NaN/100 votes#1 - Lucius
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2013
One minute, Lucius sounds like a '60s girl group; the next might conjure images of Emmylou Harris.
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NaN/100 votes#2 - Black Prairie
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2013
With members of The Decemberists, the band lends a snappy, lilting quality to songs of alienation.
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NaN/100 votes#3 - Of Montreal
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 1/28/2013
Frontman Kevin Barnes uses the intimacy of the NPR Music offices to try out some quiet new material.
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NaN/100 votes#4 - Cantus
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 2/4/2013
The a cappella ensemble sings widely divergent songs from American, European and Sufi traditions.
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NaN/100 votes#5 - The xx
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 2/11/2013
In The xx's songs, all the calm chilliness in the world can't quite contain an exposed heart.
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NaN/100 votes#6 - Night Beds
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 2/18/2013
Winston Yellen's arresting voice propels a lighthearted but deeply affecting set at the NPR office.
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NaN/100 votes#7 - Mary Halvorson Quintet
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 2/25/2013
The guitarist brings a decidedly non-standard approach to jazz's standard practices.
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NaN/100 votes#8 - The Lone Bellow
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 3/4/2013
The fast-rising Brooklyn trio sings beautiful, heartfelt, impeccably harmonized folk-pop songs.
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NaN/100 votes#9 - Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 3/11/2013
Watch one of the best fiddlers on the planet and a subtle guitar master work their magic.
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NaN/100 votes#10 - Efterklang
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 4/8/2013
The Danish band ransacks the NPR Music offices looking for sound-making material and new ideas.
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NaN/100 votes#11 - Yo La Tengo
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 4/15/2013
To coincide with the release of the band's 13th album, Fade, Yo La Tengo performs an acoustic set.
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NaN/100 votes#12 - Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 4/22/2013
The duo's quietly energetic performance hangs over the the NPR Music offices like a soft mist.
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NaN/100 votes#13 - Father Figures
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 4/29/2013
Zany, brainy and danceable, these guys' music mixes rock and jazz like King Crimson at its fiercest.
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NaN/100 votes#14 - Nicola Benedetti
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 5/6/2013
Watch the violinist spin out music by John Williams and Bach in sweet, soulful tendrils of sound.
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NaN/100 votes#15 - Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 5/13/2013
The veteran country players mix corny humor, musical merrymaking and timeless vocal harmonies.
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NaN/100 votes#16 - Mohammad Reza Shajarian
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 5/20/2013
The 73-year-old Iranian icon unleashes torrents of swooping, soaring sound that elicit goosebumps.
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NaN/100 votes#17 - Imani Winds
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 5/29/2013
Imani Winds' members shrink Igor Stravinsky down to size in a quintet take on The Rite of Spring.
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NaN/100 votes#18 - OK Go
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 6/3/2013
OK Go helps us transport the Tiny Desk from NPR Music's old headquarters to our new facility.
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NaN/100 votes#19 - The National
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 6/10/2013
Watch the band perform acoustic arrangements of four songs from its new album, Trouble Will Find Me.
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NaN/100 votes#20 - NO BS! Brass Band
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 6/15/2013
An 11-piece brass band turns up the funk and flies the flag high for its native Richmond, Va.
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NaN/100 votes#21 - Billy Bragg
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 6/17/2013
One of the world's finest folksingers channels the spirit of Woody Guthrie at the NPR Music offices.
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NaN/100 votes#22 - Patty Griffin
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 6/24/2013
Watch the singer-songwriter and her band perform three songs from her fine new album, American Kid.
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NaN/100 votes#23 - Maya Beiser
Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 6/29/2013
A brilliant cellist with a stunning command of her instrument, Beiser performs at the NPR offices.
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NaN/100 votes#24 - Laura Mvula
Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 7/1/2013
The U.K. singer performs some of her most intimate material in a short set at the NPR Music offices.
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NaN/100 votes#25 - Cheick Hamala Diabate
Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 7/6/2013
The Malian musician and his band craft melodies and rhythms that cut across age and ethnicity.
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The Best Episodes of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 6
Every episode of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 6!
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Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Lucius" is the best rated episode of "NPR Tiny Desk Concerts" season 6. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/7/2013. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Black Prairie".