E1 - Van-Anh Vanessa Vo

Aired: January 04, 2014

The musician unpacks an array of traditional Vietnamese instruments — and 1,000 years of culture.

E2 - Lily & Madeleine

Aired: January 07, 2014

The teenagers play a restrained, homespun mix of folk and pop with undeniably sweet harmonies.

E3 - Afro Blue

Aired: January 13, 2014

The Howard University vocal jazz ensemble performs beautiful African-American spirituals.

E4 - Robert Glasper Experiment

Aired: January 20, 2014

Members of the Grammy-winning, organic R&B Experiment band jam with singer Marsha Ambrosius.

E5 - Angel Olsen

Aired: January 27, 2014

The expressive, powerful singer previews songs from her new album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness.

E6 - Pixies

Aired: February 03, 2014

Hear the legendary band perform 1989's "Monkey Gone to Heaven" and two new songs — one unreleased.

E7 - Fanfare Ciocarlia

Aired: February 08, 2014

The joyous Balkan brass band plays at a pace that would make the Ramones burst into a sweat.

E8 - Suzanne Vega

Aired: February 10, 2014

The inventive folk-music veteran book-ends a four-song set with her hits "Luka" and "Tom's Diner."

E9 - Cate Le Bon

Aired: February 18, 2014

The Welsh singer's set conveys loneliness and doubt with just two guitars and an inviting whisper.

E10 - Sofia Rei

Aired: February 22, 2014

For about 20 minutes one sunny afternoon, Rei turned a desk into a small Latin American folk club.

E11 - Brass Bed

Aired: February 24, 2014

See the band re-create some of its stellar studio effects with a pedal steel and some novelty mics.

E12 - Asaf Avidan

Aired: March 02, 2014

Avidan has an album and no U.S. record label to put it out. But he's on a solo tour that's stunning.

E13 - Lowland Hum

Aired: March 06, 2014

It's hard to convey the sound of two people in love, but Lowland Hum does that effortlessly.

E14 - Jake Bugg

Aired: March 10, 2014

Watch the 20-year-old English singer-songwriter, who has worked with superproducer Rick Rubin.

E15 - Diane Cluck

Aired: March 17, 2014

On record, Cluck's elastic voice and fingerpicking are impressive. Live, they jam the senses.

E16 - Joseph Calleja

Aired: March 24, 2014

All the world's top opera houses want the young tenor with the old-school approach.

E17 - The Haden Triplets

Aired: March 31, 2014

When the sisters cover classic country music together, the result is a treat and a trip in time.

E18 - The Both

Aired: April 07, 2014

Singer-songwriters Aimee Mann and Ted Leo unite from opposite ends of the volume knob.

E19 - Tom Brosseau

Aired: April 12, 2014

The North Dakota singer-songwriter possesses one of the most arresting voices in folk music today.

E20 - Courtney Barnett

Aired: April 14, 2014

Barnett tells stories like your best friend, provided your best friend is a funny Australian poet.

E21 - Usman Riaz

Aired: April 19, 2014

A young Pakistani musician treats the guitar as percussion — with surprisingly shimmering results.

E22 - Federico Aubele

Aired: April 21, 2014

The Argentine singer uses his dark, husky voice to produce a specific effect in these three songs.

E23 - Quilt

Aired: April 26, 2014

Interweaving harmonies and guitar lines set the tone for these soft, benevolent, dreamy songs.

E24 - Johnnyswim

Aired: April 28, 2014

Impossibly telegenic and charming, the band mixes booming intensity with polish and sparkle.

E25 - Cian Nugent

Aired: May 03, 2014

The Dublin guitarist runs through a ragtime jaunt, a basement-bar choogle and a sad-sack closer.

E26 - Public Service Broadcasting

Aired: May 05, 2014

The duo's sample-laden instrumental music is entertainment as education for the head and feet alike.

E27 - Timber Timbre

Aired: May 10, 2014

See the swamp-folk band play a characteristically eerie and mysterious set in the NPR Music offices.

E28 - Chvrches

Aired: May 12, 2014

The Scottish synth-pop band turns up with a small arsenal of synthesizers to perform three songs.

