NPR will open submissions for its 2026 Tiny Desk Contest. Musicians from all over the country are invited to compete for an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sal Geloso of the New Orleans band Sally Baby's Silver Dollars talks about his entry into NPR's Tiny Desk Contest, "I Got No More Tears Left To Cry." NPR's Tiny Desk Contest has had a good number of ...

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, ...

Last week, Carlos Arzate & The Kind Souls came out with a new video filmed in the Bowen Stone House for the song “No More” for consideration in NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, in which bands and performers ...

KVtheWriter submitted a video for her song “FaceTime” to the 2025 Tiny Desk competition. After St. Louis native Royce Martin, 25, chatted with rapper Big Sean on the “Kelly Clarkson Show” in February, ...

Chosen from nearly 7,500 submissions from independent artists across the country, Bay Area artist Ruby Ibarra captivated the judges with her striking originality, lyrical depth and commanding presence ...

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 ...