Carter is the host and series producer for Tiny Desk concerts, and has produced shows by Juvenile, Kelela and the late Mac Miller among many, many more.

Ayana Contreras hosts Soulful Strut on KUVO Jazz in Denver, where she serves as VP of Radio at Rocky Mountain Public Media, overseeing both KUVO and urban alternative station The Drop.

Contreras has co-hosted Alt.Latino, the pioneering NPR podcast and radio show celebrating Latin music and culture, since co-creating it in 2010. He has brought artists including Juanes, Chucho Valdés and Sheila E. to the Tiny Desk.

As the award-winning host of WXPN’s World Cafe, America’s most listened-to public radio music program, Douris has conducted wide-ranging interviews with artists from Bruce Springsteen to Questlove to Brandi Carlile.

A believer in the transformative power of music and art, Silverman has run the publicity firm Motormouthmedia for over 25 years, representing artists across the genre spectrum. Her current roster includes artists such as Thundercat, Four Tet and Animal Collective.

The host and senior producer of All Songs Considered, Hilton helped create Tiny Desk in 2008, including giving the series its name. Sessions he’s produced at the Desk include TV on the Radio, Weyes Blood and Weezer.

The Bay Area rapper’s 2024 Tiny Desk concert was named one of the 10 best of the year by NPR Music. He’s also made a splash as an entrepreneur with Good Compenny, the independent arts collective he co-founded.

On albums including 2021’s a liquid breakfast and last year’s TRENCH, the Los Angeles-based singer, rapper and songwriter has blurred the lines between pop, R&B and experimental trap with songs that serve as anthems to nonconformity.

Hurray for the Riff Raff is the project of Alynda Mariposa Segarra, a Tiny Desk alum whom Pitchfork has lauded as "one of their generation's most fearless folk-rock storytellers.” Their latest album, The Past Is Still Alive, was named one of NPR Music's Best of 2024.

Armed with a striking vocal range, the New Jersey-based Fousheé has consistently defied boundaries with her frenetic R&B-punk sound. Her 2024 album Pointy Heights is rooted in her family’s Jamaican origins and features co-production from Steve Lacy.