NaN/100 votes#1 - Sunny Jain's Wild Wild East
Season 17 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/2024
Sunny Jain's music promotes the idea of not just crossing boundaries but obliterating them all together.
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NaN/100 votes#2 - Kevin Kaarl
Season 17 Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2024
The Chihuahuan artist transfigures traditional Sinaloan instrumentation into folky new styles.
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NaN/100 votes#3 - The Good Ones
Season 17 Episode 3 - Aired 1/10/2024
The Rwandan group's determination to spread its musical message is an inspiration.
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NaN/100 votes#4 - yMusic
Season 17 Episode 4 - Aired 1/12/2024
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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NaN/100 votes#5 - The Japanese House
Season 17 Episode 5 - Aired 1/18/2024
The U.K. singer-songwriter recasts four of her electro-pop songs in fresh arrangements.
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NaN/100 votes#6 - Hania Rani
Season 17 Episode 6 - Aired 1/22/2024
The Polish pianist and composer blurs the lines of ambient, classical and house in this performance.
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NaN/100 votes#7 - BLK ODYSSY
Season 17 Episode 7 - Aired 1/24/2024
An 18-minute flex that proves the artist is the modern personification of funk.
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NaN/100 votes#8 - Thee Sacred Souls
Season 17 Episode 8 - Aired 1/26/2024
The San Diego-based trio made its mark at the Tiny Desk with satin vocals and vintage melodies.
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NaN/100 votes#9 - Katie Von Schleicher
Season 17 Episode 9 - Aired 1/29/2024
With an eight-piece band, the singer-songwriter brings her wry charm to the Tiny Desk.
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NaN/100 votes#10 - Timo Andres
Season 17 Episode 10 - Aired 1/31/2024
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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NaN/100 votes#11 - Joshua Redman
Season 17 Episode 11 - Aired 2/2/2024
Joshua Redman illustrates why he is one of today's best saxophonists.
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NaN/100 votes#12 - Carrtoons
Season 17 Episode 12 - Aired 2/5/2024
Ben Carr, who performs as Carrtoons, keeps the producer-led Tiny Desk tradition alive in this set.
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NaN/100 votes#13 - Berhana
Season 17 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/2024
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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NaN/100 votes#14 - Tinashe
Season 17 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/2024
Tinashe's Tiny Desk performance proves her artistry has never been one-dimensional.
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NaN/100 votes#15 - Cinder Well
Season 17 Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/2024
The California-raised, Ireland-based songwriter performs a set of folk songs that wind around the passage of time.
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NaN/100 votes#16 - Irreversible Entanglements
Season 17 Episode 16 - Aired 2/19/2024
The free jazz band with a punk ethos runs through six songs without breaks.
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NaN/100 votes#17 - Jeezy
Season 17 Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/2024
The Atlanta superstar focuses on the early chapters of his career in his Tiny Desk.
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NaN/100 votes#18 - Kelela
Season 17 Episode 18 - Aired 2/23/2024
The artist brings a distinctive, creative vision to her Tiny Desk performance.
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NaN/100 votes#19 - Butcher Brown
Season 17 Episode 19 - Aired 2/28/2024
The Richmond, Va. band brings its signature hot and funky "solar music" to the Desk.
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NaN/100 votes#20 - Wednesday
Season 17 Episode 20 - Aired 3/1/2024
"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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NaN/100 votes#21 - Squirrel Flower
Season 17 Episode 21 - Aired 3/6/2024
The Chicago-based indie rocker plays stripped back versions of her thundering rock songs.
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NaN/100 votes#22 - 311
Season 17 Episode 22 - Aired 3/11/2024
What better way to spend March 11 than with 311 bringing love and nostalgia to the Tiny Desk.
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NaN/100 votes#23 - Jennifer Koh and Missy Mazzoli
Season 17 Episode 23 - Aired 3/13/2024
Two adventurous musicians trace the history of their fruitful collaboration in a set of pieces both ferocious and beautiful.
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NaN/100 votes#24 - Justin Timberlake
Season 17 Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/2024
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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10.0/101 votes#25 - Chappell Roan
Season 17 Episode 25 - Aired 3/21/2024
The utterly commanding artist takes the Tiny Desk stage with a magnetic performance and a towering wig.
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The Best Episodes of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 17
Every episode of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 17 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 17!
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Season 17 Ratings Summary
"Sunny Jain's Wild Wild East" is the best rated episode of "NPR Tiny Desk Concerts" season 17. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/5/2024. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Kevin Kaarl".