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The Best 2020 Tiny Desk Contest Entries We Saw This Week: Volume 3

This week's entries include comforting songs for trying times, narrative guitar shredding and more. And if you're an unsigned artist who planned to perform at SXSW, the Contest wants to hear from you!
Asher Jaffe entered the Tiny Desk Contest with the song "Alphabet Soup."

Throughout the next few months, we'll be sharing some of the many 2020 Tiny Desk Contest entries that have caught our eyes and ears. You can enter the Contest until 11:59 p.m. ET on March 30. Check out a playlist of all the entries we've featured on the blog on YouTube — and if you think you've got what it takes, you can check out the Official Rules and fill out the eligibility checklist, then film

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