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SXSW 2011: Middle Brother Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A supergroup featuring the leaders of three largely likeminded bands — Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith, Deer Tick's John McCauley and Delta Spirit's Matthew Vasquez — Middle Brother naturally takes on many...
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Late Night Dispatches From SXSW 2011: Saturday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The NPR Music crew gather one last time in Austin, Texas for their 4th SXSW 2011 nightly wrap up. Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton Stephen Thompson and Ann Powers talk about the music they loved on this la...
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Late Night Dispatches From SXSW 2011: Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The NPR Music crew gather in a churchyard in Austin Texas for their 3rd SXSW 2011 nightly wrap up. Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton Stephen Thompson and Ann Powers talk about the music they loved on this 3...
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Late Night Dispatches from SXSW 2011: Thursday Day 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The NPR Music crew gather on a street corner again in Austin Texas for their 2nd SXSW 2011 nightly wrap up. Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton Stephen Thompson and Ann Powers talk about the music they loved ...
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SXSW 2011: The Joy Formidable Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's hard to imagine a band doing more with limited time than the Welsh-raised, London-based pop-rock trio The Joy Formidable. The group had to cut its set at NPR Music's daytime SXSW party in Aust...
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SXSW 2011: WILD FLAG Live in Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A new supergroup featuring Carrie Brownstein (of Sleater-Kinney and NPR's Monitor Mix blog), Janet Weiss (of Sleater-Kinney and Quasi, among others), Mary Timony (of Helium) and Rebecca Cole (of Th...
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SXSW 2011: Khaira Arby Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One of the great living legends of Malian music, Khaira Arby is widely hailed as the queen of Malian desert soul, and with good reason. Shrouded in regal colors, she presides over a small army of b...
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SXSW 2011: Colin Stetson Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Colin Stetson is coveted as a sideman for countless big names: The Montreal bass saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist is a touring member of Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre, and has performed guest...
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Late Night Dispatches From SXSW 2011: Wednesday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The NPR Music crew gather on a street corner in Austin Texas for their first SXSW 2011 nightly wrap up. Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton Stephen Thompson and Ann Powers talk about the music they loved on t...
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SXSW 2011: Raphael Saadiq Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For all its irresistibly soulful energy, what really jumps out about Raphael Saadiq's music is the smooth precision with which it falls into place. A perfectly tailored showman, with perhaps the wh...
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SXSW 2011: Smith Westerns Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Smith Westerns' members are no strangers to NPR Music's coverage of the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas: Just last year, they were a bunch of skinny, no-name teenagers winning ov...
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SXSW 2011: Yuck Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yuck doesn't worry much about first impressions: Short of calling a band "We're Terrible," it's hard to imagine a name riper for dismissal. On stage, though, this is a remarkably assured young rise...
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The Low Anthem Live from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From the Sixth and I Synagogue in Washington DC, NPR Music presents The Low Anthem. This is their first show for their new album Smart Flesh. It is also the biggest crowd they've ever headlined. He...
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Wavves Live at the 9:30 Club from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Wavves opened for Best Coast at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC on a cold winter night. Part of their "Summer is Forever" tour. Here's the set list. 1. Idiot 2. Friends Were Gone 3. To the Dregs 4. ...
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Best Coast Live from 9:30 Club from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Listen to Best Coast live from Washington DC's 9:30 Club. Their tour along with the band Wavves was billed as the Summer is Forever tour. That was a hopeful thought on a night when an ice storm was...
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Aurelio And Garifuna Soul: globalFEST 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Composer and guitarist Aurelio Martinez is one of the leading singers of Garifuna music from Central America. Martinez was added to globalFEST at the last minute after a Cuban group had visa troubl...
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Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal: globalFEST 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This was one show everyone wanted to catch. Magic happens when Ballak? Sissoko and Vincent Segal perform. This night at globalFEST was no exception. When the kora and a cello sit side by side, ther...
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Red Baraat: globalFEST 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This was my globalFEST surprise. Imagine a New Orleans street band playing Indian Bollywood tunes with a go-go beat — you can't? Then just listen, because your day is about to get better. Red Baraa...
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First Listen Live: Iron And Wine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Like 'The Shepherd's Dog,' 'Kiss Each Other Clean' showcases Iron and Wine's subtly exploratory, even meandering side. Hear the increasingly exploratory band perform its new album at New York City'...
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Jonsi Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the Sigur Ros singer in a stunning solo concert, recorded live from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Nov. 9, 2010.
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Tallest Man On Earth from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Swedish singer and guitarist Kristian Matsson is a soft-spoken guy who stands somewhere around five and a half feet tall. But on stage, he's known as The Tallest Man on Earth, a name he's earned by...
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S. Carey Live From Washington, D.C. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sean Carey, who performs as S. Carey, was best known as the beautifully understated drummer for Bon Iver before releasing his own solo album this year called All We Grow. Hear him in this full conc...
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Of Montreal in Concert 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Everything about Of Montreal is a spectacle, and the band's live performances are no exception. Led by frenetic frontman Kevin Barnes, Of Montreal stages fantastically theatrical concerts with elab...
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Superchunk from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the band recorded live in concert from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club.
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The Swell Season: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It sure did take Glen Hansard a while to capture the world's attention. Long a star in his native Ireland, thanks to a long string of albums with The Frames, Hansard couldn't catch a break in Ameri...
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Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's no surprise that two Kentucky singer-songwriters would come together to bond over their love of mountain life. But the first album-length collaboration by cellist Ben Sollee and guitarist/banj...
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
You can't turn on a TV these days without hearing a song by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: "Janglin'" and especially "Home" have popped up in countless ads and musical montages, everywhere fro...
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Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
You wouldn't expect someone called Pokey LaFarge to grow up in fancy boarding schools, so it's not a huge surprise to learn that he came of age as an all-around rural wanderer who found his voice i...
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David Wax Museum: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
David Wax Museum knows how to make the most of an opportunity. The talented Boston roots-folk band won its spot on a Newport Folk Festival stage after winning a contest, then spent the first day of...
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Punch Brothers with Chris Thile: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When Nickel Creek broke up in 2006, it was only a matter of time before the massively popular bluegrass band would spin off into new projects. Among the most prominent is singer-mandolinist Chris T...
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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One of the most self-assured stage performers in the business, Sharon Jones commands her audience's attention for every second of her hard-hitting concerts. For proof, look no further than her rema...
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April Smith and The Great Picture Show: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
April Smith sounds like an artist out of time: Her massive voice seems particularly well suited to the pop sounds of the '30s and '40s, when brassy belters reigned. Funded through $13,000 in donati...
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Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cory Chisel grew up in Appleton, Wis., where he got into music while singing in church for his father, a Baptist minister. But while that period of his life helped him find his voice -- particularl...
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Tao Rodriguez Seeger: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, the grandson of folk all-timer Pete Seeger, has carried on in the family tradition of musical activism, making frequent appearances at the venerable folk festival his grandfat...
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Dawes: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a golden age for fans of beardy guys who infuse their indie-rock sound with rich vocal harmonies that recall the heady days of Crosby, Stills & Nash. The L.A. band Dawes may be led by singe...
