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“That's the version I wish came out originally. You're going to hear a lot of jazz chords, ladies and gentlemen”: Charlie Puth reinterprets his back catalogue – including his huge 2015 US number one – as he performs at the Tiny Desk

“I've heard these arrangements in my head and I've been saving them for this," he explained

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The Grammy Winner NPR Didn't Want? Alessia Cara Turns Tiny Desk Rejection Into Viral 'Giant Desk' Performance

Alessia Cara says NPR's Tiny Desk turned her down multiple times, prompting her to create the viral six-song 'Giant Desk' performance

International Business Times UK

“If you play blues right all the time, you’re wrong”: Buddy Guy and his Sinners co-star play Tiny Desk concert

Merging classics with cuts from the record-breaking film, Guy and Miles Caton deliver a supremely soulful set

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Watch Turnstile's Brendan Yates stage dive during the band's Tiny Desk Concert performance

NPR have officially decreed the frontman's leap from the eponymous desk is the long-running series' first ever stage dive.

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‘Pop music can be so scared to offend’: Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso, the Argentine duo subverting machismo

After going viral with their Tiny Desk concert, the impish pair are heading to Glastonbury. They explain their ‘no shame, no fear’ approach – and their ridiculous muscle suits

The Guardian - UK

This unique music series is my favorite thing on YouTube – here are my 7 best NPR Tiny Desk Concerts of all time

NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts are my go-to for when I want some quality on-demand live music. Here are my top 7 Tiny Desk Concerts of all time.

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“It was a beautiful, hot, sunny day and I just got this phrase in my head: 'Everybody loves the sunshine'”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Roy Ayers' most iconic song

Our resident music professor puts Ayers' oft-sampled 1976 classic under the musical microscope

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“They brought Orange stacks to a Tiny Desk”: Mdou Moctar delivers scorching solos at the NPR offices – and even ditches his Strat for an Acoustasonic

Moctar and his band showcased standout tracks from his latest album, the critically acclaimed Funeral for Justice, in an electric performance

Guitar World

'SNL' sends up the NPR Tiny Desk with an intern who pleads, 'keep the ruckus down'

Saturday Night Live poked fun at NPR's Tiny Desk this weekend, with Bowen Yang playing the part of an aggravated intern who just wants the band to keep it down so he can get back to work.

WEKU

Saturday Night Live: host Ramy Youssef calls for ceasefire in otherwise muted episode

The standup and actor presides over another mostly underwhelming episode with a socially conscious bent

The Guardian - US

“Trying to get all of us in here was a game of Tetris”: Justin Timberlake and his 14-strong band, The Tennessee Kids, put on a sparkling Tiny Desk Concert

25-minute set drops to coincide with the launch of new album, Everything I Thought It Was

MusicRadar

Up First briefing: Record-breaking rain in California, Dartmouth brings back SAT, ACT

In Southern California days of rain have turned hills into rivers of mud. Dartmouth is reinstating SAT and ACT testing requirements.

WEKU

Up First briefing: Israel Supreme Court ruling; South Korean opposition leader stabbed

Israel's Supreme Court rejects right-wing changes to the judiciary. South Korea's Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the city of Busan.

WEKU

NPR's podcast and programming chief Anya Grundmann to leave after 30 years

NPR's top programming executive, Anya Grundmann, will leave at the end of the year. She has overseen numerous hits for the network, including Tiny Desk.

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Juvenile’s Tiny Desk concert with Mannie Fresh will brighten your day

An all-time great Tiny Desk set

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Superstar Angélique Kidjo sings at the 1000th Tiny Desk — and speaks from her heart

in an exclusive interview, the 5-time Grammy award-winning Beninese singer talks about her music, her activism and the honor of performing at the 1,000th Tiny Desk Concert ("I'm speechless!")

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Lisa Deaderick: Lizzo and Beyoncé called out for ableism in lyrics, but a white band is not. Activists say that's a problem

A couple of things are happening in the recent controversies about the use of ableist lyrics in popular music. One is the inherent and systemic ableism in our culture that normalizes the use of language that stigmatizes people with disabilities. Another is the way that the response to these recent…

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10 Tiny Desk concerts you’ve got to play again and again, from Usher to Adele

These 10 Tiny Desk Concerts will always get the vibes right.

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Aoife O'Donovan: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

The singer-songwriter assembled her band at a New Hampshire bookstore for a set of warm folk-pop songs.

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Japanese Breakfast and iLe share their top Tiny Desk Contest entries

In the second episode of Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf, judges Michelle Zauner and iLe share entries that feature remarkable guitarists, songs sung in Spanish, a "mind-blowing" bassist and more.

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Ron Carter: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Watch the legendary jazz bassist and members of his trio perform from The Blue Note's prestigious stage.

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