Suraya Mohamed
Suraya Mohamed is a three-time Peabody Award-winning producer, sound designer and editor. She currently serves as the project manager for Jazz Night In America and is a contributing producer on the Alt.Latino podcast. She also produces NPR's holiday specials package, including Tinsel Tales, Hanukkah Lights, Toast Of The Nation, Pink Martini's Joy To The World: A Holiday Spectacular and most recently Hamilton: A Story Of US. You'll also find her work on the Tiny Desk series as either a producer or engineer.
A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music's with degrees in Viola Performance and Recording Arts and Sciences, Mohamed specializes in music and technology. Her Tonmeister (German: "sound master") classification is punctuated by her experience working as both an engineer and a producer in many genres.
With a wide range of musical interests and experience, Mohamed played bass in a high school go-go band, has worked as a substitute violist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and currently performs with a Washington, D.C., indie-rock band.
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The London-based group brought intensity and energy to its long-awaited set behind the Tiny Desk.
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The talented cohort of jazz artists perform a selection of songs that reflect on isolation, social upheaval and hope.
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The contemporary worship music collective performs behind the Tiny Desk, featuring a special appearance by gospel legend Kirk Franklin.
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The celebrated Afrobeat star performs an upbeat Tiny Desk (home) concert including several songs from his debut album.
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The rapper gives a captivating, cool performance from his Los Angeles home for an audience of neighbors and friends. -
The celebrated jazz singer performs a selection of popular early jazz standards at the GB Juke Joint Studio.
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Another member of the NPR Music team previews two of the albums she's looking forward to hearing in 2021.
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Hear the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra in 2006, with four virtuoso bassists: Rubén Rodríguez, Charnett Moffett, the late Andy González, and the mighty Cachao, two years before his death.
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The rapper convened a live band for his five-song Tiny Desk quarantine concert.
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Music has always been a vital part of protest and social justice. We asked our young Black listeners: Is there one song that's helping you address your feelings right now?
