Hailing from Brooklyn, Cory Henry is a Grammy award-winning keyboardist with a dynamic, neo-soul- and funk-infused musical identity. His music is inspired by church sermons that bloom into group sing-alongs — that energy is apparent in his Tiny Desk concert with The Funk Apostles, which boasts almost 2 million views. We can’t wait to welcome him back to an NPR stage this November.

Leikeli47

Leikeli47, an artist whose Tiny Desk concert boasts more than a million views, is bursting at the seams with creativity. The masked singer’s music is marked by her one-of-a-kind flow that’s playful, yet serious. Across her albums, Leikeli47 raps over electro synths, handclaps and bouncy bass, creating a manifesto for radical self-love in real time.