NPR Music received more than 6,600 submissions to this year's Tiny Desk Contest, our annual search for the next great undiscovered artist to play a Tiny Desk concert. Before we reveal this year's winner, our Contest judges are sharing their favorite entries as part of our annual Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf livestream series.
Entries featured in this episode: - Palmyra, "Shape I'm In" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPWpoaIffQ4 - Cure for Paranoia, "Cure For Paranoia's TiiNY DESK" https://youtu.be/fnoh0qL-GQA?si=ZY-ljHINAEdQOFJr - Frail Talk, "little al" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAXjrd0vTPs - Casey Ruth Little, "smudge on the lens" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJRRGxBiWHM Southwest Georgia Creatives, "Too Long" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqgHCXvFP78 - LORD$, "Try Again" https://youtu.be/4YGYlvx5oB0?si=aOP2fM_GceqnR5wu - Mae Valero, "Home" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_INKAdJV7gs&ab_channel=MaeValerio - Young Original, "Perfect World" https://youtu.be/q6jfXtAbPUA?si=vl3XxbLauQszcqDU - George Perkins, "Young George" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxZ9KcS-ANw - Nafisaria Mathews, "Bye" https://youtu.be/ej-0CDtZJGQ?si=DZPzGD_Na_Z5pQEL
Learn more about the Contest: https://npr.org/tinydeskcontest
