Season 2014

2014/01/04

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

2014/01/07

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

2014/01/13

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

2014/01/20

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

2014/01/27

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

2014/02/03

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

2014/02/08

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

2014/02/10

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

2014/02/18

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

2014/02/22

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

2014/02/24

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

2014/03/02

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

2014/03/06

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

2014/03/10

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

2014/03/17

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

2014/03/24

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

2014/03/31

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

2014/04/07

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

2014/04/12

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

2014/04/14

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

2014/04/19

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

2014/04/21

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

2014/04/26

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

2014/04/28

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

2014/05/03

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

2014/05/05

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

2014/05/10

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

2014/05/12

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

2014/05/17

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

2014/05/20

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

2014/05/24

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

2014/05/27 · 15 分

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

2014/05/31

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

2014/06/02

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

2014/06/07

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

2014/06/14

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

2014/06/16

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

2014/06/21

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

2014/06/23

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

2014/06/28

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

2014/07/01

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

2014/07/05

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

2014/07/07

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

2014/07/13

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

2014/07/14

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

2014/07/19

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

2014/07/21

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

2014/07/25

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

2014/07/29

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

2014/08/02

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