Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf 2026: Episode 2 with Anamaria Sayre

NPR Music received more than 6,000 submissions to this year's Tiny Desk Contest, our annual search for the next great undiscovered artist. Before we reveal this year's winner, our Contest judges are sharing their favorite entries as part of our annual Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf livestream series. Entries featured in this episode: Rijah, "Earth" https://youtu.be/uKNAbcYsIig?si=S6cEPLVZOIIN7_P7 Tiril Jackson, "Forever" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5hXll6R0fE Muddy Rabbit, "Whiskey Road"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5_uQkonc6I Kahndes, "Can You Stay The Same" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqd7MKuhADA Enslow, "Cowboy Like Me" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc6RZf6QHSU Victoria Canal, "Black Swan" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7K7__m8-bg YORDANO, "Dias de Junio" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9nzS4PaYY4 Aisha Jemila, "Billye Mae" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFDTTYq9ZTs Clove, "Easy" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4T50jXd1e8 Kole, "demo 8 / heavier" https://youtu.be/u1aLU7tfOgo?si=kqDvRuxGCbpBtuPV Learn more about the Contest: https://npr.org/tinydeskcontest #tinydesk #tinydeskcontest