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Horse Feathers: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
At first blush, Horse Feathers might seem like the prototypical purveyor of ineffectual beard-folk, complete with a stirring string section. But two factors elevate the band to greatness: 1) That i...
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O'Death: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The only way O'Death could be a better name for a Gothic folk-punk band would be if the band only performed on St. Patrick's Day. As it is, the New York group plays grippingly intense Americana, in...
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Calexico: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An Arizona band led by singer-guitarist Joey Burns and drummer/multi- instrumentalist John Convertino, Calexico has spent a decade and a half as a go-to purveyor of atmospheric, even cinematic dese...
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Sam Bush: Newport Folk Fest 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eight albums into his Grammy-decorated solo career, Sam Bush has become a consistent heavy hitter in the world of bluegrass. On his new album, 'Circles Around Me,' Bush collaborates with giants suc...
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Blitzen Trapper: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It isn't easy to pin down the music of the folk-rock band Blitzen Trapper, whose collective wandering spirit has taken it down detours over some strange and even psychedelic roads. Drenched in Cros...
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The Low Anthem: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2008, The Low Anthem's members were volunteering at the Newport Folk Festival, helping to maintain the grounds. The next year, they were on stage, winning the home-state crowd's affections with ...
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Liz Longley: Newport Folk Festival 2010 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A hardworking young folksinger with an impressive pedigree -- educated at Berklee College of Music and co-winner of the 2009 Mountain Stage New Song Contest, among many other honors -- Liz Longley ...
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The New Pornographers Live From The 9:30 Club (2010) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The New Pornographers' latest album, Together, is a thrilling parade of infectious hooks, power-pop guitars, whistled melodies and sweet harmonies. The New Pornographers share highlights from the a...
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Roger McGuinn with The Rock Bottom Remainders (audio only) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Music from The Rock Bottom Remainders Tiny Desk Concert performance at NPR. Authors Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow, Amy Tan, Roy Blount Jr., Kathy Kamen Goldmark and Sam Barry didn't bring...
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Programming Note from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We are no longer publishing Tiny Desk videos in this podcast. To download and watch those videos, subscribe to our new Tiny Desk concerts podcast. We will, however, publish audio-only versions of t...
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Public Image Ltd. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After a nearly 20-year hiatus, the highly revered and often imitated post-punk group Public Image Ltd. has re-formed and launched a new U.S. tour. The band made a stop in Washington, D.C., for a fu...
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Toro Y Moi Live from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear Toro Y Moi in a full concert, recorded live from the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C. May 10, 2010.
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Caribou Live from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear Caribou recorded live in concert from the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C. This program originally webcast live on NPR Music May 10, 2010.
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VIdeo: Tarrus Riley: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the calm-before-the-storm part of the day and week -- 10 o'clock on a Monday morning, to be exact -- reggae singer Tarrus Riley, saxophonist Dean Fraser and guitarist Lamont Savory showed up and...
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Video: Fredrik: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Fredrik's new record, 'Trilogi,' is a strange, dark concept album meticulously crafted in a studio, so there was no telling how the band might pull off its songs in a Tiny Desk Concert. With a sing...
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Freelance Whales Live from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the Queens NY band Freelance Whales, recorded live in concert from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. They performed songs from their new album called "Weathervanes." This concert was recorded ...
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Shout Out Louds Live from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the Swedish pop group Shout Out Louds, recorded live in concert from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. They performed songs from their new album called "Work" and a lot of old favorites. This ...
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Hot Chip Live from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hot Chip came to the 9:30 Club to make a thousand people dance and scream. They succeeded. Playing many songs from their new album One Life Stand, the band headed by Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard p...
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The xx Live from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The xx performing at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC. The band is at the end of a 6 week U.S. tour. playing songs from their lugubrious spacious and charming debut album. The short 35 minute set lef...
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Video: Lionel Loueke: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Listen to any Lionel Loueke record long enough and you'll wonder, "How did he make that noise?" When the unusual jazz guitarist and his drummer showed up for a video performance at the NPR Music of...
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Kings Go Forth from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Since forming a few years ago in Milwaukee, Wis., the 10-piece group Kings Go Forth has been thrilling audiences in and around its hometown with a groove-heavy, horn-powered mix of funk and soul. N...
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Video: David Russell: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With rippling notes, intertwining melodies and a warm, lyrical tone, classical guitarist David Russell plays pieces from the baroque, from Latin America and from deep in the soul of Spain.
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Video: Regina Carter: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Carter's violin has expressed moods inspired by European classical, bebop, Afro-Cuban and Southern blues music. On her new album Reverse Thread, and in this recent performance at the NPR Music offi...
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Video: Jakob Dylan: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There have only been a handful of Tiny Desk Concerts where NPR employees have overflowed our modest office space, stepping away from looming deadlines to hear some music. Jakob Dylan and his tourin...
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Joanna Newsom Live from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joanna Newsom live from the 6th and I Synagogue in Washington, DC. Hear Joanna and her band perform songs from her new album "Have One on Me" also "Ys" and "Milk-Eyed Mender"
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Video: Timber Timbre from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
See the band perform three songs live, from it's self-titled album, for NPR Music, at SXSW 2010.
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Video: Wye Oak: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Baltimore duo Wye Oak didn't have to travel far to liven up a day at the NPR Music offices. Wye Oak's four-song Tiny Desk Concert draws two songs from a new EP called My Neighbor/My Creator, an...
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Video: Admiral Radley (Grandaddy & Earlimart) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
See the band, featuring members of Grandaddy and Earlimart, perform three new songs from its upcoming album, 'I Heart California.' This video was shot by NPR Music at the historic Driskill Hotel in...
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SXSW 2010: Broken Bells (Concert Excerpt) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Note: This is a three-song excerpt from the Broken Bells set at SXSW. Hear the full show at npr.org/sxsw. The Shins' James Mercer and the highly sought-after producer Danger Mouse just released the...
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Late Night Dispatches From SXSW: Saturday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
And so brings the beginning of the end. In their final late night dispatch from SXSW, Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson have met up to retrace their steps and remember their favorite mo...
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Video: Vadoinmessico: Tiny SXSW Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After listening to over a thousand songs before attending the SXSW music festival, a song by an unknown band called Vadoinmessico stood out just about the most. The band is from Italy, Austria and ...
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Video: CALLmeKAT: Tiny SXSW Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CALLmeKAT is the recording moniker of Katrine Ottosen, a singer and musician from Copenhagen, Denmark with a lovely, delicate voice backed by electronics. Austin is noisy during SXSW and Ottosen's ...
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Late Night Dispatches From SXSW: Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
At the weary end of every night throughout South By Southwest, Bob Boilen, Carrie Brownstein, Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson have met up on the Austin streets to break down all the events of the...
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Late Night Dispatches From SXSW: Thursday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Every night — or really, early morning — during South By Southwest, Bob Boilen, Carrie Brownstein, Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson will meet up on some random street corner in Austin, Texas and b...
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SXSW 2010: Sleigh Bells from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Written on a laptop, Sleigh Bells' songs rely heavily on bombastic beats that are pushed as far into the red as they can go. Combined with Alexis Krauss' sultry vocals and Derek Miller's trashy gui...
