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Cure For Paranoia is a Dallas alternative hip-hop collective.

And the winner of the 2026 Tiny Desk Contest is …

The winner of the 2026 Tiny Desk Contest is revealed by NPR Music's Bobby Carter. It's the 12th time that an unsigned musical artist has won the nationwide challenge.

Will Sharpe plays Mozart in the Starz series Amadeus.

Will Sharpe imagines Mozart's day-to-day in 'Amadeus'

Ann Marie Baldonado

Sharpe played a newly rich tech bro on vacation in The White Lotus. Now he's starring as Mozart, a musical genius who struggles to "read the room" in a new limited TV series.

Jade performs a Tiny Desk concert at NPR in Washington, DC.

JADE: Tiny Desk Concert

Elle Mannion

The British pop star makes a "tiny version" of her theatrical stage show, complete with roses, angel wings and a cardboard proscenium arch.

Earth, Wind & Fire's founder wrote orchestral music. It hadn't been heard until now

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An orchestra performs the world premiere of a piece by the late Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White, 23 years after he composed it.

It was 'gut instinct,' say The Black Keys about new album, Peaches!

Henry Larson, Emily Feng, Sarah Robbins

A conversation with eclectic rock duo, Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach of the The Black Keys, about the unique motivations behind the making of their new album, Peaches!

M.I.A. performs at the Germania Insurance Amphitheater in Austin, Texas, on May 1. A day later, in Dallas, she gave a performance that got her fired from her tour with Kid Cudi.

What is a radical? It's the question of M.I.A.'s vexing career

Sheldon Pearce

Fans who danced to "Paper Planes" might hardly recognize the conspiracy-touting artist before them today — but in a certain way, she's the same button-pusher as ever.

Meet the Tiny Desk Contest finalists: Noa Bar

Anamaria Artemisa Sayre

A Tiny Desk Contest judge introduces us to finalists Noa Barr from Los Angeles.

Jewel with "Heart of the Ocean" in "Matriclysm: An Archeology of Connections Lost." (Courtesy of Matthew Takes)

New music and art from Jewel, decades after she first rose to fame

Emiko Tamagawa, Peter O'Dowd

Jewel's new single is called "Upon Meeting the Goddess of Love."

Allison Russell performs a Tiny Desk concert.

Tiny Desk Radio: Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Martha Wainwright, Allison Russell

We pay tribute to the moms, the mamas and the mommies. It's our Mother's Day show! Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station.

KestheBand: Tiny Desk Concert

Nikki Birch

From Trinidad and Tobago, soca group KestheBand brings the island to the Tiny Desk — smiles, waving flags, whining and all.