Sound Advice With Nick Brunner: NPR Tiny Desk Contest
March 12, 2020
The NPR Tiny Desk Contest draws thousands of entries. And many are sent every year from northern California artists.
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Tiny Desk
Davis-based musician Lillian Francis headlines CapRadio's 2018 Tiny Desk Concert.
Capital Public Radio
Join us this summer for Tiny Desk Sacramento, a CapRadio showcase of outstanding local musicians who've entered NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest.
Curated by Nick Brunner, host of CapRadio’s modern music discovery show, Hey, Listen!, the outdoor concert will take place in the CapRadio Garden on Saturday, June 1, and will feature The Midnight Dip, The That, and A Tribe Quartet. Get a taste of their music here, plus more of our favorite local contest entries.
The concert is family friendly and open to the public, but tickets are required. Register here.
Congratulations to the winner of the 2019 national NPR Tiny Desk Contest, songwriter Quinn Christopherson from Anchorage, Alaska. Watch his winning entry here.
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Submit a video of you or your band playing one original song behind a desk — any desk will do — and you could win a chance to play your own Tiny Desk concert and tour the country with NPR Music.
Lillian Frances Headlines Tiny Desk Sacramento Show At CapRadio
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Lillian Frances is one of three local artists performing at the first Tiny Desk Sacramento concert in the CapRadio Garden.
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Sound Advice: Hey, Listen! To These NorCal Tiny Desk Contestants
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The Not-So-Tiny List Of Our Favorite Tiny Desk Contestants
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