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SXSW 2010: Surfer Blood from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Florida band's self-described "anthemic, bombastic, life-affirming indie-pop" project seems to have arisen as spontaneously as its name, which came up when one of Surfer Blood's members shouted...
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SXSW 2010: G-Side from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hailing from Huntsville, Ala., G-Side is a rap duo that rhymes about the experience of living in a midsize city in the American south. The group performs as part of NPR Music's South By Southwest d...
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SXSW 2010: Local Natives from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Los Angeles band's sound synthesizes vocal harmonies influenced by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (or the more contemporary Fleet Foxes) with the reverberant rhythms of Afrobeat, indie rock and...
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SXSW 2010: Smith Westerns from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The songs of the young Chicago band are, unmistakably, the guttural outpourings of raucous adolescents. But the group's members have talent well beyond their years, as well as an undeniable gift fo...
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SXSW 2010: Brooklyn Rider from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Drawing from its globe-trotting experience with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, Brooklyn Rider blends genres and influences seamlessly, carving out its own unique space within the world of chamber m...
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Late Night Dispatches from SXSW 2010: Wednesday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
SXSW is upon us. In the first late night dispatch from South By Southwest, Bob Boilen, Carrie Brownstein, Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson recap the day's events from the streets of Austin, Tex. H...
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SXSW 2010: Spoon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Fresh off the release of its seventh album, 'Transference,' the Austin pop-rock band Spoon headlines NPR Music's South By Southwest showcase at Stubb's in Austin, Texas, on March 17, 2010.
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SXSW 2010: Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The soul sensation appears on NPR Music's South By Southwest showcase at Stubb's in Austin, Texas, on March 17, 2010.
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SXSW 2010: The Walkmen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The ramshackle indie-rock band plays NPR Music's South By Southwest showcase at Stubb's in Austin, Texas, on March 17, 2010.
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SXSW 2010: Visqueen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The charismatic power-pop band opens NPR Music's South By Southwest showcase at Stubb's in Austin, Texas, on March 17, 2010.
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Video: The Antlers: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For much of the past year, The Antlers has stunned live audiences with its extraordinary range, moving seamlessly and gracefully from quiet, delicate moments to thundering swells of chaotic rock no...
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Video: Omara Portuondo: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Singer Omara Portuondo was part of a musical scene in 1950s Cuba that produced an entire generation of musical innovators and pioneers. The two classic boleros she performs in this Tiny Desk Concer...
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VIdeo: Laura Veirs: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The songs on July Flame orbit around Veirs' acoustic-guitar playing and voice. But it's her idiosyncratic lyrics and melodic flourishes that imbue her music with sun-dappled warmth; hers is the sou...
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Video: Alec Ounsworth: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As the frontman for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Alec Ounsworth wrote brash, poppy songs. But the singer and songwriter clearly had more music to make. In the fall of 2009, he released a solo record c...
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Video: Abaji: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With a trove of instruments, languages and good humor, Abaji demonstrates his passion for music that reflects his numerous family roots, including Armenia, Turkey, Greece and France. Watch him perf...
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Video: Edmar Castaneda: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Castaneda is the sort of musician who isn't afraid to challenge the established order. He's carving out a place for himself in Latin jazz on an instrument you don't often hear in his style of music...
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Video: Brooklyn Rider: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's hard to know what will happen when the string quartet Brooklyn Rider starts playing. Yes, these four guys love to play Debussy and Brahms, but they're just as likely to team up with a singer-s...
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Video: The Low Anthem: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When The Low Anthem came to perform at NPR Music, the band seemed humbled and comfortable sitting on and around Bob Boilen's desk, playing music as if it were hanging around in someone's living roo...
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Video: Adam Arcuragi: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When Arcuragi came to the NPR Music offices to play a Tiny Desk Concert, many of us hadn't heard his music. After hearing him play three songs, many walked away dazzled by his voice. Arcuragi's voi...
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Video: Mountain Goats: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In person, John Darnielle's twitchy, nervous energy serves his fearless songwriting well: His performances are utterly committed, with intensity that infuses his screams and whispers alike. In this...
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Ray Davies: The Kinks Choral Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For some diehard Kinks fans, the idea of mixing the band's classic songs with a full choir had little appeal. One of those fans, All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen, was dubious, before he heard t...
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Video: Australian Chamber Orchestra: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The adventurous ensemble has been widely praised for its risk-taking attitude. Gathered around Bob Boilen's desk, a stripped-down incarnation of the group plays music by Ravel, then unpacks several...
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Video: Fanfarlo Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We had an opportunity to bring Fanfarlo into the NPR Music offices during its trip from Baltimore to Philadelphia, so All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen asked the band's members in advance if the...
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Video: Lightning Dust: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lightning Dust should be seen in the smallest possible venue; its music is so spare and raw that its music could easily get drowned out. With singer Amber Webber's quivering vibrato and Joshua Well...
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Video: Andrew W.K.: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sometimes, an idea is so perverse and bizarre that it needs to be carried out and followed to its logical end. So once we hatched the idea to bring long-haired, wild-eyed, keyboard-pounding, sublim...
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Video: Zee Avi: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The success of Malaysian-born singer-songwriter Zee Avi is an increasingly familiar but noteworthy story: Avi was discovered after she posted a few songs on YouTube. Within two months, she was sign...
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Video: Bowerbirds: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bowerbirds' handcrafted songs creak and swell like wooden floorboards in an old house. With acoustic guitar, accordion and violin, the band's pastoral folk music has a distinctively spare yet harmo...
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Video: K'Naan: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Though his appearance at the NPR Music office qualifies as the first-ever hip-hop Tiny Desk Concert, Somali-born rapper K'naan isn't one to adhere to a single genre. With the help of a crack backin...
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Video: Sondre Lerche: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Known as a varsity-level banterer on stage, Lerche puts his considerable magnetism to good use in this charming Tiny Desk Concert in the NPR Music offices. Performing three songs from his recent al...
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Patrick Watson In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One of Bob Boilen's favorite discoveries of the year, Watson makes imaginative pop with a cinematic bent. So NPR Music jumped at the opportunity to record his concert at The Mercury Lounge in New Y...
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Brandi Carlile, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brandi Carlile's Newport set was a pure celebration, as if she soaked up all that sunshine and love and poured it back over the crowd.
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Video: Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
At 10 members, this is the biggest band ever to play a Tiny Desk Concert in the NPR Music offices. But singers Alex Ebert and Jade Castrinos still find a way to command attention, as they trade voc...
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Khruangbin, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A power trio of an entirely different kind, the Houston band led a journey through globally-influenced funk, jazz, surf and psych-rock — before creating a live, instrumental hip-hop mixtape.
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Video: Ralph Stanley: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's hard to overstate the impact that Dr. Ralph Stanley has had on bluegrass and old-time gospel music. Now 82, he sits atop a 60-year legacy of making music, both as the preeminent purveyor of cl...
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The Lone Bellow, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Nashville-by-way-of-Brooklyn band repeatedly took the Newport audience from joyful, foot-stomping singalongs, to a rapturous hush.
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Moby, Recorded Live In Berlin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Moby's latest album, Wait for Me, is his best new release in a decade, full of beauty, sadness and celebration. The singer and electronic artist is currently on tour in support of the record, givin...
