Season 2014

4 gen 2014

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

7 gen 2014

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

13 gen 2014

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

20 gen 2014

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

27 gen 2014

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

3 feb 2014

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

8 feb 2014

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

10 feb 2014

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

18 feb 2014

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

22 feb 2014

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

24 feb 2014

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

2 mar 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.

6 mar 2014

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

10 mar 2014

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

17 mar 2014

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

24 mar 2014

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

31 mar 2014

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

7 apr 2014

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

12 apr 2014

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

14 apr 2014

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

19 apr 2014

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

21 apr 2014

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

26 apr 2014

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

28 apr 2014

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

3 mag 2014

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

5 mag 2014

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

10 mag 2014

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

12 mag 2014

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

17 mag 2014

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

20 mag 2014

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

24 mag 2014

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

27 mag 2014 · 15 min

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

31 mag 2014

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

2 giu 2014

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

7 giu 2014

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

14 giu 2014

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

16 giu 2014

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

21 giu 2014

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

23 giu 2014

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

28 giu 2014

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

1 lug 2014

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

5 lug 2014

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

7 lug 2014

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

13 lug 2014

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

14 lug 2014

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

19 lug 2014

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

21 lug 2014

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

25 lug 2014

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

29 lug 2014

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

2 ago 2014

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