E29 - Iestyn Davies

Aired: May 17, 2014

See the countertenor and lutenist Thomas Dunford perform John Dowland's melancholy songs.

E30 - Ages And Ages

Aired: May 20, 2014

The band makes the kind of music that can at least briefly restore your faith in humanity.

E31 - Yasmine Hamdan

Aired: May 24, 2014

The Lebanese singer-songwriter is one of the most groundbreaking musicians in the Middle East.

E32 - Hozier

Aired: May 27, 2014

Andrew Hozier-Byrne wraps his rich, vital, soulful voice around songs rooted in the blues.

E33 - Juana Molina

Aired: May 31, 2014

Molina sounds as if she'd been raised by wolves and discovered the world of music on her own.

E34 - Simone Dinnerstein

Aired: June 02, 2014

Watch the celebrated pianist make Bach's Two-part Inventions sing and zing.

E35 - Marian McLaughlin

Aired: June 07, 2014

A quirky and wistful performer with a string section, McLaughlin makes music like few others.

E36 - Eliot Fisk And Paco Peña

Aired: June 14, 2014

A classical virtuoso and an equally captivating flamenco player combine for a set of duets.

E37 - Rodney Crowell

Aired: June 16, 2014

The country singer-songwriter performs with the ease and swagger of a man comfortable in his ways.

E38 - Mali Music

Aired: June 21, 2014

The singer-songwriter and musician performs with unabashed positivity and an uplifting spirit.

E39 - Conor Oberst

Aired: June 23, 2014

The Bright Eyes singer performs songs from Upside Down Mountain with help from members of Dawes.

E40 - Tracy Silverman

Aired: June 28, 2014

See the innovative player create waves of sound with a six-string violin.

E41 - Lydia Loveless

Aired: July 01, 2014

The 23-year-old singer-guitarist performs gritty, countrified blues-rock in the NPR Music offices.

E42 - The Foreign Exchange

Aired: July 05, 2014

Watch the Tiny Desk turn into a church, comedy club and neo-soul spot.

E43 - Moon Hooch

Aired: July 07, 2014

They call what they make "cave music" — but it's just as powerful at the Tiny Desk.

E44 - John Grant

Aired: July 13, 2014

Grant's songs don't mess around, with lyrics that function as darts of retort and thought.

E45 - Holly Williams

Aired: July 14, 2014

The singer has a magnificent way with phrasing, not to mention a remarkable country-music lineage.

E46 - Marisa Anderson

Aired: July 19, 2014

The guitarist kicks up some dirt with a Rev. Gary Davis deconstruction and a Stratocaster hoedown.

E47 - Hamilton Leithauser

Aired: July 21, 2014

In this three-song set, the Walkmen singer demonstrates that he's lost none of his vocal power.

E48 - Highasakite

Aired: July 25, 2014

Watch an atmospheric Norwegian band with a yearning sound. Also: See a flugabone!

E49 - Saintseneca

Aired: July 29, 2014

In the NPR offices, the Ohio band plays three alternately brooding and stomping songs from Dark Arc.

E50 - Quetzal

Aired: August 02, 2014

The veteran East L.A. band's music penetrates the intellect even as it makes your hips sway.

E51 - The Family Crest

Aired: August 04, 2014

The band's seven players are trained in classical and jazz, led by Liam McCormick's powerful voice.

E52 - Irene Diaz

Aired: August 09, 2014

With Carolyn Cardoza, Diaz conjures a place where emotions run deep and beauty is unmistakable.

E53 - Bob Mould

Aired: August 11, 2014

The former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman plugs in for a characteristically loud four-song set.

E54 - Ernest Ranglin

Aired: August 16, 2014

Watch a talented, charming guitar legend make magic as his band Avila holds down the beat.

E55 - Pacifica Quartet

Aired: August 18, 2014

Watch the group play selections from Shostakovich's cycle of introspective string quartets.

E56 - Rodrigo Amarante

Aired: August 23, 2014

A veteran of Little Joy and Los Hermanos, Amarante makes warm, tender music as a solo artist.

E57 - Nickel Creek

Aired: August 26, 2014

The band was made to sing and play around one microphone, so a Tiny Desk Concert seemed inevitable.

E58 - Sturgill Simpson

Aired: August 30, 2014

The Kentucky native writes country songs about loneliness, failed dreams, drinking and drugs.

E59 - Trampled By Turtles

Aired: September 03, 2014

Known for the speed of their playing, the Minnesotans are about more than just blistering bluegrass.

E60 - Jessica Lea Mayfield

Aired: September 06, 2014

Mayfield's music has gotten more beguiling as she explores the many contrasts in her hypnotic sound.

E61 - Justin Townes Earle

Aired: September 08, 2014

In advance of his new album Single Mothers, the singer performs two new songs and an old favorite.

E62 - Luluc

Aired: September 15, 2014

Graceful singing and storytelling meet guitars and textures that help create an unforgettable aura.

E63 - Tweedy

Aired: September 22, 2014

With his drummer son Spencer, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy performs songs from their new album, Sukierae.

E64 - Bio Ritmo

Aired: September 29, 2014

The 10-piece salsa band built its career on dance floors, where it never fails to make people move.

E65 - Ryan Keberle & Catharsis

Aired: October 04, 2014

The trombonist's working band established some nifty swing, assisted in absentia by Sufjan Stevens.

E66 - Jackson Browne

Aired: October 06, 2014

Browne still writes songs with conviction, craftsmanship and careful attention to detail.

E67 - Raquel Sofia

Aired: October 11, 2014

Sofia has spent most of her career 20 feet from stardom as a backup singer for Juanes and Shakira.

E68 - The Bots

Aired: October 14, 2014

The band plays with a great rock-duo punch that recalls The White Stripes or JEFF The Brotherhood.

E69 - Ásgeir

Aired: October 18, 2014

The Icelandic singer's voice is angelic and yearning, his songs simple and universal.

E70 - Anthony D'Amato

Aired: October 20, 2014

D'Amato's music can feel Motown-y, garage-y and Springsteen-y, but he sounds sparer here.

E71 - Danish String Quartet

Aired: October 25, 2014

Watch the young, versatile ensemble play folk music from around Denmark and beyond.

E72 - T-Pain

Aired: October 29, 2014

We asked the King of Auto-Tune to grace the Tiny Desk without any embellishment or effects.

E73 - Banks

Aired: October 30, 2014

Known for lavish electronic productions, Banks serves notice as a powerful singer in her own right.

E74 - Sun Ra Arkestra

Aired: October 31, 2014

With costumes inspired by Egyptian symbolism and sci-fi, Ra's band plays a special Halloween set.

E75 - Making Movies

Aired: November 08, 2014

A rousing band from Kansas City, Making Movies mixes languages and eras with infectious energy.

E76 - Roomful Of Teeth

Aired: November 10, 2014

Watch the group sing new music with yelps, yodels and a few fine harmonies.

E77 - Davíd Garza

Aired: November 15, 2014

The Austin singer-songwriter joins his stunning voice with that of touring partner Gaby Moreno.

E78 - J Mascis

Aired: November 22, 2014

The Dinosaur Jr. frontman, one of the world's loudest musicians, performs unplugged and acoustic.

E79 - Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

Aired: November 24, 2014

Benatar and Giraldo play three classics: "We Live For Love," "We Belong" and "Promises In The Dark."

E80 - Sam Amidon & Bill Frisell

Aired: December 01, 2014

Amidon weaves his compositions into traditional music, while Frisell adds atmospheric guitar.

E81 - Dublin Guitar Quartet

Aired: December 04, 2014

Hear the Irish ensemble's fresh take on Philip Glass' propulsive yet intimate string quartets.

E82 - St. Paul And The Broken Bones

Aired: December 06, 2014

The band's got heart and soul and flair, with a well-worn sound buoyed by strong, fresh songwriting.

E83 - Yusuf/Cat Stevens

Aired: December 09, 2014

The singer performs two new songs, as well as "The First Cut Is the Deepest" and "Father and Son."

E84 - Lucinda Williams

Aired: December 20, 2014

She came to the desk a little unsure, and left singing "West Memphis" with intensity and passion.

E85 - HMSTR

Aired: December 24, 2014

Watch our favorite hamsters play their twee-as-all-get-out holiday pop-punk song, "Snow Day."