The Best Episodes of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 17

The utterly commanding artist takes the Tiny Desk stage with a magnetic performance and a towering wig.

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Sunny Jain's music promotes the idea of not just crossing boundaries but obliterating them all together.

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The Chihuahuan artist transfigures traditional Sinaloan instrumentation into folky new styles.

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The Rwandan group's determination to spread its musical message is an inspiration.

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The band's unique sound, driven by its peculiar blend of trumpet, winds and strings, seems like a compelling soundtrack for an age when music genres are becoming increasingly arbitrary.

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The U.K. singer-songwriter recasts four of her electro-pop songs in fresh arrangements.

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The Polish pianist and composer blurs the lines of ambient, classical and house in this performance.

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An 18-minute flex that proves the artist is the modern personification of funk.

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The San Diego-based trio made its mark at the Tiny Desk with satin vocals and vintage melodies.

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With an eight-piece band, the singer-songwriter brings her wry charm to the Tiny Desk.

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To mark Philip Glass' 87th birthday, the astute pianist Timo Andres stops by to play a contrasting pair of the composer's popular etudes.

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Joshua Redman illustrates why he is one of today's best saxophonists.

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Ben Carr, who performs as Carrtoons, keeps the producer-led Tiny Desk tradition alive in this set.

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The Atlanta singer pays homage to his roots with Ethiopian jazz pianist Kibrom Birhane and members of the Ethio Cali band.

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Tinashe's Tiny Desk performance proves her artistry has never been one-dimensional.

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The California-raised, Ireland-based songwriter performs a set of folk songs that wind around the passage of time.

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The free jazz band with a punk ethos runs through six songs without breaks.

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The Atlanta superstar focuses on the early chapters of his career in his Tiny Desk.

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The artist brings a distinctive, creative vision to her Tiny Desk performance.

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The Richmond, Va. band brings its signature hot and funky "solar music" to the Desk.

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"I learned how to play guitar watching Tiny Desk concerts," lead singer Karly Hartzman says. The Asheville rock band translates its noisy, country-influenced sound to a quieter setting.

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The Chicago-based indie rocker plays stripped back versions of her thundering rock songs.

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What better way to spend March 11 than with 311 bringing love and nostalgia to the Tiny Desk.

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Two adventurous musicians trace the history of their fruitful collaboration in a set of pieces both ferocious and beautiful.

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The artist, who just dropped his new album Everything I Thought It Was, comes to the Tiny Desk with a set that leans heavily on his early solo catalog.

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