NPR Music received more than 7,000 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.
NPR Music's Bobby Carter and artist LaRussell's top picks:
Nobigdyl., “imago interlude”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u28SVp8hLYA Speakeasy, “Monogomy” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB4JciYY6xg Tish Hyman, “Lucky” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-WKoMX4Jw8 Nicholas Ryan Gant, “Just Us” https://youtu.be/lAAuQpXTNTY?si=eoZ_wiCkiPGCUF4h Red Lotus & The Earthtones, “I Might Fall In Love With You” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oponQF7loiA The Brudi Brothers, “Me More Cowboy Than You” https://youtu.be/FaAsq8vyKRs?si=L9kg9eW7DJ_zpd-o Saeeda Wright, “Pressing On”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYP0ld79GUM TreWay & The Now Generation, “Comfortable” https://youtu.be/_qUr7UC78h0?si=gTZTpQuteGRJCnH88 Lovestreet, “You Send Me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg21fB9PjyI Olivia C. Dacal, “STARS” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzB3nj0LzGo
Vote for your favorite entry: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/24/g-s1-62492/tiny-desk-contest-2025-fan-favorite-vote
Learn more about the Contest: https://npr.org/tinydeskcontest
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