Season 2014

04‏/01‏/2014

The musician unpacks an array of traditional Vietnamese instruments — and 1,000 years of culture.

07‏/01‏/2014

The teenagers play a restrained, homespun mix of folk and pop with undeniably sweet harmonies.

13‏/01‏/2014

The Howard University vocal jazz ensemble performs beautiful African-American spirituals.

20‏/01‏/2014

Members of the Grammy-winning, organic R&B Experiment band jam with singer Marsha Ambrosius.

27‏/01‏/2014

The expressive, powerful singer previews songs from her new album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness.

03‏/02‏/2014

Hear the legendary band perform 1989's "Monkey Gone to Heaven" and two new songs — one unreleased.

08‏/02‏/2014

The joyous Balkan brass band plays at a pace that would make the Ramones burst into a sweat.

10‏/02‏/2014

The inventive folk-music veteran book-ends a four-song set with her hits "Luka" and "Tom's Diner."

18‏/02‏/2014

The Welsh singer's set conveys loneliness and doubt with just two guitars and an inviting whisper.

22‏/02‏/2014

For about 20 minutes one sunny afternoon, Rei turned a desk into a small Latin American folk club.

24‏/02‏/2014

See the band re-create some of its stellar studio effects with a pedal steel and some novelty mics.

02‏/03‏/2014

Avidan has an album and no U.S. record label to put it out. But he's on a solo tour that's stunning.

06‏/03‏/2014

It's hard to convey the sound of two people in love, but Lowland Hum does that effortlessly.

10‏/03‏/2014

Watch the 20-year-old English singer-songwriter, who has worked with superproducer Rick Rubin.

17‏/03‏/2014

On record, Cluck's elastic voice and fingerpicking are impressive. Live, they jam the senses.

24‏/03‏/2014

All the world's top opera houses want the young tenor with the old-school approach.

31‏/03‏/2014

When the sisters cover classic country music together, the result is a treat and a trip in time.

07‏/04‏/2014

Singer-songwriters Aimee Mann and Ted Leo unite from opposite ends of the volume knob.

12‏/04‏/2014

The North Dakota singer-songwriter possesses one of the most arresting voices in folk music today.

14‏/04‏/2014

Barnett tells stories like your best friend, provided your best friend is a funny Australian poet.

19‏/04‏/2014

A young Pakistani musician treats the guitar as percussion — with surprisingly shimmering results.

21‏/04‏/2014

The Argentine singer uses his dark, husky voice to produce a specific effect in these three songs.

26‏/04‏/2014

Interweaving harmonies and guitar lines set the tone for these soft, benevolent, dreamy songs.

28‏/04‏/2014

Impossibly telegenic and charming, the band mixes booming intensity with polish and sparkle.

03‏/05‏/2014

The Dublin guitarist runs through a ragtime jaunt, a basement-bar choogle and a sad-sack closer.

05‏/05‏/2014

The duo's sample-laden instrumental music is entertainment as education for the head and feet alike.

10‏/05‏/2014

See the swamp-folk band play a characteristically eerie and mysterious set in the NPR Music offices.

12‏/05‏/2014

The Scottish synth-pop band turns up with a small arsenal of synthesizers to perform three songs.

17‏/05‏/2014

See the countertenor and lutenist Thomas Dunford perform John Dowland's melancholy songs.

20‏/05‏/2014

The band makes the kind of music that can at least briefly restore your faith in humanity.

24‏/05‏/2014

The Lebanese singer-songwriter is one of the most groundbreaking musicians in the Middle East.

27‏/05‏/2014 · 15 د

Andrew Hozier-Byrne wraps his rich, vital, soulful voice around songs rooted in the blues.

31‏/05‏/2014

Molina sounds as if she'd been raised by wolves and discovered the world of music on her own.

02‏/06‏/2014

Watch the celebrated pianist make Bach's Two-part Inventions sing and zing.

07‏/06‏/2014

A quirky and wistful performer with a string section, McLaughlin makes music like few others.

14‏/06‏/2014

A classical virtuoso and an equally captivating flamenco player combine for a set of duets.

16‏/06‏/2014

The country singer-songwriter performs with the ease and swagger of a man comfortable in his ways.

21‏/06‏/2014

The singer-songwriter and musician performs with unabashed positivity and an uplifting spirit.

23‏/06‏/2014

The Bright Eyes singer performs songs from Upside Down Mountain with help from members of Dawes.

28‏/06‏/2014

See the innovative player create waves of sound with a six-string violin.

01‏/07‏/2014

The 23-year-old singer-guitarist performs gritty, countrified blues-rock in the NPR Music offices.

05‏/07‏/2014

Watch the Tiny Desk turn into a church, comedy club and neo-soul spot.

07‏/07‏/2014

They call what they make "cave music" — but it's just as powerful at the Tiny Desk.

13‏/07‏/2014

Grant's songs don't mess around, with lyrics that function as darts of retort and thought.

14‏/07‏/2014

The singer has a magnificent way with phrasing, not to mention a remarkable country-music lineage.

19‏/07‏/2014

The guitarist kicks up some dirt with a Rev. Gary Davis deconstruction and a Stratocaster hoedown.

21‏/07‏/2014

In this three-song set, the Walkmen singer demonstrates that he's lost none of his vocal power.

25‏/07‏/2014

Watch an atmospheric Norwegian band with a yearning sound. Also: See a flugabone!

29‏/07‏/2014

In the NPR offices, the Ohio band plays three alternately brooding and stomping songs from Dark Arc.

02‏/08‏/2014

The veteran East L.A. band's music penetrates the intellect even as it makes your hips sway.