<P> Tiny Desk Concerts is a video series of live concerts hosted by NPR Music at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen . </P> <P> The first Tiny Desk Concert came about in 2008 after Boilen and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson left a bar show frustrated that they couldn't hear the music over the crowd noise . Thompson joked that the musician, folk singer Laura Gibson, should just perform at Boilen's desk . A month later Boilen arranged for her to do just that, making an impromptu recording and posting it online . </P>

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