The attached interview above is from SDPB's daily public-affairs show, In the Moment.
NPR is launching its 2022 Tiny Desk Contest!
Since 2008, The Tiny Desk series has invited artists to the NPR office in Washington D.C. to perform live at the desk of Bob Boilen. Bob Boilen was a musician, record store employee, and multi-media artist when he was interviewed for his work for the national program All Things Considered.
After that experience, Boilen went on to doggedly seek employment at NPR. He would go on to direct All Things Considered for eighteen years.
Today you probably know him as the creator of the program All Songs Considered. It's safe to say that Boilen's passion and uncanny ability to find the right song for the right moment changed public radio and changed the lives of artists around the world.
During the pandemic, NPR enlisted artists to record their own performances at home. Tiny Desk Home Concerts were born.
Let's Take A Moment to hear an excerpt from our interview with Bob Boilen in October 2021.