Sierra Ferrell is the May Queen of American roots music — no matter what month it is.

Watch the rising U.K. star perform intimate renditions of "Blue Lights," "On My Mind" and "Teenage Fantasy" with a full band.

Tyler, The Creator performs three songs from his latest album Flower Boy -- and pulls off (at least) two Tiny Desk firsts in the process, while maturing beyond his class-clown image (mostly).

Watch the soul star perform "Silent Night" and two originals — one for Christmas, one for Hanukkah.

In this performance at the NPR Music offices, the Irish pop band mixes new songs with early hits.

Hear the fresh-faced opera singers perform Puccini at the NPR Music offices.

The group has revitalized a long-lost culture through music performed entirely in Haitian Creole.

The brilliant and nimble guitarist reinvents the songs of John Lennon at the NPR Music offices.

Calvi plays songs from her self-titled debut in this powerful performance at the NPR Music offices.

Banjo master Schepps and friends create an intriguing goulash of Bartók, bluegrass and bebop.

Watch singer Teri Gender Bender transform from a soft-spoken musician into a rock 'n' roll beast.

Even in a stripped-down acoustic set, Tinariwen's trance-inducing desert music doesn't disappoint.

The Argentine singer blends tango, Latin blues and the traditional music of Brazil and Peru.

The Elephant 6 alum plays a holiday set compete with bowed banjos, singing saws and tape machines.

As the cameras rolled, the reggae star came to life, showcasing his smooth voice and vibrant energy.

tUnE-yArDs sings of rage and inequality, but also celebrates the joy of letting out a wild sound.

The genre-bending cellist heads a dream team of string players who borrow from bluegrass.

At the NPR Music offices, Irglova mixes the exotic and the familiar; sweetness and longing.

Watch the charismatic Colombian superstar give an intimate performance at the NPR Music offices.

The jazz star and his band perform two songs from their album State of Art at the NPR Music offices.

The classical violinist blends Bach and Charles Ives with flair, then tops it off with a fedora.

Of course, the power-punk duo took off their shirts at the NPR Music offices, because why not?

These songs showcase a band with tremendous narrative gifts and a flair for subtle beauty.

The band's performance in the NPR Music offices creates a vibe of ragged, awkward intimacy.

The New Orleans native achieved stardom with his voice and his horn. But he just wants you to dance.

Ring in Rosh Hashanah with three globe-trotting tunes from one of the world's greatest Jewish bands.

The pianist usually plays eight-foot Steinways. See what she does on an electronic keyboard.

Rowe brings his booming voice and ever-louder acoustic-guitar set-ups to the NPR Music offices.

Watch the Guatemalan singer's breathtaking and passionate set at the NPR Music offices.

Watch the miraculous hands (and feet) of the Grammy-winning organist in an all-Bach performance.

Watch the band perform two of its brand-new songs, as well as "Fingertips," a classic 1992 chestnut.

Boyd reads from White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, while Hitchcock plays songs from the era.

The Grammy-nominated rapper moved throughout her Tiny Desk with purpose — knowing exactly what she wanted and how to achieve it.

The “Queen of Funk” graces the Tiny Desk with a set list to groove to.

As the ringleader of the CHIC experience, Rodgers crams a lifetime's worth of nightlife into every strum of his guitar.

The Belgian superstar's Tiny Desk is a portrait of a world-class showman at the height of his powers.

The East Atlanta emcee brings a serious attention to detail to this stripped-down performance of tracks from his new album plus some earlier career-defining songs.

Nicki Nicole's Tiny Desk home concert is representative of her artistry writ large, as an artist born in 2000 but with a connection to sounds and styles beyond her years.

The defining disco diva of 2020 performs four songs from her album Future Nostalgia for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.

Billie Eilish used some of her signature video magic to perform in front of the Tiny Desk from the comfort of her own home.

The British madmen brought fury, cathartic rage and deep thoughts to the Tiny Desk for one of the loudest, most raucous performances in memory.

Mac Miller reflects on his journey's peaks and valleys in a boisterous set of songs from Swimming, featuring special guest Thundercat on "What's the Use?"

For more than 45 years, the legendary John Prine has written some of the most powerful lyrics in the American music canon. He brings some of his best to this unforgettable Tiny Desk performance.

The Grammy-nominated singer's Tiny Desk is an ode to a magical time in Mexican popular music.

It's safe to say this Korean, cross-dressing rock band looks and sounds like no one who's ever performed at the Tiny Desk.

