NaN/100 votes#1 - Van-Anh Vanessa Vo
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2014
The musician unpacks an array of traditional Vietnamese instruments — and 1,000 years of culture.
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NaN/100 votes#2 - Lily & Madeleine
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 1/7/2014
The teenagers play a restrained, homespun mix of folk and pop with undeniably sweet harmonies.
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NaN/100 votes#3 - Afro Blue
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/2014
The Howard University vocal jazz ensemble performs beautiful African-American spirituals.
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NaN/100 votes#4 - Robert Glasper Experiment
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 1/20/2014
Members of the Grammy-winning, organic R&B Experiment band jam with singer Marsha Ambrosius.
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NaN/100 votes#5 - Angel Olsen
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 1/27/2014
The expressive, powerful singer previews songs from her new album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness.
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NaN/100 votes#6 - Pixies
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 2/3/2014
Hear the legendary band perform 1989's "Monkey Gone to Heaven" and two new songs — one unreleased.
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NaN/100 votes#7 - Fanfare Ciocarlia
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 2/8/2014
The joyous Balkan brass band plays at a pace that would make the Ramones burst into a sweat.
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NaN/100 votes#8 - Suzanne Vega
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 2/10/2014
The inventive folk-music veteran book-ends a four-song set with her hits "Luka" and "Tom's Diner."
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NaN/100 votes#9 - Cate Le Bon
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 2/18/2014
The Welsh singer's set conveys loneliness and doubt with just two guitars and an inviting whisper.
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NaN/100 votes#10 - Sofia Rei
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 2/22/2014
For about 20 minutes one sunny afternoon, Rei turned a desk into a small Latin American folk club.
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NaN/100 votes#11 - Brass Bed
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 2/24/2014
See the band re-create some of its stellar studio effects with a pedal steel and some novelty mics.
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NaN/100 votes#12 - Asaf Avidan
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 3/2/2014
Avidan has an album and no U.S. record label to put it out. But he's on a solo tour that's stunning.
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NaN/100 votes#13 - Lowland Hum
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 3/6/2014
It's hard to convey the sound of two people in love, but Lowland Hum does that effortlessly.
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NaN/100 votes#14 - Jake Bugg
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 3/10/2014
Watch the 20-year-old English singer-songwriter, who has worked with superproducer Rick Rubin.
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NaN/100 votes#15 - Diane Cluck
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 3/17/2014
On record, Cluck's elastic voice and fingerpicking are impressive. Live, they jam the senses.
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NaN/100 votes#16 - Joseph Calleja
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 3/24/2014
All the world's top opera houses want the young tenor with the old-school approach.
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NaN/100 votes#17 - The Haden Triplets
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 3/31/2014
When the sisters cover classic country music together, the result is a treat and a trip in time.
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NaN/100 votes#18 - The Both
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 4/7/2014
Singer-songwriters Aimee Mann and Ted Leo unite from opposite ends of the volume knob.
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NaN/100 votes#19 - Tom Brosseau
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/12/2014
The North Dakota singer-songwriter possesses one of the most arresting voices in folk music today.
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NaN/100 votes#20 - Courtney Barnett
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 4/14/2014
Barnett tells stories like your best friend, provided your best friend is a funny Australian poet.
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NaN/100 votes#21 - Usman Riaz
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 4/19/2014
A young Pakistani musician treats the guitar as percussion — with surprisingly shimmering results.
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NaN/100 votes#22 - Federico Aubele
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 4/21/2014
The Argentine singer uses his dark, husky voice to produce a specific effect in these three songs.
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NaN/100 votes#23 - Quilt
Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 4/26/2014
Interweaving harmonies and guitar lines set the tone for these soft, benevolent, dreamy songs.
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NaN/100 votes#24 - Johnnyswim
Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 4/28/2014
Impossibly telegenic and charming, the band mixes booming intensity with polish and sparkle.
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NaN/100 votes#25 - Cian Nugent
Season 7 Episode 25 - Aired 5/3/2014
The Dublin guitarist runs through a ragtime jaunt, a basement-bar choogle and a sad-sack closer.
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The Best Episodes of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 7
Every episode of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 7!
Intimate musical performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.
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Season 7 Ratings Summary
"Van-Anh Vanessa Vo" is the best rated episode of "NPR Tiny Desk Concerts" season 7. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/4/2014. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Lily & Madeleine".