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Oliva Rodrigo, Rico Nasty and C. Tangana were a few of our favorite Tiny Desk (home) concerts of 2021. Renee Klahr/NPR hide caption

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The Best Tiny Desk Concerts Of 2021

Watch some of the year's greatest Tiny Desk performances, featuring a small sample of the talented artists who delivered intimate sets from their homes around the world.

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Tiny Desk (Home) Concert: Jonathan McReynolds and Mali Music

The two Grammy Award-winning gospel artists come together for an unapologetic expression of faith and gratefulness in this holiday Tiny Desk home concert.

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Insecure Takeover Part 2 (Home) Concert

Three ladies featured on the latest Insecure soundtrack perform a Tiny Desk home concert from Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen in Inglewood, California.

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Tiny Desk Playlists

The best of NPR Music's Tiny Desk concert series.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss perform a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption

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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (Home) Concert

14 years after their last collaboration, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are back at Sound Emporium, where they recorded their new album Raise The Roof.

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Mick Jenkins (Home) Concert

Backed by a four-piece band, the Chicago-bred MC plays a Tiny Desk home concert that simmers with soul.

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Arooj Aftab (Home) Concert

Watch the Pakistan-born singer and her masterful band perform songs of love and loss in a decrepit, yet generously resonant, convent in Brooklyn.

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Olivia Rodrigo (Home) Concert

From the DMV, the pop star and her band take on new arrangements of songs from her debut album, SOUR.

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Wet Leg (Home) Concert

Rhian Teasdale, Hester Chambers, and their band perform a playfully wistful Tiny Desk (home) concert from a creative arts space on the Isle of Wight.

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Sloppy Jane (Home) Concert

The 11-piece band crammed into a coffee shop in Queens, New York, to play three of the most tangible songs from their album, Madison.

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Company (Home) Concert

After a 20-month hiatus, the cast of the musical comedy celebrates its return with a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Raye Zaragoza (Home) Concert

The Akimel Oʼotham folk singer performs four songs for her Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Ya Tseen (Home) Concert

From the Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi community house, the Southeast Alaskan artist uses a combination of electronic and acoustic elements to fuel his Tiny Desk home concert.

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William Prince (Home) Concert

From his home in Winnipeg, the folk singer emanates thoughtful messages of redemption and love.

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Tems (Home) Concert

Adorning hues that recall the title of her latest EP, If Orange Was a Place, the Nigerian singer performs a Tiny Desk home concert from an elegant performance space in Lagos.

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Joss Favela (Home) Concert

The torchbearer for Mexican Regional music plays a Tiny Desk home concert from his ranch in Sinaloa.

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The War On Drugs (Home) Concert

In their Tiny Desk (home) concert, The War On Drugs gather in their packed studio in Burbank, CA to let us in on the fun and intricate inner workings of their craft.

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Neffy

It felt good to be at the Tiny Desk, if only for one night. Tiny Desk Contest winner Neffy plays her winning song, "Wait Up," plus three more in the first Tiny Desk concert since March 2020.

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Ed Sheeran (Home) Concert

Ed Sheeran performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert surrounded by bookshelves and a host of world-class musicians.

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Circuit des Yeux (Home) Concert

In Circuit des Yeux's Tiny Desk (home) concert — recorded at Chicago's historic May Chapel — Haley Fohr's operatic, four-octave vibrato contains a wondrous terror, but also an illumination of being.

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Jagged Little Pill (Home) Concert

The cast of Jagged Little Pill celebrates their return to Broadway with a Tiny Desk (home) performance of songs from the iconic Alanis Morissette album of the same name.

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Yasmin Williams (Home) Concert

For her Tiny Desk (home) concert, Yasmin Williams keeps the background sparse to foreground her inventive playing.