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Darlingside, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Darlingside's dark songs are full of light, illuminated by voices that come from on high.
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Project Song: Chris Walla And J. Robbins Create 'Mercury' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Project Song participants only have two days to write and record a song, but Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla and Jawbox's J. Robbins had it even tougher: They had never met before entering NPR's ...
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Tuck & Patti, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The jazz duo opened its set with "Heaven Right Here," one of the early '90s tunes that had Tuck and Patti on the charts and all over jazz radio.
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Video: Rodrigo y Gabriela Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I can't think of a better way to describe the music of Rodrigo y Gabriela than with three words: "heavy metal flamenco." And yet the duo doesn't play heavy metal — its members perform instrumentals...
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Lucius: Newport Folk Festival 2018 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lucius' fifth appearance at Newport saw the group outdo itself, with choreography, a tribute to Richard Swift and many, many friends.
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Dinosaur Jr. In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When the original lineup of Dinosaur Jr. reunited in 2005, more than 20 years after the band first formed in Amherst, Mass., skeptics figured the group was looking for an excuse to recycle its back...
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John Paul White: Newport Folk Festival 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"If you came to this set looking to be cheered up, you're screwed," White deadpanned from the stage. His music can give goosebumps, even on a sunny summer day; hear his set at Newport now.
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The Gossip In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Gossip has built its reputation on its incredible live performances. The post-punk trio, based in Olympia, Wash., mixes incendiary guitar noise with funk bass lines and adrenaline-infused rhyth...
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Julia Jacklin: Newport Folk Festival 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The folk-rock singer from Australia's Blue Mountains makes music that confronts all the anxieties a 20-something feels about getting older. Hear songs from her debut album, Don't Let The Kids W...
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Video: John Vanderslice Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Vanderslice is a songwriter's songwriter. His music, a beautifully finessed mix of acoustic instruments, analog drum machines and digital textures, is invariably thoughtful, carefully crafted and a...
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Joseph: Newport Folk Festival 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Portland trio, composed of sisters Natalie, Meegan and Allison Closner, makes music that invites its audience to share in its bond of sisterhood. Hear Joseph's set at Newport Folk now.
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Video: Raphael Saadiq Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Looking sharp in his tailored suit, the Grammy-nominated R&B artist performed three acoustic interpretations of his soul-inspired tunes. He was joined by guitarist Rob Bacon in this intimate perfor...
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Drive-By Truckers: Newport Folk Festival 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The band kept up a keen-edged commentary on xenophobia, censorship and racism throughout its set of gritty Southern rock. Hear its set now.
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Video: Telekinesis: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reduced to a duo for this charming session in the NPR Music offices, Telekinesis is all heart: Without the insistent crunch of electric guitars or drums, the band's performance radiates sweetly awk...
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Pinegrove: Newport Folk Festival 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the band play its tender songs about home, friendship and growing up, live at Newport Folk.
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Video: The Tallest Man On Earth: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The young Swedish folksinger Kristian Matsson, a.k.a. The Tallest Man on Earth, is passionate, gruff, a great guitar picker and a damn good poet. The melodies are strong, but Matsson's imagery and ...
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Margaret Glaspy: Newport Folk Festival 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The folk-rock singer performed songs from her acclaimed debut album — plus some new tracks — at Newport.
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M. Ward In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear singer, songwriter and guitarist M. Ward in a full concert, recorded live at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Ward is currently on tour in support of his latest album, Hold Time. One of the y...
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Marlon Williams: Newport Folk Festival 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Though he was new to many in the audience, the New Zealander's lonesome set was the one festival goers were talking about for the rest of the weekend. Hear it now.
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Jason Lytle In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Three years after the breakup of his widely adored space-pop group Grandaddy, singer Jason Lytle has returned with one of the year's best albums, Yours Truly, The Commuter. Lytle showcased the new ...
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John Prine And Friends: Newport Folk Festival 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear one of Americana's most influential songwriters perform some of his timeless tunes alongside special guests Margo Price, Roger Waters, Justin Vernon and more.
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Video: Tigercity: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we're featuring video performances of various artists doing the songs of Leonard Cohen. The video was recorded live at this year's South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX. Of all ...
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Big Thief: Newport Folk Festival 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The rising indie-rock band performed some new, unreleased songs during its Newport set.
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Video: The Hours: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we're featuring video performances of various artists doing the songs of Leonard Cohen. The video was recorded live at this year's South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX. Members...
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Brent Cobb: Newport Folk Festival 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Georgia-born roots musician's songs tell detailed, easy-paced stories of family and close friends. Hear his Newport Folk set, with special guest Jade Bird.
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Video: Laura Gibson: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we're featuring video performances of various artists doing the songs of Leonard Cohen. The video was recorded live at this year's South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX. At Wate...
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Shovels & Rope: Newport Folk Festival 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The charismatic husband-and-wife duo returned to Newport after a three-year hiatus.
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Video: David Garza: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we're featuring video performances of various artists doing the songs of Leonard Cohen. The video was recorded live at this year's South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX. David G...
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The Wild Reeds: Newport Folk Festival 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mackenzie Howe, Sharon Silva and Kinsey Lee's set at Newport Folk was assured and robust, a testament to potent voices made more powerful when united.
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Video: Herman Dune: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In February 2009, Leonard Cohen played his first U.S. concert in 15 years. Just a few weeks later, inspired by Leonard Cohen's resurgence, a group of artists at the South by Southwest Music Festiva...
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Hurray For The Riff Raff Live In Concert, SXSW 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I'm ready for the world," Alynda Lee Segarra sings in the chorus of the rousing "Hungry Ghost" — and her band's set told that simple truth again and again. In the past seven or eight years, Hurray...
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Video: Dark Meat: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We often joke about how many people we can fit behind Bob Boilen's desk for one of NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concerts. Every month, we seem to push the boundary just a bit farther, as the bands get big...
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Lizzo Live In Concert, SXSW 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you've only heard Lizzo's hit "Good As Hell" you might think the Twin Cities singer is a funny and ingratiating but fairly straightforward purveyor of self-affirmation and charismatic confidence...
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Video: The Swell Season: Tiny Desk Concert Part 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is the second of a two-part video featuring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, the duo known as The Swell Season, performing live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.
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PWR BTTM Live In Concert, SXSW 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When PWR BTTM takes the stage, it doesn't take long to figure out what you're going to get. From the first glitter-smeared seconds of the set-opening "Silly," the band came to shred and swagger wit...
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Video: The Swell Season: Tiny Desk Concert Part 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is the first of a two-part video featuring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, the duo known as The Swell Season, performing live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.
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Margo Price, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the country singer blaze through a set that demonstrates she's forging her own path.
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Joan Baez: Newport Folk Festival 2009 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Just one year after her first Newport appearance, Baez released her self-titled debut and began a decades-spanning career that traversed not only American folk styles, but also a broad assortment o...
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Julien Baker, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Baker's ragged-edged voice and ringing Telecaster were all it took to win over the Newport audience.
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The Low Anthem: Newport Folk Festival 2009 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Rhode Island band's restless experimentation and ever-changing arrangements reflect the disparate interests and careers (art, Americana and technology) of its three members.
