The Tiny Desk concert series is a favorite of mine. I routinely turn to NPR Music’s YouTube channel when I’m in need of something new to listen to. For those of you that aren’t familiar with the ...

For the last three years and running the good folks at NPR have run a contest that scours the internets for emerging musical eccentrics to grace their Tiny Desk Concert (basically an institution at ...

From more than 6,000 submissions, NPR's third annual Tiny Desk contest - named for its popular in-house live music series - has named a 2017 winner. New Orleans R&B-, funk- and hip-hop-influenced ...

We received nearly 7,500 entries from independent artists across the country for the Tiny Desk Contest. That's a record for the project, now in its 11th year, which has catapulted the careers of ...

While the rest of New Orleans was busy celebrating another Fat Tuesday, the women and men of Tank and The Bangas were celebrating something else entirely. “Tank and the Bangs is like a psychedelic joy ...

“I’m not typical New Orleans,” says Tarriona “Tank” Ball, singer for the group Tank and the Bangas, when chatting on Billboard’s Behind the Setlist podcast. Just as New Orleans has a long history of ...

Why can’t we have “Nice Things”? Well, thanks to funk-soul ensemble Tank and the Bangas, we totally can. The New Orleans-based ensemble caught a wave when they won NPR’s 2017 Tiny Desk contest, which ...

In what can only be described as the most chaotic NPR “Tiny Desk Concert” to date, Kevin Hart’s rap alter ego, Chocolate Droppa, officially pulled up — in full form, hoodie and delusion — for a ...

This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk honors the anniversaries of landmark albums that have shaped the course of music and culture. When Amerie arrived at the Tiny Desk, her enthusiastic energy and bright ...

Hailing from New Orleans, Tank and the Bangas proclaim that Black culture is and will always be beautiful. Tarriona “Tank” Ball and her group were mesmerizing, performing poetry loudly and vibrantly ...

This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk honors the anniversaries of landmark albums that have shaped the course of music and culture. Once the Tiny Desk logo fades away, one of the things you'll notice is a ...

Twenty million people tune in every month for NPR's Tiny Desk concert series, which has blossomed to more than 1,200 shows featuring artists like Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift and Doechii. Now, Tiny Desk ...