A 2025 Tiny Desk Contest judge shares favorite entries in pop and rock performances

July 26, 2025 • NPR Music's 2025 Tiny Desk Contest yielded thousands of entries, including some standouts in the pop and rock categories.

Here's the full lineup from the 2025 Tiny Desk Contest tour

July 25, 2025 • Meet the stacked list of past entrants and secret headliners who joined Contest winner Ruby Ibarra on the road.

Here are some of the best folk and country entries in this year's Tiny Desk Contest

July 24, 2025 • NPR Music's 2025 Tiny Desk Contest got more than 7,000 entries, including some standouts in the folk and country genres.

Tiny Desk Contestant Lawd Ito talks about his tradition and what inspires him

July 19, 2025 • Singer–songwriter Lawd Ito draws inspiration from his Afro-Caribbean roots. He tells us about his Tiny Desk entry, "Aguanile," which opens with a prayer.

The best Latin Tiny Desk Contest entries

July 15, 2025 • NPR Music received a record number of entries to this year's Tiny Desk Contest: 7,500. The judges discovered so many amazing entries, and now we're sharing some of those standouts here.