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Ruby Amanfu, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Beyoncé and Jack White collaborator combined vulnerability with swagger in her Newport set.
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Deer Tick: Newport Folk Festival 2009 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Weathered and shot through with bursts of noise, Deer Tick's tunes could be endearingly sloppy, but the band's arrangements remain thoughtful. The lyrics tend toward folks who have it hard, but don...
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Elvis Costello, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear Costello perform with several special guests, including Glen Hansard and Middle Brother.
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Ramblin' Jack Elliott: Newport Folk Festival 2009 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Elliott's voice — flat, tinged with sadness, with a matter-of-fact delivery — has become a template for generations of folksingers, as well as an influence on Bob Dylan. On the day he performs at N...
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Joan Shelley, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"These are the smallest songs you'll hear at this folk festival this year, I think," Shelley said of her set with guitarist Nathan Salsburg. Small songs, perhaps, but each one contained a world.
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David Rawlings Machine: Newport Folk Festival 2009 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings put out Soul Journey, their last record under Welch's name, in 2003, and since then have toured under the moniker David Rawlings Machine. For most listeners, Welch ...
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River Whyless, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The folk-pop band builds mountains out of sensitive harmony lines at the Newport Folk Festival. Kam Franklin of Houston soul band The Suffers joined them on a Woody Guthrie-Wilco cover.
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Arlo Guthrie: Newport Folk Festival 2009 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Son of the legendary folksinger Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1947. The younger Guthrie has released more than two dozen albums, founded the Guthrie Center and devoted ...
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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The rootsy soul band worked through simmering soul grooves and hip-swinging honky-tonk.
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Billy Bragg: Newport Folk Festival 2009 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Armed with an electric guitar and a sharp wit, Billy Bragg is a one-man punk band with a Woody Guthrie-sized heart. Since the mid-'80s, Bragg has tirelessly railed against injustice in his music, w...
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Violent Femmes, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The off-again, on-again rock band from Milwaukee, Wisc., built a careening, playful set around mainstays like "Blister In The Sun" and new songs like "I Could Be Anything."
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Neko Case: Newport Folk Festival 2009 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Neko Case and her killer live band put on an impassioned and energetic set at Newport.
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St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Listen to the rollicking soul band perform songs from its upcoming sophomore album, Sea Of Noise.
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Iron & Wine: Newport Folk Festival 2009 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eschewing his full touring band, Iron & Wine's Sam Beam performed a beautiful solo set at Newport.
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Ryan Adams, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Newport favorite brought along some special guests for Saturday's most anticipated set.
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Mavis Staples: Newport Folk Festival 2009 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The lifelong activist and singer brought some serious soul to the Folk Festival at Newport.
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Chicano Batman, Live In Concert, SXSW 2016 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Southern California's Chicano Batman sent waves of velvet-sounding Chicano soul out over the audience at Stubb's — think 1970s-era guitar and organ funk played by a band outfitted in quicenera tuxe...
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Pete Seeger Singalong Saturday: Newport Folk Festival 2009 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Closing the day at Folk Festival 50, legendary folksinger Pete Seeger and his son, Tao Rodriguez Seeger, led a hootenanny with some of their closest friends and musicians, including members of The ...
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Anderson .Paak, Live From NPR Music And SXSW 2016 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Without a doubt, Anderson .Paak is the new "it" guy of that place where R&B and hip-hop overlap. It sort of happened overnight, and we can kind of credit Dr. Dre, who gave .Paak permission to leave...
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Pete Seeger Singalong Sunday: Newport Folk Festival 2009 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the midst of pouring rain, nothing could stop the Newport audience from singing even louder at the Sunday night singalong. Pete Seeger and his grandson, Tao Rodriguez, led the festivities with J...
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Brandi Carlile: Newport Folk Festival 2015 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brandi Carlile Tim Hanseroth – backup vocals and guitar Phil Hanseroth – backup vocals and bass Raise Hell Wherever Is Your Heart The Story Hard Way Home Again Today That Wasn't Me The Things I Reg...
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The Decemberists: Highlights From Newport Folk Festival 2009 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Colin Meloy and his crew led the crowd in a singalong of "Sons and Daughters."
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Lord Huron: Newport Folk Festival 2015 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
LORD HURON Ben Schneider - guitar, vocals Mark Barry - percussion, vocals Miguel Briseño - bass, keys, percussion Tom Renaud - guitar, vocals Brandon Walters- guitar, vocals 1. Love Like Ghosts 2....
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The Avett Brothers: Newport Folk Festival 2009 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Avett Brothers stomped and hollered high-energy songs from its new album at Newport Folk.
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Courtney Barnett: Newport Folk Festival 2015 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Courtney Barnett-vox/Guitar Bones Sloane-Bass/vox Dave Mudie-drums Setlist: 1. Dead Fox 2. Depreston 3. Debbie Downer 4 . Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party 5. Avant Gardener 6. Histo...
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Gillian Welch: Newport Folk Festival 2009 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's been a number of years since Gillian Welch has put out a new album or regularly performed, but she's a regular fixture at Newport no matter what. With David Rawlings, they treated fans to many...
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Jason Isbell: Newport Folk Festival 2015 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Barely a week after releasing Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell took the stage at Newport Folk for a set that highlighted many of the new songs from that album. Isbell has attained star status...
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Video: Sarah Siskind Tinydesk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this charming performance at the NPR Music offices, Siskind performs two of the highlights from 'Say It Louder' before closing with a requested "Lovin's for Fools." Each song finds her concoctin...
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Tallest Man On Earth: Newport Folk Festival 2015 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kristian Matsson aka the Tallest Man on Earth's brilliant performance at the Newport Folk Festival 2015
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Video: Dave Douglas Brass Ecstasy: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A lot of talented artists pass by Bob Boilen's desk. But this was the first time that NPR Music was serenaded by a trumpet, trombone, French horn, tuba and truncated drum kit playing a Rufus Wainwr...
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The Lone Bellow: Newport Folk Festival 2015 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Here this inspired set from The Lone Bellow from the Newport Folk Festival 2015 LONE BELLOW: Zach Williams-/vox Kanene Donehey Pipkin-Vox/Keys/Bass JasonPipkin-Bss/Keys BrianElmquist-Elec. Git Jus...
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Video: Bill Callahan: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's a high compliment to suggest that these three Bill Callahan songs may well implant themselves in your brain, lay eggs and sprout horrifically disturbing dreams at that point when you're bangin...
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Sleater-Kinney, Live At The 9:30 Club from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The last time Sleater-Kinney played the 9:30 Club, a transformer threatened to blow in the midst of a summer heat wave. Or maybe the Washington, D.C., club just couldn't handle Corin Tucker's pipes...
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Sonic Youth from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After spending nearly 20 years delivering crunchy, underground guitar rock for a major label, Sonic Youth has returned to its indie roots for its 16th studio album, The Eternal. Out now on Matador ...
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Mavis Staples In Concert: Newport Folk 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear Mavis Staples perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Sunday, July 27 in Newport, R.I.
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Video: Julie Doiron: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you see Canadian singer-songwriter Julie Doiron perform live, you'll hear a good deal of distorted guitars and intense drumming. Well, at least when she's not performing at the NPR Music offices...
