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NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest Is Live!

Since its debut in 2014, the Tiny Desk Contest has received more than 50,000 submissions from independent artists across the country, each hoping to perform as part of NPR Music's signature music discovery series. The submission window opened today, January 14, 2025, at 10 a.m. ET, and runs through Monday, February 10, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET.

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The Tiny Desk Contest is back for 2025

The Tiny Desk Contest is NPR Music's annual search for the next great undiscovered artist.

Enter the 2025 Tiny Desk Contest

Could you be the next great undiscovered artist? Entries are now open for the 2025 Tiny Desk Contents, which gives bands and musicians the chance to perform at NPR Music’s Tiny Desk. Entries are open from January 14 and close Monday, February 10.

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Daring to Dream: A reflection on America

In celebration of what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.'s 96th birthday, pianist Lara Downes examines how musicians ...

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Machel Montano Brings the Islands to NPR ‘Tiny Desk' With Series' First Soca Set

Machel Montano is already making history. On Monday (Jan. 13), the Trinidadian music icon treated NPR's Tiny Desk series to ...

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Here's everyone performing at the presidential inauguration

Unlike Donald Trump's first inauguration in 2017, which reportedly struggled to book high-profile performers, several ...

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The songs Israelis and Palestinians are listening to now, amid war

An Israeli music critic and a Palestinian musician share some songs with NPR's Daniel Estrin — and reflect on more than a ...

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