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Tiny Desk Concert: De La Soul

4. März 2026 um 14:22 Uhr von Ronny

Die legendären De La Soul beim NPR Tiny Desk Concert und das macht hier gerade richtig gute Laaune.

The humor of De La Soul has always been one of its calling cards. When DJ Maseo tells the Tiny Desk crowd, „Ladies and gentlemen, we’re a new group called De La Soul,“ he means it as a joke. But, in so many ways, one of the most influential groups in hip-hop is new: the duties have been reassessed, the focus has shifted and the newness of The Plugs is laid plain here at the Tiny Desk.


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NPR Tiny Desk Concert: Air

5. Dezember 2025 um 15:00 Uhr von Ronny

Die unvergleichlichen Air beim NPR Tiny Desk Concert. Sehr schön.

There’s nothing easy about the laid-back cool of Air’s music. On record and for film soundtracks, the French electronic duo turns distressed dreams into symphonies plucked from cotton candy clouds — sonically light, but heavy with emotion. Yet to see Air’s members perform live, everything seems so effortless.


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Tiny Desk Concert: Tame Impala

20. Oktober 2025 um 9:38 Uhr von Ronny

Tame Impala mit euer Platte bei NPRs Tiny Desk Concert.

Kevin Parker’s team came back with two words: „all acoustic.“ I was dumbfounded, not only by the notion of an acoustic Tame Impala set but also by the idea of the band playing the real Tiny Desk. In 2020, Tame Impala was able to toe and, by some standards, cross the line for its Tiny Desk (home) concert. Here at NPR headquarters, Parker and the crew had to relinquish a certain level of control. „Let’s just try it and see what happens,“ Parker told me.


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Inside NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Set | Set Tour

1. Juli 2025 um 8:16 Uhr von Ronny

Wir alle kennen die meistens großartigen intimen Konzerte bei NPR’s Tiny Desk. Ich hatte hier schon etliche davon. Was wir bisher nicht hatten ist ein Blick hinter die Kulissen. Das ändert sich jetzt hiermit.

What began in 2008 as a humble, stripped-back performance series for NPR’s blog has grown into a global phenomenon, with unforgettable sets from stars like Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Dua Lipa, and more. Despite its viral fame, the heart of Tiny Desk remains the same: a real desk in a real office, surrounded by shelves packed with priceless mementos left by artists–from Adele’s water bottle to Sabrina Carpenter’s martini glass and even Chappell Roan’s wig. Meet the team behind the production, and discover how Tiny Desk became such a beloved series.


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The Cast of Buena Vista Social Club: Tiny Desk Concert

28. Mai 2025 um 8:31 Uhr von Ronny

Für einige von euch dürfte heute sowas wie Freitag sein und ich finde, diesen Umstand könnte man musikalisch nicht passender rahmen als mit dem Tiny Desk Concert des Cast of Buena Vista Social Club. Auch wenn das hiesige Wetter dazu heute so gar nicht passen will. Trotzdem toll.

Based on real-life events and people, Buena Vista Social Club features many characters and lots of great Cuban music. It takes such skill to reflect music of a bygone era, even more to sound fresh and vibrant night after night for months at a time. Scaled down for the Tiny Desk, the show is no less magical.

Before it was a Broadway musical racking up Tony Award nominations, the Buena Vista Social Club was a second chance. After the Cuban Revolution, many of the country’s beloved musicians were lost to time, but in 1996, an ensemble was formed to reclaim their spotlight. To tell their story, the musical goes back and forth between the 1940s and the recording sessions that produced a masterpiece.


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Beth Gibbons: Tiny Desk Concert

15. Mai 2025 um 16:08 Uhr von Ronny

Die großartige Beth Gibbons beim NPR Tiny Desk Concert. Auch ohne Portishead wirklich richtig und schwerstens melancholisch.

This set at the Tiny Desk is mostly culled from Lives Outgrown, her densely layered and lived-in album released last year. Sonically, Gibbons‘ solo debut feels worlds apart from the haunted electronic production of Portishead, yet her existential themes of loss, change and restless curiosity remain. There is, however, an invitation within these new songs to bear witness to Gibbons‘ own tragedy and transformation. In the daylight of the NPR Music office, she closes her eyes as she leans into the uncertainty of the moment, and turns away once a song ends.


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Tiny Desk Concert: Post Malone

16. August 2023 um 9:45 Uhr von Ronny

Post Malone hat mit „Austin“ für mich eines der bisher besten Alben des Jahres veröffentlicht, das hier seit Wochen in Heavy Rotation läuft. Ich liebe so ziemlich alles daran , bin aber eh Riesenfan von Posti. Für mich einer der besten Popmusiker der Jetztzeit. Schön, dass er nun NPR für ein Tiny Desk Concert besucht hat, das gerne auch dreimal so lang hätte sein können. Mindestens.


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Tiny Desk Concert: Cypress Hill

27. Juli 2023 um 11:45 Uhr von Ronny

Um 50 Jahre HipHop zu feiern, besuchten Cypress Hill die Studios von NPR, um dort ein Tiny Desk Konzert zum Besten zu geben.

While the term „pioneer“ is used loosely in pop culture today, few terms describe Cypress Hill’s impact over the past three decades more adequately. They are the first Latino hip-hop group to achieve platinum and multi-platinum status. B Real, Sen and producer DJ Muggs crafted a sound in the ’90s that stretched beyond regional boundaries. It was dark, psychedelic and at times directly addressed mental health before the topic was commonplace. Many dismissed the group as „stoner rappers,“ yet the members were fervent advocates for the legalization of weed long before it came to fruition.


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