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Aoife O'Donovan In Concert: Newport Folk 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear Aoife O'Donovan perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Featival, recorded live on Saturday, July 26 in Newport, R.I.
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Video: Maria Taylor: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's clear from this Tiny Desk Concert, recorded without amplification at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen, that Maria Taylor has never made a go of it as a busker: In terms of volu...
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Band Of Horses In Concert: Newport Folk 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear Band Of Horses perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Friday, July 25 in Newport, R.I.
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Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer In Concert: Newport Folk 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer perform together as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Friday, July 25 in Newport, R.I.
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Dawes In Concert: Newport Folk 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear Dawes perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Saturday, July 27 in Newport, R.I.
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Shovels & Rope In Concert: Newport Folk 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear Shovels & Rope perform some of its new songs and some old favorites as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Saturday, July 26 in Newport, R.I.
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Deer Tick In Concert: Newport Folk 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear Deer Tick perform live in concert at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Saturday, July 26 in Newport, R.I.
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Ages and Ages Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear Ages and Ages perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Sunday, July 27 in Newport, R.I.
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Jeff Tweedy In Concert: Newport Folk 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Backed by his touring band and vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig — the co-leads of the band Lucius — Jeff Tweedy surveyed his career onstage as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded...
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Nickel Creek In Concert: Newport Folk 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nickel Creek recently reunited to put out its first album in eight years, A Dotted Line, which naturally reflects its members' creatively ambitious recent pursuits.
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Conor Oberst In Concert: Newport Folk 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear Conor Oberst perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Sunday, July 27 in Newport, R.I.
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Berklee Gospel & Roots Choir In Concert: Newport Folk 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the Berklee Gospel & Roots Choir perform Negro spirituals and contemporary gospel as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Sunday, July 27 in Newport, R.I.
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Pokey LaFarge Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear Pokey LaFarge perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Saturday, July 26 in Newport, R.I.
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Ryan Adams In Concert: Newport Folk 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ryan Adams showcased some of his new songs — and many others from his long and frequently glorious catalog — in a performance webcast live from the 2014 Newport Folk Festival on Friday, July 25 in ...
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Jenny Lewis In Concert: Newport Folk 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear Jenny Lewis perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Friday, July 25 in Newport, R.I.
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Future Islands, Live From The 9:30 Club from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The band performed live at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club on Thursday, May 1, as part of an NPR Music live video webstream. Set List "Back In The Tall Grass" "Sun In The Morning" "Balance" "Before Th...
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Kelis, Live From SXSW 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the singer perform live from the NPR Music SXSW 2014 showcase, at Stubb's Barbecue in Austin, TX.
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Eagulls, Live From SXSW 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Not to be confused with Glenn Frey or Don Henley's middle-of-the-road soft rock, British post-punk act Eagulls did anything but take it easy at our SXSW showcase.
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Perfect Pussy, Live From SXSW 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"We're Perfect Pussy and we're terrified." Watch the rising Syracuse punk band make their first national splash during our SXSW showcase at Stubb's in Austin, Texas.
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Gary Numan, Live From The 2013 Mt. Oasis Festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Singer and composer Gary Numan is considered a pioneer of synth-based electronic music who has often featured a heavy rock influence. For this special Mountain Oasis set, Numan performed a number o...
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Disclosure, Live From The 2013 Mt. Oasis Festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's been a pretty big year for Brit producers (and brothers) Guy and Howard Lawrence. The electronic duo, better known as Disclosure, released their debut album, Settle, to great fanfare, and have...
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Marijuana Deathsquads, Live From The 9:30 Club from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Minneapolis-based noise-rock band Marijuana Deathsquads has a name that implies mind-altering chaos. And that's largely what you get in the group's live performances - a thrilling, relentless b...
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Poli?a, Live From The 9:30 Club from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Set List: Spilling Lines Lay Your Cards Out Very Cruel Amongster Torre Tiff Warrior Lord Vegas Chain My Name Dark Star I Need $ Smug So Leave Wandering Star You Don't Own Me Matty
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Omar Souleyman, Live From Le Poisson Rouge from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
America's favorite Syrian wedding singer crossed the Atlantic Ocean to hold court at NPR Music's showcase in New York City. Wearing his trademark keffiyeh and sunglasses, Souleyman performed songs ...
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Cults, Live From Le Poisson Rouge from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The New York City synth-rock duo of singer Madeline Follin and keyboardist Brian Oblivion expanded to a raucous five-piece band for NPR Music's Oct. 16 showcase at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York. W...
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Pusha-T Live From Le Poisson Rouge from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The chart-topping rapper pulled no punches during his performance at NPR Music's showcase in New York City on Wednesday night. Watch Pusha T perform a 17-song set that ranged from his work with Kan...
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Volcano Choir, Live From The 9:30 Club from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Volcano Choir is known in no small part for its frontman Justin Vernon, an artist who built legions of fans recording as Bon Iver. But Volcano Choir isn't a Bon Iver side project. Hear the band giv...
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Shovels & Rope, Live From The Newport Folk Festival, 2013 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent have spent the last decade or so singing sweetly, rowdily anthemic folk-country music together, most recently under the name Shovels & Rope. Hear them perform as p...
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Amanda Palmer, Live From The Newport Folk Festival, 2013 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear Amanda Palmer recorded live in concert from the 2013 Newport Folk Festival.
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Bombino: Live From The Newport Folk Festival, 2013 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A young, Niger-born Tuareg guitarist inspired by the wizardry of Saharan rock bands like Tinariwen, Omar Moctar (a.k.a. Bombino) has helped make African music more relatable to U.S. Watch Bombino p...
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The Lone Bellow, Live From The Newport Folk Festival, 2013 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The rising Brooklyn folk-pop band infuses its songs with charm, radiant hooks and intense emotions. Formed as a creative outlet for singer Zach Williams as his wife recovered from an accident that ...
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Phosphorescent, Live At The Newport Folk Festival, 2013 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Raised in Alabama and based in Brooklyn, Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck makes moody, searching, raggedly pretty music. But there's also a wise, homesick weariness to Houck's voice that transcends t...
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The Milk Carton Kids, Live From The Newport Folk Festival, 2013 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Half Simon & Garfunkel and half Smothers Brothers, Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale's melancholic harmonies intertwine beautifully, while their playful, deadpan banter is worth the price of admissi...
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Frank Turner, Live At The Newport Folk Festival, 2013 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's not a stretch to call U.K. singer-songwriter Frank Turner a folksinger, especially when he performs solo with an acoustic guitar. But he's also a rocker, a punk and a storyteller. Hear Frank T...
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Olafur Arnalds, Live At Le Poisson Rouge from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Icelandic composer and piano player Olafur Arnalds managed to squeeze a 28 piece orchestra onto the stage of Le Poisson Rouge...a nightclub in Greenwich Village. The orchestra is known as The LPR E...
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Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Live from SXSW from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sinewy and powerful as ever, and backed by his longtime band, Nick Cave works the crowd like a revival preacher at half-speed during NPR Music's SXSW showcase at Stubb's in Austin, Texas. Here are...
