Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf: Bob Boilen, iLe and Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast

NPR Music received thousands of submissions to this year's Tiny Desk Contest, our annual search for the next great undiscovered artist to play a Tiny Desk concert. 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.

Featured entries:
- Pocket Queen & The Royal Flush, “WE CAME TO MOVE” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UMaYqBYSj4
- Aubrey Hays, "Love Didn't Hurt You" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIGm3syX424
- Micah Edwards Jean Leon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP16uCTpfAI
- Alisa Amador Milonga accidental https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6SFOXXeV4c
- Raine Stern, “Lydia” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu1GPL2Xc8I
- Piquete, “Fluir” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhfbKJUc0Q8
- Ollella, “Lava” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkmZcHsI6jw
- John Ferrara, “Perhaps Everything, Perhaps Nothing” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96fsJ4tMdSI

Learn more about the Contest: https://npr.org/tinydeskcontest