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 Min.

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.