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Desks of the 2022 Tiny Desk Contest

10:31am April 12, 2022

by Elle Mannion

Artists who entered this year's Tiny Desk Contest impressed us with their outstanding performances — and their creative desks. Check out some of our favorites desks of the 2022 Tiny Desk Contest.

He shields his identity with a mask, but country music lets Orville Peck be himself

6:34am April 12, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Orville Peck, the country musician whose identity is kept secret behind a fringed mask, about his second full-length album Bronco.

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This April 12, 2018 file photo shows Britney Spears at the GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Spears announced Monday she's pregnant.

Britney Spears announces she's pregnant

4:55pm April 11, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The 40-year-old pop star had her 13-year conservatorship terminated late last year. Spears is a mother to two teen boys from an earlier marriage.

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Sylo, 'Millions'

2:58pm April 11, 2022

by Kara Frame

Sylo's soft vibrato offers summery comfort on a cold spring day.

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Chronophage, 'Black Clouds'

1:41pm April 11, 2022

by Lars Gotrich

The Austin punk band's instantly replayable "Black Clouds" bounces with a coiffured (but no less reckless) joie de vivre.

Thomas Mayfield poses at the entrance of J. T. Stevens Elementary School.

After a Texas teacher saw his students struggling with math, he turned to rap music

12:40pm April 11, 2022

by Mia Estrada

Thomas Mayfield helped raise test scores and engagement in the classroom, and now he's helping teachers in Fort Worth learn what he did.

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New Zealand songwriter Aldous Harding is a chameleonic presence on the new album Warm Chris, pulling off one mask only to reveal another.

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The Masked Singer

11:48am April 11, 2022

by Sasha Geffen

Throughout Warm Chris, New Zealand songwriter Aldous Harding is a chameleonic presence, pulling off one mask only to reveal another underneath.

Perception x Katara's Tiny Desk Contest entry

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Entries We Love: Perception X Katara, 'Balance'

11:33am April 11, 2022

by Lia Crockett

This Tiny Desk Contest entry is filled with dark observations about navigating survival within various societal structures that seem to go against that very thing.

Julian Lennon tweeted that "as a human, and as an artist, I felt compelled to respond in the most significant way I could" by performing the song.

John Lennon's son, Julian, performs 'Imagine' for the 1st time, in support of Ukraine

10:16am April 11, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

Lennon suggested that the song represents "our collective desire for peace worldwide" and that it transports listeners to a place "where love and togetherness become our reality."

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Entries We love: Justine Grove, 'City Sea'

9:48am April 11, 2022

by Ashley Pointer

This Tiny Desk Contest entry is about finding solace in the noise of the city, succumbing to escape.