Winning Isn't Everything: Tiny Desk Concerts From Standout Contest Entrants
Each year, one Tiny Desk Contest winner gets to play their own Tiny Desk concert. But we've discovered many more great artists through the Contest — and have invited a few of them to play here, too.
Each year, we ask unsigned artists from across the country to send us their songs as part of the Tiny Desk Contest. And each year, one artist wins the grand prize and gets to play their very own Tiny Desk concert.
But winning isn't of talented musicians who send us videos of themselves playing their original songs behind their desks. We do our best to share the most impressive entries — ; ; and more — with the world. In the past, we've taken our winner on tour across the country and invited standout entrants to open for them. Sometimes, Bob Boilen is so blown away by an artist that, after seeing their performance, he invites them to play a set behind his Tiny Desk, too.
