Season 2014

2014. 1. 4.

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

2014. 1. 7.

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

2014. 1. 13.

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

2014. 1. 20.

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

2014. 1. 27.

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

2014. 2. 3.

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

2014. 2. 8.

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

2014. 2. 10.

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

2014. 2. 18.

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

2014. 2. 22.

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

2014. 2. 24.

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

2014. 3. 2.

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. 3. 6.

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

2014. 3. 10.

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

2014. 3. 17.

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

2014. 3. 24.

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

2014. 3. 31.

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

2014. 4. 7.

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

2014. 4. 12.

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

2014. 4. 14.

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

2014. 4. 19.

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

2014. 4. 21.

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

2014. 4. 26.

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

2014. 4. 28.

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

2014. 5. 3.

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

2014. 5. 5.

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

2014. 5. 10.

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

2014. 5. 12.

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

2014. 5. 17.

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

2014. 5. 20.

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

2014. 5. 24.

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

2014. 5. 27. · 15분

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

2014. 5. 31.

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

2014. 6. 2.

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

2014. 6. 7.

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

2014. 6. 14.

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

2014. 6. 16.

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

2014. 6. 21.

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

2014. 6. 23.

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

2014. 6. 28.

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

2014. 7. 1.

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

2014. 7. 5.

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

2014. 7. 7.

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

2014. 7. 13.

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

2014. 7. 14.

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

2014. 7. 19.

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

2014. 7. 21.

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

2014. 7. 25.

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

2014. 7. 29.

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

2014. 8. 2.

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