E1 - Lucius

Aired: January 07, 2013

One minute, Lucius sounds like a '60s girl group; the next might conjure images of Emmylou Harris.

E2 - Black Prairie

Aired: January 14, 2013

With members of The Decemberists, the band lends a snappy, lilting quality to songs of alienation.

E3 - Of Montreal

Aired: January 28, 2013

Frontman Kevin Barnes uses the intimacy of the NPR Music offices to try out some quiet new material.

E4 - Cantus

Aired: February 04, 2013

The a cappella ensemble sings widely divergent songs from American, European and Sufi traditions.

E5 - The xx

Aired: February 11, 2013

In The xx's songs, all the calm chilliness in the world can't quite contain an exposed heart.

E6 - Night Beds

Aired: February 18, 2013

Winston Yellen's arresting voice propels a lighthearted but deeply affecting set at the NPR office.

E7 - Mary Halvorson Quintet

Aired: February 25, 2013

The guitarist brings a decidedly non-standard approach to jazz's standard practices.

E8 - The Lone Bellow

Aired: March 04, 2013

The fast-rising Brooklyn trio sings beautiful, heartfelt, impeccably harmonized folk-pop songs.

E9 - Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill

Aired: March 11, 2013

Watch one of the best fiddlers on the planet and a subtle guitar master work their magic.

E10 - Efterklang

Aired: April 08, 2013

The Danish band ransacks the NPR Music offices looking for sound-making material and new ideas.

E11 - Yo La Tengo

Aired: April 15, 2013

To coincide with the release of the band's 13th album, Fade, Yo La Tengo performs an acoustic set.

E12 - Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu

Aired: April 22, 2013

The duo's quietly energetic performance hangs over the the NPR Music offices like a soft mist.

E13 - Father Figures

Aired: April 29, 2013

Zany, brainy and danceable, these guys' music mixes rock and jazz like King Crimson at its fiercest.

E14 - Nicola Benedetti

Aired: May 06, 2013

Watch the violinist spin out music by John Williams and Bach in sweet, soulful tendrils of sound.

E15 - Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale

Aired: May 13, 2013

The veteran country players mix corny humor, musical merrymaking and timeless vocal harmonies.

E16 - Mohammad Reza Shajarian

Aired: May 20, 2013

The 73-year-old Iranian icon unleashes torrents of swooping, soaring sound that elicit goosebumps.

E17 - Imani Winds

Aired: May 29, 2013

Imani Winds' members shrink Igor Stravinsky down to size in a quintet take on The Rite of Spring.

E18 - OK Go

Aired: June 03, 2013

OK Go helps us transport the Tiny Desk from NPR Music's old headquarters to our new facility.

E19 - The National

Aired: June 10, 2013

Watch the band perform acoustic arrangements of four songs from its new album, Trouble Will Find Me.

E20 - NO BS! Brass Band

Aired: June 15, 2013

An 11-piece brass band turns up the funk and flies the flag high for its native Richmond, Va.

E21 - Billy Bragg

Aired: June 17, 2013

One of the world's finest folksingers channels the spirit of Woody Guthrie at the NPR Music offices.

E22 - Patty Griffin

Aired: June 24, 2013

Watch the singer-songwriter and her band perform three songs from her fine new album, American Kid.

E23 - Maya Beiser

Aired: June 29, 2013

A brilliant cellist with a stunning command of her instrument, Beiser performs at the NPR offices.

E24 - Laura Mvula

Aired: July 01, 2013

The U.K. singer performs some of her most intimate material in a short set at the NPR Music offices.

E25 - Cheick Hamala Diabate

Aired: July 06, 2013

The Malian musician and his band craft melodies and rhythms that cut across age and ethnicity.

E26 - Skinny Lister

Aired: July 08, 2013

The rowdy English folk-punk band brings its barely controlled mayhem to the NPR Music offices.

E27 - Frank Turner

Aired: July 13, 2013

Two men with unplugged instruments convey the bawdy rowdiness of a full band.

E28 - Alice Russell

Aired: July 15, 2013

When the British singer performs, her emotionally fiery music just gets hotter and grittier.

E29 - Cheyenne Mize

Aired: July 20, 2013

The singer, instrumentalist and music therapist plays slinky, forceful songs at NPR Music.

E30 - Guards

Aired: July 22, 2013

Hear three sturdy pop songs from In Guards We Trust, performed live at the NPR Music offices.

E31 - Time For Three

Aired: July 27, 2013

Hear the "classically trained garage band" perform with staggering technique and contagious energy.

E32 - Dana Falconberry

Aired: July 29, 2013

Watch Falconberry and five bandmates perform three delicate songs from her recent album Leelanau.

E33 - Keaton Henson

Aired: August 03, 2013

Henson's voice is so fragile and hushed, if you were 10 feet away from him you'd barely hear a peep.

E34 - Jim Guthrie

Aired: August 10, 2013

Guthrie and his band drove 18 hours round-trip from Ontario to perform three songs for NPR Music.

