NaN/100 votes#1 - Rapsody
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/2016
Watch the rapper perform three songs from Beauty And The Beast live at the NPR Music offices.
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NaN/100 votes#2 - Mariachi Flor De Toloache
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2016
While on tour with The Arcs, the powerhouse mariachi band performs live in the NPR Music offices.
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NaN/100 votes#3 - Natalie Merchant
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 1/12/2016
The singer-songwriter gives a warmhearted performance of two new songs, an old favorite and a hymn.
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NaN/100 votes#4 - Benny Sings
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 1/15/2016
The Dutch singer layers R&B, jazz and pop over hip-hop beats in his first-ever U.S. appearance.
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NaN/100 votes#5 - River Whyless
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 1/19/2016
The North Carolina band fills its rootsy music with unexpected instruments and clever ideas.
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NaN/100 votes#6 - Wolf Alice
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 1/22/2016
The band's music can be noisy and primal, but at the Tiny Desk it showed a different side.
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NaN/100 votes#7 - The Arcs
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 1/25/2016
It's our 500th show at the Tiny Desk, featuring The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach and his new band.
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NaN/100 votes#8 - EL VY
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 1/29/2016
The National's Matt Berninger and Menomena's Brent Knopf team up in an intimate setting.
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NaN/100 votes#9 - Car Seat Headrest
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 2/8/2016
Will Toledo is a wordsmith with a vision, as well as a DIY sound that's still finely crafted.
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NaN/100 votes#10 - Chelsea Wolfe
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 2/12/2016
Wolfe takes three songs from the metallic Abyss and makes them howl by their lonesome.
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NaN/100 votes#11 - Ben Folds
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 2/16/2016
Performing solo, Folds performs three songs from his new album and two old favorites.
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NaN/100 votes#12 - Wilco
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 2/23/2016
Bands don't typically get to play the Tiny Desk more than once, but Wilco is a natural exception.
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NaN/100 votes#13 - Brushy One String
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 2/27/2016
The word-of-mouth star's sound is made by one big fat E-string and a rich, powerful voice.
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NaN/100 votes#14 - Lake Street Dive
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 2/29/2016
Performed live at the Tiny Desk, the band's songs often tilt toward soul or rock danceably.
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NaN/100 votes#15 - Monsieur Periné
Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 3/4/2016
The Colombian band channels an unlikely inspiration: 1920s-era, guitar-driven jazz from the U.S.
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NaN/100 votes#16 - Julien Baker
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 3/7/2016
The young Tennessee singer performs three of her spare, sad, simple songs at the NPR Music offices.
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NaN/100 votes#17 - Gaelynn Lea
Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 3/11/2016
Watch the singer and violinist who stood out from 6,000-plus entries in NPR's Tiny Desk Contest.
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NaN/100 votes#18 - Graham Nash
Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 3/14/2016
In a short set that spans 50 years, the CSNY veteran's voice resonates and cuts to the core.
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NaN/100 votes#19 - Tedeschi Trucks Band
Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/2016
Singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi and guitarist Derek Trucks celebrate the blues, jazz and much more.
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NaN/100 votes#20 - Anthony Hamilton
Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 3/28/2016
Hear the soul star and his band perform "Amen," plus three songs that have defined his career.
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NaN/100 votes#21 - Ane Brun
Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 4/1/2016
Watch Brun play three new songs, each of which speaks to newfound freedom and fresh opportunities.
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NaN/100 votes#22 - PWR BTTM
Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 4/4/2016
The duo has a keen sense of mischief and a gift for honest, punk-infused, tongue-in-cheek pop gems.
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NaN/100 votes#23 - Mothers
Season 9 Episode 23 - Aired 4/8/2016
Mothers' members chose a few of their slowest, most languid songs to perform in the NPR offices.
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NaN/100 votes#24 - Palehound
Season 9 Episode 24 - Aired 4/11/2016
Ellen Kempner and her band perform tense and evocative songs amid the silence of a rapt crowd.
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NaN/100 votes#25 - Seratones
Season 9 Episode 25 - Aired 4/15/2016
The Louisiana band takes gospel into the garage, and what comes out is fiery rock 'n' roll.
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The Best Episodes of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 9
Every episode of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 9!
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Season 9 Ratings Summary
"Rapsody" is the best rated episode of "NPR Tiny Desk Concerts" season 9. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/5/2016. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Mariachi Flor De Toloache".