NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert has become a pop-cultural staple of the internet era, a rite of passage for hot up-and-comers, a venue for the mega-stars to drop in and play in an intimate setting – like when ...

The popular music program set out this June on a mission to honor an entity that has been a constant in Black households for generations. Throughout Black Music Month, NPR opted to weave a love letter ...

Can you imagine working at NPR, sitting down at your regular-sized desk to report on politics, the environment, or science, and all of a sudden Napalm Death sets up shop at the Tiny Desk next door?

In 2025, we crammed rap and rock legends, instrumental virtuosos, Broadway musicals and, well, puppets and robots behind a desk in the NPR Music office. Never forget: Tiny Desk has the range.

As he finished his “Tiny Desk” set with “Like You,” Bow Wow beamed with pride. For much of his career, he was synonymous with BET. His music videos played constantly. As he grew from a child rapper to ...

Just in time for Juneteenth and Black Music Month, NPR's Tiny Desk has partnered up with BET to curate a special series celebrating Black music, and it's far from your typical R&B and Hip-Hop concert ...