Tiny Desk Radio: Mavis Staples, Gregory Porter, Jon Batiste

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Published December 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM EST

On this episode of Tiny Desk Radio, Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present a trio of artists with close ties to blues music: soul music legend Mavis Staples, jazz vocalist Gregory Porter and singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jon Batiste.

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Mavis Staples: Tiny Desk Concert

Gregory Porter: Tiny Desk Concert

Jon Batiste: Tiny Desk Concert

This episode of Tiny Desk radio was produced by Walter Ray Watson, Cher Vincent and Schuyler Swenson. Neil Tevault is the technical director and Lars Gotrich is the series editor. Suraya Mohamed is the executive producer and Sonali Mehta is the executive director of NPR Music.

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