The Best Tiny Desk Concerts of 2025

NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts have always been the great equalizer. Strip away the lights and the reverb, and you find out which artists can actually hold a room when the room is the size of an office. In 2025, the series turned out some of its most eclectic performances yet, pulling artists from far-flung genres into the same tight corner at NPR headquarters. The beauty of Tiny Desk is how it forces everything to shrink except the truth. You hear choices that normally sit below the mix and flaws tha