Season 2013

7 янв. 2013 г.

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

14 янв. 2013 г.

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

28 янв. 2013 г.

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

4 февр. 2013 г.

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

11 февр. 2013 г.

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

18 февр. 2013 г.

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

25 февр. 2013 г.

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

4 мар. 2013 г.

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

11 мар. 2013 г.

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

8 апр. 2013 г.

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

15 апр. 2013 г.

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

22 апр. 2013 г.

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

29 апр. 2013 г.

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

6 мая 2013 г.

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

13 мая 2013 г.

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

20 мая 2013 г.

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

29 мая 2013 г.

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

3 июн. 2013 г.

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

10 июн. 2013 г.

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

15 июн. 2013 г.

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

17 июн. 2013 г.

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

24 июн. 2013 г.

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

29 июн. 2013 г.

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

1 июл. 2013 г.

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

6 июл. 2013 г.

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

8 июл. 2013 г.

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

13 июл. 2013 г.

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

15 июл. 2013 г.

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

20 июл. 2013 г.

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

22 июл. 2013 г.

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

27 июл. 2013 г.

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

29 июл. 2013 г.

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

3 авг. 2013 г. · 14 мин

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

10 авг. 2013 г.

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

12 авг. 2013 г.

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

17 авг. 2013 г.

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

19 авг. 2013 г.

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

26 авг. 2013 г.

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

31 авг. 2013 г.

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

4 сент. 2013 г.

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

7 сент. 2013 г.

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

10 сент. 2013 г.

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

14 сент. 2013 г.

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

16 сент. 2013 г.

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

21 сент. 2013 г.

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

28 сент. 2013 г.

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

30 сент. 2013 г.

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

5 окт. 2013 г.

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

7 окт. 2013 г.

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

12 окт. 2013 г.

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