NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Season 3

The Brazilian singer floats and sprinkles notes onto just the right places at the NPR Music offices.

Though heavy on puns, the extraordinary jazz drummer's merry band isn't light on musicianship.

What better way to celebrate our 100th Tiny Desk Concert than by discovering an artist worth loving?

Watch the 10-member band squeeze behind the Tiny Desk for an elegant, stripped-down performance.

Watch the harpist give a powerful and intimate performance at the NPR Music offices.

Watch the inventive and unpredictable duo play a joyfully pummeling set from the NPR Music offices.

Watch Mali's queen of desert rock unveil her stunning vocal chops at the NPR Music offices.

Watch the Icelandic singer perform a lovely, folk-flavored set from the NPR Music offices.

Watch Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl perform songs from Acoustic Sessions in the NPR offices.

In this lovely Tiny Desk performance, Van Etten plays beguiling songs from her latest album, Epic.

This set from the NPR Music office has something new, something old and something to dance to.

In an intimate four-song set, Daniel Lanois and Trixie Whitley sound warm, vulnerable and ferocious.

In honor of the Day of the Dead, Santacruz performs at the NPR offices in traditional mariachi garb.

At 61, Lowe is part crooner, part country and a little crotchety, but with a heart of pure pop.

The 12-person ensemble performs from the NPR Music offices.

It doesn't take more than four minutes to fall in love with this utterly charming seven-piece band.

Watch Jana Hunter bring her delicate, haunting voice and hypnotic sound to the Tiny Desk.

The legendary group performs its pop hits in a rare acoustic set at the NPR Music offices.

The band showcases its cinematic blend of storytelling and strings at the NPR Music offices.

Barzelay, maybe the most underrated songwriter in the business, performs at the NPR Music offices.

The young cellist plays Bach with elegance and a new piece by Golijov with Technicolor brilliance.

The singer and his band feed off the audience's live energy in a concert at the NPR Music offices.

The ever-adaptable guitarist creates challenging and expressive music in the NPR Music offices.

With these intimate songs, the French-born Chilean rapper proves that hip-hop has no boundaries.

The gospel singer sounds like somebody you know — somebody you know with stage presence for days.

The New Zealand band plays four songs from its album Chant Darling at the NPR Music offices.

The Minneapolis duo performs songs from its stormy debut album, Inter-Be.

The singer came to NPR Music with just her guitar to play four beautiful tunes from Obadiah.

The soul icon performs songs from her latest album, You Are Not Alone, at the NPR Music offices.

Hear the band play inspired soul from its latest album, Feed My Soul, at the NPR Music offices.

The three demonstrate the way musical mastery can become an exercise in wordless communication.

Villagers' Conor O'Brien performs a beautiful and memorable solo set in the NPR Music offices.

The reggae icon performs classics from the film The Harder They Come in this acoustic performance.

The whip-smart sometimes bawdy U.K. band performs a clamorous ruckus in this Tiny Desk Concert.

The frenetic gypsy punk band performs the most rollicking and insane Tiny Desk Concert of all time.

The venerable, multimillion-selling pop parodist plays three acoustic originals in the NPR offices.

Laura Burhenn's new band performs a soulful Tiny Desk Concert at the NPR Music offices.

Hear the acclaimed musician play Bach on his amazingly resonant cello, built in 1693.

Seven authors (Roy Blount Jr., Scott Turow and others) perform with a big-time ringer.

The veteran soul singer blew into the NPR Music office and conquered it before she'd sung a note.

Hear instantly recognizable hits such as "1901" and "Lisztomania," stripped down and reassembled.

The singer performs three harmony-drenched reggae songs with Dean Fraser and a guitarist.

Moby gives a live performance of his Project Song creation, "Gone to Sleep," at NPR's offices.

Fredrik's lush harmonies are stripped to guitar, snare drum and maraca in this intimate performance.

The unusual jazz guitarist and his drummer perform at the NPR offices, literally with bells on.

The classical guitarist showcases his warm, lyrical tone in three staples of the repertoire.

The violinist plays traditional African melodies, re-imagined through her own jazz sensibilities.

Jakob Dylan, Neko Case and Kelly Hogan perform a mesmerizing set at the Tiny Desk.

The talented Baltimore duo didn't have to travel far to liven up a day at the NPR Music offices.

The Brooklyn-based trio strips down its wall of noise for an intimate performance at NPR Music.

The Cuban singer performs two boleros, which transport the listener to another time and place.

The singer treated the NPR Music offices to three songs that invited us into her warm musical world.

The singer-songwriter performs music from Mo' Beauty, accompanied only by two guitars.

With roots in Greece, Turkey, Armenia and France, Abaji has a passion for music from many countries.

The harpist crafts a transporting mix of tradition and improvisation in this desk-side performance.

A longtime session guitarist, Rawlings takes the lead, playing his own music at NPR Music's offices.

The string quartet showcases a small sample of its visceral fire at the offices of NPR Music.

The band's sullen, spacious music was a perfect fit for the intimacy of the NPR Music offices.

In a performance at NPR, the talented singer's voice is powerful without unnecessary melodrama.

In a solo show at NPR Music, John Darnielle's twitchy energy serves his fearless songwriting well.