Season 2013

2013/01/07

One minute, Lucius sounds like a '60s girl group; the next might conjure images of Emmylou Harris.

2013/01/14

With members of The Decemberists, the band lends a snappy, lilting quality to songs of alienation.

2013/01/28

Frontman Kevin Barnes uses the intimacy of the NPR Music offices to try out some quiet new material.

2013/02/04

The a cappella ensemble sings widely divergent songs from American, European and Sufi traditions.

2013/02/11

In The xx's songs, all the calm chilliness in the world can't quite contain an exposed heart.

2013/02/18

Winston Yellen's arresting voice propels a lighthearted but deeply affecting set at the NPR office.

2013/02/25

The guitarist brings a decidedly non-standard approach to jazz's standard practices.

2013/03/04

The fast-rising Brooklyn trio sings beautiful, heartfelt, impeccably harmonized folk-pop songs.

2013/03/11

Watch one of the best fiddlers on the planet and a subtle guitar master work their magic.

2013/04/08

The Danish band ransacks the NPR Music offices looking for sound-making material and new ideas.

2013/04/15

To coincide with the release of the band's 13th album, Fade, Yo La Tengo performs an acoustic set.

2013/04/22

The duo's quietly energetic performance hangs over the the NPR Music offices like a soft mist.

2013/04/29

Zany, brainy and danceable, these guys' music mixes rock and jazz like King Crimson at its fiercest.

2013/05/06

Watch the violinist spin out music by John Williams and Bach in sweet, soulful tendrils of sound.

2013/05/13

The veteran country players mix corny humor, musical merrymaking and timeless vocal harmonies.

2013/05/20

The 73-year-old Iranian icon unleashes torrents of swooping, soaring sound that elicit goosebumps.

2013/05/29

Imani Winds' members shrink Igor Stravinsky down to size in a quintet take on The Rite of Spring.

2013/06/03

OK Go helps us transport the Tiny Desk from NPR Music's old headquarters to our new facility.

2013/06/10

Watch the band perform acoustic arrangements of four songs from its new album, Trouble Will Find Me.

2013/06/15

An 11-piece brass band turns up the funk and flies the flag high for its native Richmond, Va.

2013/06/17

One of the world's finest folksingers channels the spirit of Woody Guthrie at the NPR Music offices.

2013/06/24

Watch the singer-songwriter and her band perform three songs from her fine new album, American Kid.

2013/06/29

A brilliant cellist with a stunning command of her instrument, Beiser performs at the NPR offices.

2013/07/01

The U.K. singer performs some of her most intimate material in a short set at the NPR Music offices.

2013/07/06

The Malian musician and his band craft melodies and rhythms that cut across age and ethnicity.

2013/07/08

The rowdy English folk-punk band brings its barely controlled mayhem to the NPR Music offices.

2013/07/13

Two men with unplugged instruments convey the bawdy rowdiness of a full band.

2013/07/15

When the British singer performs, her emotionally fiery music just gets hotter and grittier.

2013/07/20

The singer, instrumentalist and music therapist plays slinky, forceful songs at NPR Music.

2013/07/22

Hear three sturdy pop songs from In Guards We Trust, performed live at the NPR Music offices.

2013/07/27

Hear the "classically trained garage band" perform with staggering technique and contagious energy.

2013/07/29

Watch Falconberry and five bandmates perform three delicate songs from her recent album Leelanau.

2013/08/03 · 14 分

Henson's voice is so fragile and hushed, if you were 10 feet away from him you'd barely hear a peep.

2013/08/10

Guthrie and his band drove 18 hours round-trip from Ontario to perform three songs for NPR Music.

2013/08/12

The Australian sextet crafts busily impeccable, harmony-intensive pop music with a danceable sway.

2013/08/17

The 17-member chamber-rock collective uses its size in the service of great, snappy, stirring songs.

2013/08/19

The community that's formed around The Front Bottoms speaks to the band's passion and compassion.

2013/08/26

Concha Buika's voice comes from Africa and the past. Watch her perform in the NPR Music offices.

2013/08/31

Watch Gunn's trio perform a set of hypnotic long-form jams that are perfect for taking it easy.

2013/09/04

Watch Baths' Will Wiesenfeld perform mysterious, textured electronic music in the NPR offices.

2013/09/07

For our 300th Tiny Desk Concert, we showcase a Tuareg guitarist's fierce, hypnotic, alluring jams.

2013/09/10

Performing solo, singer Matthew Healy doesn't hesitate to transform both his songs and himself.

2013/09/14

With an eye on both the past and the future, O'Farrill has jazz and Afro-Cuban music in his DNA.

2013/09/16

The husband-and-wife duo mixes rowdy folk-rock and rootsy ballads, with the help of a canine friend.

2013/09/21

A Galician bagpiper and her trio take Celtic sounds in an entirely wild and wonderful direction.

2013/09/28

Hem makes a homey, fireside kind of music, with songs that feel as if they've always been there.

2013/09/30

The Zimbabwean legend performs songs from the mournful but celebratory Sarawoga for NPR Music.

2013/10/05

The operatic tenor, acclaimed for his Rossini, circles back to his roots as a singer of spirituals.

2013/10/07

Watch the venerable band translate its electric sound to acoustic instruments in an intimate way.

2013/10/12

Short of seeing her live and in person, this is the best way to encounter June's heartfelt sound.