E35 - Alpine

Aired: August 12, 2013

The Australian sextet crafts busily impeccable, harmony-intensive pop music with a danceable sway.

E36 - Mother Falcon

Aired: August 17, 2013

The 17-member chamber-rock collective uses its size in the service of great, snappy, stirring songs.

E37 - The Front Bottoms

Aired: August 19, 2013

The community that's formed around The Front Bottoms speaks to the band's passion and compassion.

E38 - Buika

Aired: August 26, 2013

Concha Buika's voice comes from Africa and the past. Watch her perform in the NPR Music offices.

E39 - Steve Gunn

Aired: August 31, 2013

Watch Gunn's trio perform a set of hypnotic long-form jams that are perfect for taking it easy.

E40 - Baths

Aired: September 04, 2013

Watch Baths' Will Wiesenfeld perform mysterious, textured electronic music in the NPR offices.

E41 - Bombino

Aired: September 07, 2013

For our 300th Tiny Desk Concert, we showcase a Tuareg guitarist's fierce, hypnotic, alluring jams.

E42 - The 1975

Aired: September 10, 2013

Performing solo, singer Matthew Healy doesn't hesitate to transform both his songs and himself.

E43 - Arturo O'Farrill

Aired: September 14, 2013

With an eye on both the past and the future, O'Farrill has jazz and Afro-Cuban music in his DNA.

E44 - Shovels & Rope

Aired: September 16, 2013

The husband-and-wife duo mixes rowdy folk-rock and rootsy ballads, with the help of a canine friend.

E45 - The Cristina Pato Trio

Aired: September 21, 2013

A Galician bagpiper and her trio take Celtic sounds in an entirely wild and wonderful direction.

E46 - Hem

Aired: September 28, 2013

Hem makes a homey, fireside kind of music, with songs that feel as if they've always been there.

E47 - Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi

Aired: September 30, 2013

The Zimbabwean legend performs songs from the mournful but celebratory Sarawoga for NPR Music.

E48 - Lawrence Brownlee

Aired: October 05, 2013

The operatic tenor, acclaimed for his Rossini, circles back to his roots as a singer of spirituals.

E49 - Superchunk

Aired: October 07, 2013

Watch the venerable band translate its electric sound to acoustic instruments in an intimate way.

E50 - Valerie June

Aired: October 12, 2013

Short of seeing her live and in person, this is the best way to encounter June's heartfelt sound.

E51 - Okkervil River

Aired: October 15, 2013

The band performs three songs from a record inspired by the childhood of singer Will Sheff.

E52 - Matt Ulery's Loom

Aired: October 19, 2013

The bassist composes beautiful, unpretentious music for an unusual jazz band with accordion.

E53 - Daughter

Aired: October 21, 2013

Pretty and melancholy, the Londoners' music conjures a perfect mix of gloom, desire and hostility.

E54 - Typhoon

Aired: October 26, 2013

The dozen members of this Portland, Ore. band crammed behind the Tiny Desk for a transcendent set.

E55 - San Fermin

Aired: October 28, 2013

The orchestral folk-pop band's little song-worlds burst with ambition, talent and extreme joy.

E56 - Neko Case

Aired: October 31, 2013

Watch a Halloween Tiny Desk Concert in which Case performs with Kelly Hogan and Eric Bachmann.

E57 - Ashley Monroe

Aired: November 03, 2013

This three-song set in the NPR Music offices captures a nice cross-section of Monroe's appeal.

E58 - Gary Burton

Aired: November 09, 2013

The jazz vibraphone pioneer is 70 now, but that hasn't slowed his flying four-mallet technique.

E59 - Debashish Bhattacharya

Aired: November 12, 2013

Bhattacharya draws on North Indian classical music, but blues also pours out of his stunning work.

E60 - John Legend

Aired: November 16, 2013

The soul singer retains the easygoing grace of a performer fit for any stage — even a tiny one.

E61 - Waxahatchee

Aired: November 23, 2013

This is Katie Crutchfield as Waxahatchee, playing intimate music for an intimate setting.

E62 - Kronos Quartet

Aired: November 25, 2013

The intrepid champions of new music bring a lullaby, rare blues and a work by Bryce Dessner to NPR.

E63 - The Dismemberment Plan

Aired: December 02, 2013

The band exudes playfulness and wry charm throughout these three songs from Uncanney Valley.

E64 - Sarah Jarosz

Aired: December 07, 2013

Jarosz and her small backing band craft a careful mix of technical proficiency and poppy warmth.

E65 - Dessa

Aired: December 09, 2013

The whip-smart rapper, singer, poet and songwriter performs three tracks from Parts of Speech.

E66 - Christine Salem

Aired: December 14, 2013

Salem sings work songs and chants from the maloya tradition on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean.

E67 - La Santa Cecilia

Aired: December 16, 2013

The video here provides just a hint of the L.A. band's dynamic live shows, albeit a spectacular one.

E68 - Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Aired: December 21, 2013

The hot and historic New Orleans band brings a tuba-wielding Santa and some original holiday cheer.