Stephen Thompson writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music created a collection of favorite 2020 Tiny Desk Concerts that were published before COVID-19, noting, “They feel like sepia-toned dispatches from the Before-Times, beamed from a magical place where musicians could safely raise their voices indoors and let their assembled droplets waft over an appreciative crowd. But the 50 Tiny Desk concerts we published this year — the ones we recorded in NPR Music's Washington, D.C., offices before the pandemic hit — reflect not only a recent past but also a promise for the relatively near future.”
The Best (Pre-Pandemic) Tiny Desk Concerts Of 2020