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Waxahatchee Live from SXSW from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield was tucked in a back room at Stubb's during SXSW on March 14. She opened her 25-minute set with a string of fragile solo songs, each more delicate than the last. Th...
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Alt-J Live from SXSW from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An easy way to embrace Alt-J's idiosyncratic charm is to witness the band live; hear how often Joe Newman sings quietly and subtly, and get a feel for the prettiness at the core of Alt-J's songs.
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Le1f Live from SXSW from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Le1f is a New Yorker and Wesleyan graduate who raps, produces and happens to be observably out of the closet. His boundless, arty individuality pops out over every jittery beat; he stands out in vi...
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Youth Lagoon Live from SXSW from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Youth Lagoon's Trevor Powers is the band's sole member. He layers strange but alluring synth textures under quirky melodies and simple pop beats, in the process creating an expansive and endlessly...
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Live From The Rock And Roll Hotel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the psych-rock trio douse a sold-out Washington, D.C., crowd in an epic wash of guitar noise during an hour-long performance at the Rock and Roll Hotel.
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Foxygen, Live From The Rock And Roll Hotel, 2013 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the trippy pop group give a thrilling, sometimes chaotic live performance at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C. Along the way, Foxygen channels everyone from The Velvet Underground to...
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Josh Ritter, Live At Le Poisson Rouge, 2013 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ritter's new album, The Beast in Its Tracks, is by any definition a breakup record; he wrote it following his own divorce, and every song finds him picking through a relationship's wreckage in purs...
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La Santa Cecelia Live From globalFEST 2013 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Los Angeles band, named after the patron saint of musicians, blends Latin styles such as cumbia, norteño and ranchera. Hear La Santa Cecilia, recorded live in concert from New York City's Webst...
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Christine Salem Live From globalFEST 2013 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the extraordinary singer from the Indian Ocean island of Reunion as she performs with her band, recorded live at Webster Hall in New York City.
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Oliver Mtukudzi And The Black Spirits from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear one of Zimbabwe's greatest artists, recorded live in concert with his band The Black Spirits at New York City's Webster Hall.
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Andy Stott: Live From Moogfest 2012 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The U.K. producer is known for deep, brooding techno that's shrouded in fuzzy tones. His latest album, Luxury Problems, is dark, textural and balanced with haunting, elegant vocals. Here, Stott per...
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Morton Subotnick: Silver Apples Of The Moon, Live At Moogfest 2012 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Morton Subotnick released the first all-electronic album, Silver Apples of the Moon, in 1967. Last Friday, he returned to Moogfest 2012 in Asheville, N.C., to perform the whole thing live. Hear the...
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The Tallest Man On Earth Live From The Newport Folk Festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Fans overflowed well beyond the point at which they could reasonably be expected to see the singer on stage, as Kristian Matsson blazed through songs from each of his records, with an emphasis on t...
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Sharon Van Etten, Live At Newport, 2012 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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Sigur Ros, Live In Concert From Celebrate Brooklyn from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's not hyperbolic to suggest that Sigur Rós is one of the world's greatest live bands, creating a hypnotic, almost overwhelming experience. Hear the group, back on tour after four years, as it pl...
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The Head & The Heart Live From The Newport Folk Festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Impeccable, sweet-voiced folk-pop hangs heavy over the Pacific Northwest — it's infused in every droplet of drizzle. But The Head and the Heart is a particularly lovable practitioner, making a nati...
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tUnE-yArDs Live From The Newport Folk Festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
tUnE-yArDs' strange, joyous concoction is wild, rhythmic, layered and swirling with surprises. Leader Merrill Garbus forms a cut-up collage of coos, howls and bold statements of purpose, but her li...
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Megafaun Live From The Newport Folk Festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The North Carolina band has a knack for blending classic-rock traditionalism with a real ear for experimentation. The songs on last year's self-titled album can whisper or rage, meander or kick. Me...
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Blitzen Trapper Live From The Newport Folk Festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Blitzen Trapper's sixth album, last year's American Goldwing, finds the group settling ever further into a breezy classic-rock vibe. But sharp edges poke out, as the Portland, Ore., band finds ways...
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First Aid Kit Live From The Newport Folk Festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Early this year, the Swedish sister act broke through with a lovely album called The Lion's Roar, which mixes wearily winsome mountain music with a welcome sunny side in tracks like "Emmylou" — an ...
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Alabama Shakes Live From The Newport Folk Festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In concert, the soulful blues-rock band's music reached ecstatic, rafter-shaking heights. Singer Brittany Howard has the bearing, power and charisma of a star twice her age, but on stage, she's pos...
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Best Coast, Live From The 9:30 Club from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the band recorded live in concert from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Best Coast is currently on tour for its latest record 'The Only Place,' a captivating collection of sparkling pop. "The...
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Spiritualized In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Spiritualized, led by Jason Pierce (a.k.a. J. Spaceman), has experienced agony, recovery, redemption and two near-death experiences in its 13 years as a band. Hear it explode into space-rock bliss ...
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Kishi Bashi In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Juggling violin, beatboxing and both English and Japanese vocals, Kishi Bashi is a one-man orchestra who blends a mess of ingredients into a symphony of loop-pedaled wonders. Watch him build his mu...
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Lost In The Trees In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lost in the Trees finds beauty in the darkest places, mixing breathtaking string arrangements with acoustic guitars to tell tragic stories of depression, suicide and family strife. The band perform...
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Hospitality: Tiny Desk Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Music from Hospitality's Tiny Desk Concert. The New York band Hospitality makes music that's unmistakably friendly and welcoming — it's hug-and-a-handshake pop that lives up to its name by jangling...
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Of Montreal In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Athens, Ga., rock group Of Montreal has built its reputation on wildly theatrical live performances. Sprung from the twisted imagination of flamboyant frontman Kevin Barnes, the band's shows in...
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Late Night Dispatches From SXSW 2012: Saturday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The final night at the South By Southwest music conference offered our team in Austin new favorites, classic performances and a few welcome surprises.
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Late Night Dispatches From SXSW 2012: Friday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Day three at South by Southwest included death metal, hip-hop from Seattle, a set from the band with the number one song in the country and the emergence of a new All Songs favorite.
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Late Night Dispatches From SXSW 2012: Thursday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On Thursday at SXSW, our intrepid team hosted a day party, caught two performances by Bruce Springsteen and experienced a whole lot of emotion.
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SXSW 2012: Lower Dens In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lower Dens' music is about mood more than stage-stalking showmanship: Singer Jana Hunter's icy-cool demeanor sets a hauntingly atmospheric tone that's all about mystery, washes of guitar-saturated ...
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SXSW 2012: Polica In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Not many bands can boast two drummers and an uncluttered sound, but Polica made it work at NPR Music's SXSW day party, held Thursday at The Parish in Austin, Texas. At The Parish, the band toned do...
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SXSW 2012: Sugar Tongue Slim In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The first thing that jumps out about rising rapper Sugar Tongue Slim is his playful, funny, generous spirit. Surrounded by a lively and crackling backing band — a laptop, turntables, bass and a ful...
