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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 1 Episode 1 - Laura Gibson
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    #1 - Laura Gibson

    S1:E1

    Laura Gibson works through a handful of tenderhearted songs: two of them unreleased and two of them from her full-length debut, If You Come to Greet Me.

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  2. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 1 Episode 2 - Vic Chesnutt
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    #2 - Vic Chesnutt

    S1:E2

    When Athens, Ga., songwriter Vic Chesnutt was on tour in support of his album, “North Star Deserter,” he stopped by NPR to perform live at All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen's desk. Chesnutt played five songs, including two entirely new ones.

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  3. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 1 Episode 3 - Sam Phillips
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    #3 - Sam Phillips

    S1:E3

    The music of Sam Phillips unfolds like perfect, miniature pop dramas. Of all her incarnations as a performer — first as a Christian singer, then as a pop singer — the current Sam Phillips is one of the most alluring. Phillips performs four songs from “Don't Do Anything.”

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  4. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 1 Episode 4 - Sera Cahoone
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    #4 - Sera Cahoone

    S1:E4

    Sera Cahoone got her start playing drums for a few widely adored bands in the Pacific Northwest, most notably Band of Horses and the spell-checker-defying Carissa's Wierd. But her self-titled, self-released 2006 album marked her as a fully formed talent — a warm and inviting singer whose songs convey world-weariness and homespun grace.

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  5. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 1 Episode 5 - Thao Nguyen
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    #5 - Thao Nguyen

    S1:E5

    Thao Nguyen makes captivating music. Her songs are raw and infectious, her voice has a distinctive swagger, and she's a remarkably nimble guitarist.

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  6. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 1 Episode 6 - Lambchop's Kurt Wagner
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    #6 - Lambchop's Kurt Wagner

    S1:E6

    Kurt Wagner writes and sings beautiful songs with Lambchop, a hefty Nashville ensemble with a calm, restrained sound. When Kurt Wagner came by the office to play a Tiny Desk Concert, he came alone, with just an acoustic guitar, a stack of lyrics and his humble, good-natured sense of humor.

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  7. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 1 Episode 7 - Dr. Dog
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    #7 - Dr. Dog

    S1:E7

    Dr. Dog isn't an obvious choice for one of NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concerts. For one thing, it's a pretty big group, at least for the small space behind Bob Boilen's desk. The band's music can be pretty chaotic — loud and rumbling, with multiple instruments fighting to be heard. And singer Toby Leaman likes to belt out his vocals in a window-rattling, raspy growl.

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  8. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 1 Episode 8 - Jim White
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    #8 - Jim White

    S1:E8

    Jim White is a storyteller first and a musician second. It's a kind of storytelling rooted in his own unusual history: He grew up in Florida in a deeply Pentecostal community and fell in love with the white gospel music he heard. But from there, White took a surprising path to becoming a full-time musician. He was a professional surfer, a boxer, a fashion model in Milan and a cab driver in New York City. White's travels recently took him to Washington, D.C., where he stopped by the offices of NPR Music for this live performance.

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  9. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 1 Episode 9 - Shearwater
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    #9 - Shearwater

    S1:E9

    A glorious four-song set that's at once pristine and ramshackle — equal parts clarity and clatter — not to mention one of our best Tiny Desk Concerts yet.

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  10. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 1 Episode 10 - Dave Dondero
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    #10 - Dave Dondero

    S1:E10

    He should be a name everyone knows by now. Instead, troubadour David Dondero returned to NPR having slept the night before in his car. Dondero travels from club to club, singing his well-crafted songs — songs that have his signature lyrics at their core. His lyrics can make you smile with their wit and hurt with their bite, all at the same time.

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  11. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 2 Episode 1 - Woven Hand
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    #11 - Woven Hand

    S2:E1

    David Eugene Edwards performs his fiery Americana and covers a rare Bob Dylan song.

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  12. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 2 Episode 2 - Super XX Man
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    #12 - Super XX Man

    S2:E2

    Hear the singer give an intimate acoustic performance at the desk of NPR Music's Bob Boilen.

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  13. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 2 Episode 3 - Tom Jones
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    #13 - Tom Jones

    S2:E3

    Hear the legendary singer perform at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.

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  14. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 2 Episode 4 - Horse Feathers
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    #14 - Horse Feathers

    S2:E4

    See the band perform live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.

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  15. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 2 Episode 5 - Benjy Ferree
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    #15 - Benjy Ferree

    S2:E5

    Ferree has enough charisma to draw you into his odd world. Watch him perform in the NPR offices.

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  16. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 2 Episode 6 - Great Lake Swimmers
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    #16 - Great Lake Swimmers

    S2:E6

    Singer Tony Dekker performs three songs at the desk of All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen.

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  17. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 2 Episode 7 - Jason Vieaux
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    #17 - Jason Vieaux

    S2:E7

    The classical guitarist plays with a clear, lyrical technique in music from the baroque and beyond.

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  18. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 2 Episode 8 - The Avett Brothers
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    #18 - The Avett Brothers

    S2:E8

    Hear the harmony-drenched roots-rock band perform a kinetic, frenetic set in the NPR Music offices.

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  19. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 2 Episode 9 - Maria Taylor
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    #19 - Maria Taylor

    S2:E9

    Hear the singer-songwriter's tender, winsome music, performed live in the NPR Music offices.

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  20. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 2 Episode 10 - Julie Doiron
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    #20 - Julie Doiron

    S2:E10

    After a few restarts, the singer played a bare, stark, memorable solo set in the NPR Music offices.

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  21. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 2 Episode 11 - Bill Callahan
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    #21 - Bill Callahan

    S2:E11

    Watch the artist formerly known as Smog play a three-song set that's almost eerily transfixing.

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  22. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 2 Episode 12 - Dave Douglas Brass Ecstasy
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    #22 - Dave Douglas Brass Ecstasy

    S2:E12

    Or, the day a trumpet, trombone, French horn and tuba played us a soulful Rufus Wainwright cover.

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  23. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 2 Episode 13 - Sarah Siskind
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    #23 - Sarah Siskind

    S2:E13

    In this video shot at the NPR Music offices, Siskind showcases a voice that's both honeyed and raw.

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  24. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 2 Episode 14 - The Swell Season
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    #24 - The Swell Season

    S2:E14

    Hear Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, stars of the movie Once, playing six new songs and an encore.

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  25. NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 2 Episode 15 - Dark Meat
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    #25 - Dark Meat

    S2:E15

    Dark Meat has as many as 20 members. We fit as many as we could behind Bob Boilen's desk.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Laura Gibson" is the worst rated episode of "NPR Tiny Desk Concerts". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/22/2008. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Vic Chesnutt".