Watch the rapper perform three songs from Beauty And The Beast live at the NPR Music offices.

While on tour with The Arcs, the powerhouse mariachi band performs live in the NPR Music offices.

The singer-songwriter gives a warmhearted performance of two new songs, an old favorite and a hymn.

The Dutch singer layers R&B, jazz and pop over hip-hop beats in his first-ever U.S. appearance.

The North Carolina band fills its rootsy music with unexpected instruments and clever ideas.

The band's music can be noisy and primal, but at the Tiny Desk it showed a different side.

It's our 500th show at the Tiny Desk, featuring The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach and his new band.

The National's Matt Berninger and Menomena's Brent Knopf team up in an intimate setting.

Will Toledo is a wordsmith with a vision, as well as a DIY sound that's still finely crafted.

Wolfe takes three songs from the metallic Abyss and makes them howl by their lonesome.

Performing solo, Folds performs three songs from his new album and two old favorites.

Bands don't typically get to play the Tiny Desk more than once, but Wilco is a natural exception.

The word-of-mouth star's sound is made by one big fat E-string and a rich, powerful voice.

Performed live at the Tiny Desk, the band's songs often tilt toward soul or rock danceably.

The Colombian band channels an unlikely inspiration: 1920s-era, guitar-driven jazz from the U.S.

The young Tennessee singer performs three of her spare, sad, simple songs at the NPR Music offices.

Watch the singer and violinist who stood out from 6,000-plus entries in NPR's Tiny Desk Contest.

In a short set that spans 50 years, the CSNY veteran's voice resonates and cuts to the core.

Singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi and guitarist Derek Trucks celebrate the blues, jazz and much more.

Hear the soul star and his band perform "Amen," plus three songs that have defined his career.

Watch Brun play three new songs, each of which speaks to newfound freedom and fresh opportunities.

The duo has a keen sense of mischief and a gift for honest, punk-infused, tongue-in-cheek pop gems.

Mothers' members chose a few of their slowest, most languid songs to perform in the NPR offices.

Ellen Kempner and her band perform tense and evocative songs amid the silence of a rapt crowd.

The Louisiana band takes gospel into the garage, and what comes out is fiery rock 'n' roll.