The Alabama singer-songwriter and his band perform three songs from The Nashville Sound, but their set includes a few surprises, too.

The Brooklyn bhangra band come to the Tiny Desk in celebration of Holi, the Hindu festival of color that welcomes the coming of spring.

The world-famous entertainers retrofitted their instruments and confetti cannons to fit the desk.

Singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi and guitarist Derek Trucks celebrate the blues, jazz and much more.

The San Antonio trio gets back to basics to explore its songs' forms and the soul of its lyrics.

Watch the masterful folk guitarist perform a lovely instrumental set at the NPR Music offices.

Maybe you couldn't hear a pin drop when Gem Club played, but you could hear the click of a keyboard.

Hear the agile musician's rigorously crafted songs, which fall somewhere between classical and pop.

Asking the fearless, easygoing singer to perform in a crowded office never felt like an imposition.

The Cuban singer performs two boleros, which transport the listener to another time and place.

Jakob Dylan, Neko Case and Kelly Hogan perform a mesmerizing set at the Tiny Desk.

It's astonishing to watch Sultana's fluidity on her instrument, like a natural extension of her body. She also plays bass, saxophone, trumpet, flute and more, but kept it "simple" for the Tiny Desk.

The singer stuns in her second appearance at the Tiny Desk, showcasing not only her vocal mastery, but her skills as a captivating multi-instrumentalist.

The singer treated the NPR Music offices to three songs that invited us into her warm musical world.

Fredrik's lush harmonies are stripped to guitar, snare drum and maraca in this intimate performance.

Seven authors (Roy Blount Jr., Scott Turow and others) perform with a big-time ringer.

Watch the R&B star-in-the-making perform three songs, including a guest appearance by H.E.R.

In a three-song set at the NPR Music offices, the U.K. pop star showcases her brilliant voice.

The most popular band in the world performs three songs with a live band for Tiny Desk's quarantine series.

Laura Gibson works through a handful of tenderhearted songs: two of them unreleased and two of them from her full-length debut, If You Come to Greet Me.

Hear the singer give an intimate acoustic performance at the desk of NPR Music's Bob Boilen.

Hear the singer-songwriter's tender, winsome music, performed live in the NPR Music offices.

In this video shot at the NPR Music offices, Siskind showcases a voice that's both honeyed and raw.

The Norwegian-born singer-songwriter performs three liltingly sweet songs in the NPR Music offices.

Moby gives a live performance of his Project Song creation, "Gone to Sleep," at NPR's offices.

When Athens, Ga., songwriter Vic Chesnutt was on tour in support of his album, “North Star Deserter,” he stopped by NPR to perform live at All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen's desk. Chesnutt played five songs, including two entirely new ones.

See the band perform live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.

Singer Tony Dekker performs three songs at the desk of All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen.

See and hear the legendary bluegrass and old-time gospel singer give an a cappella performance.

Bowerbirds' handcrafted songs creak and swell like wooden floorboards in an old house.

The fearless party-rocker stands in NPR Music's offices and performs four songs alone at the piano.

The band's sullen, spacious music was a perfect fit for the intimacy of the NPR Music offices.

A longtime session guitarist, Rawlings takes the lead, playing his own music at NPR Music's offices.

The Brooklyn-based trio strips down its wall of noise for an intimate performance at NPR Music.

The classical guitarist showcases his warm, lyrical tone in three staples of the repertoire.

A nine-piece choir joins the band for an inspired reworking of four Coldplay songs — and a surprise cover of Prince's "1999."

As she settled in for this stripped-down set, Taylor Swift looked out over the office. "I just decided to take this as an opportunity to show you guys how the songs sounded when I first wrote them."

Sera Cahoone got her start playing drums for a few widely adored bands in the Pacific Northwest, most notably Band of Horses and the spell-checker-defying Carissa's Wierd. But her self-titled, self-released 2006 album marked her as a fully formed talent — a warm and inviting singer whose songs convey world-weariness and homespun grace.

Thao Nguyen makes captivating music. Her songs are raw and infectious, her voice has a distinctive swagger, and she's a remarkably nimble guitarist.

Kurt Wagner writes and sings beautiful songs with Lambchop, a hefty Nashville ensemble with a calm, restrained sound. When Kurt Wagner came by the office to play a Tiny Desk Concert, he came alone, with just an acoustic guitar, a stack of lyrics and his humble, good-natured sense of humor.

David Eugene Edwards performs his fiery Americana and covers a rare Bob Dylan song.

The duo's new album pays tribute to the pair's heroes, such as Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana.