplay in her songs shine through.
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NaN/100 votes#11 - George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars
Season 11 Episode 11 - Aired 1/24/2018
George Clinton brought his family, both immediate and extended, to the Tiny Desk for a set of classic cosmic slop.
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NaN/100 votes#12 - Barbara Hannigan
Season 11 Episode 12 - Aired 1/26/2018
Eavesdrop on a beautiful recital of German songs from fin de siècle Vienna, when music was transitioning from the swells of romanticism to the uncharted waters of modernism.
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NaN/100 votes#13 - Jamila Woods
Season 11 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2018
In three songs celebrating black ancestry and self-love, Woods demonstrated just how adept she is at creating songs rich with philosophical meaning that also move and groove.
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NaN/100 votes#14 - Alice Smith
Season 11 Episode 14 - Aired 1/31/2018
The beloved singer-songwriter premiered three new songs while turning NPR's headquarters into a Harlem speakeasy.
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NaN/100 votes#15 - Vicente García
Season 11 Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/2018
This under-the-radar singer from the Dominican Republic is starting to turn some heads. You'll see why in this Tiny Desk performance.
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NaN/100 votes#16 - Hurray For The Riff Raff
Season 11 Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/2018
The music of Hurray For The Riff Raff builds bridges, unites people and forms communities. It's a spirit singer Alynda Segarra and the rest of the band bring to this memorable Tiny Desk performance.
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NaN/100 votes#17 - Ibeyi
Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 2/7/2018
Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz never fail to mesmerize. Watch the twin sisters perform a four-song set at the Tiny Desk.
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NaN/100 votes#18 - The Crossrhodes
Season 11 Episode 18 - Aired 2/9/2018
The Crossrhodes showed up to the Tiny Desk with game faces on, bringing with it a locally cultivated, globally appreciated energy.
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NaN/100 votes#19 - Marlon Williams
Season 11 Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/2018
Marlon Williams has a heart-stopping voice, is in love with a good, traditional blues or country tune, and writes songs about vampires and horror films.
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NaN/100 votes#20 - Nick Hakim
Season 11 Episode 20 - Aired 2/14/2018
The music of Nick Hakim occupies a space and time that feels out of this world, with songs that explore the quietude of inner thoughts.
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NaN/100 votes#21 - Betsayda Machado y Parranda El Clavo
Season 11 Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/2018
The Afro-Venezuelan collective brings the boisterous parranda sound to the Tiny Desk.
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NaN/100 votes#22 - Big Daddy Kane
Season 11 Episode 22 - Aired 2/19/2018
One of the greatest to ever bless the mic treated the Tiny Desk audience to an office block party.
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NaN/100 votes#23 - August Greene (Common, Robert Glasper, Karriem Riggins)
Season 11 Episode 23 - Aired 2/21/2018
August Greene, Common's new trio with Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins, brought some special guest vocalists to the Tiny Desk.
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NaN/100 votes#24 - Vagabon
Season 11 Episode 24 - Aired 2/23/2018
Laetitia Tamko, the artist known as Vagabon, is a 25-year-old, Cameroon-born musician with a big, tenor voice just bursting with new musical ideas.
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NaN/100 votes#25 - Lee Ann Womack
Season 11 Episode 25 - Aired 2/26/2018
The Nashville star brought some good old country music stories to the Tiny Desk.
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The Best Episodes of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 11
Every episode of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 11 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 11!
Intimate musical performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.
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Season 11 Ratings Summary
"Open Mike Eagle" is the best rated episode of "NPR Tiny Desk Concerts" season 11. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/3/2018. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Lo Moon".