The best Tiny Desk Contest entries we saw
More than 6,000 artists entered this year’s Tiny Desk Contest, hoping to win their very own performance behind the actual Desk. We’ll announce the winner soon, but in the meantime, we’re sharing some of our favorite entries, from the riff-rock group Pump Action, to soul singer Les Greene, loop artist Jackie Marchal, singer-songwriter Yuri Shin and more.
Tiny Desk series producer Bobby Carter joins All Songs Considered host Robin Hilton. (They’re also the two lead judges for the Contest.)
Featured entries:
(00:00) Intro
(00:51) Pump Action: “Supernova”
(03:34) Lily Talmers: “Big Idea”
(07:18) Walker Burroughs: “Open Skies”
(10:53) Les Greene and the Swayzees: "Long Story Short"
(14:08) Nicolosi: “Are You Coming To The Ivy?”
(17:20) Jackie Marchal: “Excavate The Girl”
(21:43) the King will come: “welcome”
(24:33) Yuri Shin: “Falling Rabbit”
(27:54) Lauren Frihauf: “One Thing Always Leads To Another”
(31:41) Meira: “Make Me Go”
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Tiny Desk series producer Bobby Carter joins All Songs Considered host Robin Hilton. (They’re also the two lead judges for the Contest.)
Featured entries:
(00:00) Intro
(00:51) Pump Action: “Supernova”
(03:34) Lily Talmers: “Big Idea”
(07:18) Walker Burroughs: “Open Skies”
(10:53) Les Greene and the Swayzees: "Long Story Short"
(14:08) Nicolosi: “Are You Coming To The Ivy?”
(17:20) Jackie Marchal: “Excavate The Girl”
(21:43) the King will come: “welcome”
(24:33) Yuri Shin: “Falling Rabbit”
(27:54) Lauren Frihauf: “One Thing Always Leads To Another”
(31:41) Meira: “Make Me Go”
Support the show with a review on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. And tell a friend!
Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org
See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.
NPR Privacy Policy
2026-03-31
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