'Weird Al' Yankovic: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch pop parodist 'Weird Al' Yankovic perform four songs, for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. Things got a little crowded, because he brought along Jim "Kimo" West (guitar, background vocals) ,Steve Jay (bass, background vocals), Jon "Burmuda" Schwartz (drums), Chad Thomas (keys), Payton Rose Velligan (guitar, background vocals), Monique Donnelly (tambourine, background vocals), Scheila Gonzalez (alto sax, baritone sax, background vocals) and Probyn Gregory (trumpet, background vocals).

Setlist:

1. Skipper Dan
2. eBay
3. Now You Know
4. The Saga Begins

» weirdal.com

Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch opera singer Renée Fleming and banjo maestro Béla Fleck perform four songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. They were joined by mandolinist and singer Sierra Hull , bassist Mark Schatz , fiddler and singer Michael Cleveland , and guitarist Jake Stargel. Top shelf bluegrass with a twist, breathing new life into songs as old as the hills.

Setlist:

1. In the Pines
2. He's Gone Away / Storms Are On the Ocean
3. Blackest Crow"

» napalmdeath.org

Napalm Death: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch English grindcore pioneers Napalm Death perform eight songs, for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. 40 years of mayhem and no signs of slowing down.

Setlist:

1. Instinct of Survival
2. Strong-Arm
3. Everyday Pox
4. Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
5. Amoral
6. Dead
7. Scum
8. You Suffer

» napalmdeath.org

Laurie Anderson: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Laurie Anderson perform five songs, including a slowed down cover of Dirty Blvd. by her late husband Lou Reed, for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. She played electronics and violin, with Martha Mooke (viola, electronics) and Doug Wieselman (guitar, clarinet).

Setlist:

1. Let X=X
2. The Letter
3. Dirty Blvd.
4. The Reason I Love the Stars (excerpt from "Another Day in America")
5. Dog Show"

» laurieanderson.com

Foo Fighters: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch the Foo Fighters perform five songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. They kept simple, with only one song - Spit Shine - from their latest album Your Favorite Toy, before switching to four popular favourites from their back catalogue.

Setlist:

1. Spit Shine
2. Learn to Fly
3. Child Actor
4. My Hero
5. Everlong

» foofighters.com

Militarie Gun: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Los Angeles based hardcore/alternative rock band Militarie Gun perform six songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. They turned the volume down, well, just a bit.

Setlist:

1. B A D I D E A
2. God Owes Me Money
3. Throw Me Away
4. Don't Pick Up the Phone
5. Thought You Were Waving
6. Do It Faster

» militariegun.com

Kronos Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch the current incarnation of the Kronos Quartet perform four songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. David Harrington (violin), Gabriela Diaz (violin), Ayane Kozasa (viola) and Paul Wiancko (cello) let their instruments speak about the worldwide clusterfuck with these rearranged covers.

Setlist:

1. Neil Young (arr. Wiancko) - Ohio
2. Nicole Lizée - Another Living Soul
3. Abel Meeropol (arr. Garchik) - Strange Fruit
4. Peni Candra Rini (arr. Garchik) - Hujan (from Segara Gunung)

» kronosquartet.org

Buddy Guy: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch blues singer and guitarist Buddy Guy and his band play four songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert, with Miles Caton (vocals, guitar), Dan Souvigney (piano), Ric Hall (guitar), Orlando Wright (bass) and Pooky Styx (drums).

Setlist:

1. Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
2. Hoochie Coochie Man
3. Travelin'
4. I Lied to You

» buddyguy.net

John Fogerty: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch rock singer and guitarist John Fogerty and his band play five songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. On writing Proud Mary in 1968 after being discharced from Army Reserve: "I opened my discharge [papers] up, and I was really, really, really happy. I went right in the house, picked up my Rickenbacker guitar and started strumming, and the very first line that came out of me was, 'Left a good job in the city. Workin' for the man every night and day.'"

Setlist:

1. Proud Mary
2. Change in the Weather
3. A Hundred and Ten in the Shade
4. Long As I Can See the Light
5. Have You Ever Seen the Rain

» johnfogerty.com

Billy Strings: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch bluegrass virtuoso Billy Strings and his band play four songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert.

Setlist:

1. Red Daisy
2. My Alice
3. Malfunction Junction
4. Gild the Lily

» billystrings.com

David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch David Byrne play four songs with his big band for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. Two new ones, two old ones from the Talking Heads.

Setlist:

1. Everybody Laughs
2. Don't Be Like That
3. (Nothing But) Flowers
4. Life During Wartime

» davidbyrne.com

Robert Plant & Saving Grace: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Robert Plant & Saving Grace play five songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. Some gospel, some blues, and that voice that has aged like great wine.

Setlist:

1. Gospel Plough
2. Higher Rock
3. Everybody's Song
4. It's a Beautiful Day Today
5. Gallows Pole"

» robertplant.com

Pulp: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch reformed Britpop band Pulp play four songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert.

Setlist:

1. This Is Hardcore
2. Something Changed
3. A Sunset
4. Acrylic Afternoons

» welovepulp.info

Turnstile: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch hardcore band Turnstile reinvent themselves playing five rearranged songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert.

Setlist:

1. Dreaming
2. Sunshower
3. I Care
4. Never Enough
5. Birds

» turnstilehardcore.com

Ty Segall: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch American singer-songwriter Ty Segall play five songs with his band for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. They were loud.

Setlist:

1. You're the Doctor
2. Possession
3. Whisper
4. Girlfriend
5. My Best Friend

» ty-segall.com

The Mekons: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch English folk punk band The Mekons play four songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. Two songs are from the new album Horror: the protest song War Economy and Sanctuary, with violinist Susie Honeyman stepping up to the mike for a rare lead vocal.

Setlist:

1. Last Dance
2. War Economy
3. Sanctuary
4. Hard to Be Human Again

» The Mekons on Wikipedia

Wet Leg: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Wet Leg play four songs from their new album moisturizer for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert.g

Setlist:

1. CPR
2. mangetout"
3. davina mccall
4. 11:21

» wetlegband.com

Living Colour: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch hard hitting rockers Living Colour play five songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. Did they hold back? Nope.

Setlist:

1. Cult of Personality
2. Pride
3. Love Rears Its Ugly Head
4. Time's Up
5. Solace of You

» livingcolour.com

Beth Gibbons: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch English singer Beth Gibbons and her seven-piece band play four songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert.

Setlist:

1. Tell Me Who You Are Today
2. Floating on a Moment
3. Lost Changes
4. Mysteries

» bethgibbons.net

TV On The Radio: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch American rock band TV On The Radio play four songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert.

Setlist:

1. Wolf Like Me
2. Could You
3. Satellite
4. Young Liars

» tvontheradio.com