* Obsessed with Tiny Desk *

I've been obsessed with NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concerts for a while now.

And this is not really a surprise. Through approx 20 minute video performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen, Tiny Desk Concert series brings intimate concert vibe to the anyone watching/listening. And when I am not attending concerts or the festivals, I love feeling like I am there and in this case, in a small, intimate venue listening to my favorite musician or discovering my new favorite one.

And even though this is the first time I am covering this series, Tiny Desk Concerts exist for more than 10 years and I've been listening to it for a while now.

The first Tiny Desk Concert came about in 2008 (after Boilen and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson left a bar show frustrated that they couldn't hear the music over the crowd noise. Thompson joked that the musician, folk singer Laura Gibson, should just perform at Boilen's desk. A month later (on April 21st, 2008) Boilen arranged for her to do just that, making an impromptu recording and posting it online. Even the name of the series is connected to Boilen: it was taken from his 1970s psychedelic dance band called Tiny Desk Unit.

Fast forward to August 2018 and this series included more than 800 concerts viewed a collective 2 billion times on NPR Tiny Desk YouTube channel. I haven't seen/listen all of them but I've seen many so I've decided to share with you some of my favorite ones.

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Tune in tonight to Gimme A Beat (18.02.2019) to hear my selection of Tiny Desk Concerts sang by female artists

Obsessed with Tiny Desk
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Gimme a Beat's NPR Tiny Desk selection

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for the info about old shows please go to previous entries

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