With the Feb. 9th deadline approaching, two NPR Tiny Desk judges joined Idaho Matters to talk about the contest that could take local musicians from their living rooms to NPR's iconic Tiny Desk stage.

*NPR Music has officially opened submissions for the 2026 edition of the Tiny Desk Contest, marking the competition’s 12th year. The annual program invites unsigned musicians to submit a video ...

Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars was one of the most buzzed-about acts at the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Salvatore Geloso embodies the spirit of New Orleans through and through. His band inaugurates the first-ever Tiny Desk Contest takeover.

In Texas, where bigger often means better – bigger audiences, stadiums and productions – it’s easy to assume the same applies to music. The industry thrives on spectacle, but NPR’s Tiny Desk contest ...

The witty and unpredictable band from Brooklyn is an in-house favorite of the Tiny Desk Contest judges. We knew it was finally time to bring in FORAGER proper.

WLRN is highlighting some of our favorite South Florida submissions for NPR's 2025 Tiny Desk Contest contest. Pictured above going clockwise is Mava (top left), Funk Unity, K Boswell and Justin Koolik ...

Today, NPR announced the Bay Area's Ruby Ibarra as the winner of the 2025 NPR Tiny Desk Contest. Each year, NPR accepts thousands of video submissions from unsigned bands across the country. The rules ...

Every year, thousands of musicians apply to NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest. Applications from Connecticut and New York range from punk-rock bands to acoustic solo artists. Should a group win the contest, ...

One of the founders of NPR's influential platform talks about its past, present and future, as well as what it takes to play ...

Reggaeton bumps from Honda Civics and EDM beats reverberate from swanky clubs. But that’s not the only music coming out of South Florida. We’re home to a wide array of music genres from all types of ...