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SXSW 2012: La Vida Boheme In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Backs to the stage, shirts drenched and spattered with blue paint, La Vida Boheme opened NPR Music's SXSW day party in kinetically jumpy style Thursday. A boundlessly gleeful young band, La Vida Bo...
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Late Night Dispatches From SXSW 2012: Wednesday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Highlights from day one at SXSW included discoveries, old favorites and NPR Music's official showcase at Stubbs, featuring the return of Fiona Apple.
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SXSW 2012: Andrew Bird In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Classically trained and once known as a purveyor of old-time hot jazz, Andrew Bird is now the picture of indie-pop sophistication, known for employing $10 words and the clearest, most identifiable ...
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SXSW 2012: Alabama Shakes In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Led by Brittany Howard, one of the most charismatic up-and-coming singers in the business, the group enjoyed an auspicious breakthrough with a self-titled record last year. But this is a full, tigh...
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SXSW 2012: Dan Deacon In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Few high-profile musicians fit into the SXSW crowd as seamlessly as Dan Deacon, who doesn't exactly cut a lithe, otherworldly, Mick Jagger-esque figure offstage. But everything about his live show ...
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SXSW 2012: Sharon Van Etten In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
At SXSW in 2010, Sharon Van Etten slunk shyly onstage at a church to tentatively sang breathtakingly fragile songs from her breakthrough album, Because I Was in Love. It's almost impossible to comp...
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SXSW 2012 Preview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
All Songs Considered is Austin-bound! On this week's show, host Bob Boilen, producer and co-host Robin Hilton, editor Stephen Thompson and NPR Music critic Ann Powers talk about the bands they're m...
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Julia Holter Live From NYC's Le Poisson Rouge from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Julia Holter's music is hard to pin down. With 'Ekstasis,' she blurs the line between composer and songwriter, between ambient and pop. Hear Holter turn pop music inside-out in her first-ever New Y...
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JEFF The Brotherhood, Live at the 9:30 Club from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It got loud when NPR Music live webcast these full concerts from two of the grittiest rock duos of the past decade, The Kills and JEFF The Brotherhood. Each band has an outsize sound, fueled by dea...
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The Kills Live in Concert at the 9:30 Club from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It got loud when NPR Music live webcast these full concerts from two of the grittiest rock duos of the past decade, The Kills and JEFF The Brotherhood. Each band has an outsize sound, fueled by dea...
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Debo Band In Concert: globalFEST 2012 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Earth-rattling horns and mesmerizingly oscillating vocals: Boston's Debo Band takes the funky, psychedelic groove of 1960s Ethiopiaand transplants it firmly onto a 21st-century dance floor. With 11...
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Beirut in Concert From The 9:30 Club from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Beirut's latest album, The Rip Tide, was recorded in New York during the winter of 2010 and takes a surprise turn away from the group's early, ?o?ek-influenced sound and toward more mainstream indi...
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Tim Hecker In Concert: Moogfest 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Few working composers transcend their compositional means as thoroughly as Tim Hecker. Hecker's sixth and most recent album — titled Ravedeath, 1972 — is an enveloping, almost suffocating explorati...
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CANT In Concert: Moogfest 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's obvious on even a cursory listen to Chris Taylor's new project CANT that he's taken advantage of his time off from Grizzly Bear. "Ghost," his first release in this incarnation, came hot off th...
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Moby In Concert: Moogfest 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Few artists have survived the constantly mutating world of dance music from era to era quite like Moby. From his roots in New York's early-'90s rave scene to the commercial gold of Play and 18's am...
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Austra In Concert: Moogfest 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Austra, a.k.a. Toronto-based Katie Stelmanis, released her debut album Feel It Break all of one month before it was shortlisted for the Polaris Prize. It's easy to see why: The disc pairs clear, po...
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Wild Flag, Live From The Black Cat In Washington, D.C. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Wild Flag has only been together for about a year, and just released its debut album last month. But the group has already earned a reputation for stunning, frenetic live performances. Wild Flag's ...
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Zola Jesus, Live From (Le) Poisson Rouge from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As a kid growing up in rural Wisconsin, Nika Roza Danilova wanted to sing opera, but youthful insecurities and performance anxiety kept the diminutive singer from finding her voice. By her late tee...
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Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 In Concert: ATP Festival 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 is the sound of spongy pop music hitting a brick wall. Playfully weird and fuzzy, this group of pop deviants has annoyed and delighted since 1986. Even though the b...
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Nick Lowe, Live in Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the legendary English roots -and country-rock singer live from Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD, recorded on Sept. 25, 2011. Lowe performs material from his new album, The Old Magic,...
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The Olivia Tremor Control from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the band recorded live in concert from (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York City, from Sept. 21, 2011. Set List: Opening A Peculiar Noise Called Train Director I'm Not Feeling Human Memories Of Jacq...
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Bon Iver Live From the 9:30 Club from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The love for Justin Vernon and Bon Iver at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club was so overwhelming for this performance, it seemed fans might storm the stage and eat the humble frontman alive. The stage w...
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Typhoon: Newport Folk Festival 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Portland, Ore., has bred or attracted so many tremendous indie-folk musicians that they're getting stuffed into bigger and bigger bands to make room for everyone. A collective that swells from seve...
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The Decemberists: Newport Folk Festival 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the span of just a few years, The Decemberists' Colin Meloy has taken an unlikely path from brainy folk-pop obscurity to commanding frontman — the sort of confident singer who can fill open-air ...
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Emmylou Harris: Newport Folk Festival 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Emmylou Harris' Grammy-festooned career stretches back more than 40 years, to her legendary early collaborations with the late country-folk legend Gram Parsons. Hard Bargain, her new album, is suff...
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The Civil Wars: Newport Folk Festival 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joy Williams and John Paul White were strangers when they were paired up at a Nashville songwriting session in 2008, but you'd never know that now: Though not romantically involved, they perform th...
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David Wax Museum: Newport Folk Festival 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Last year, Boston's David Wax Museum couldn't play the Newport Folk Festival without first winning a contest. But talk about making the most of an opportunity: The band was everywhere at Newport la...
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Chris Thile and Michael Daves: Newport Folk Festival 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chris Thile enjoyed massive success at a very early age, selling millions with the prodigiously gifted bluegrass band Nickel Creek. But he's remained remarkably level-headed and creatively ambitiou...
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Tegan And Sara: Newport Folk Festival 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canadian twin sisters Tegan and Sara Quin usually traffic in fizzy, punky pop music, so it's a refreshing twist to see them pop up at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I. The smart and o...
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Mountain Man: Newport Folk Festival 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mountain Man is significantly less burly than its name suggests: Founded at Bennington College in Vermont, the mostly a cappella trio of Molly Sarle, Amelia Meath and Alexandra Sauser-Monnig weaves...
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Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three: Newport Folk Festival 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It almost goes without saying that Pokey LaFarge is a man out of time: With his slicked-back hair and vintage clothing, he looks like a grown-up street urchin from early in the previous century. Hi...
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Gogol Bordello: Newport Folk Festival 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One of the most demented and infectious live bands in the world, Gogol Bordello assembles something approximating an Eastern European punk-rock circus, suitable for non-stop movement and hearty sin...
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The Body With Assembly Of Light Choir In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the sludgy doom-metal duo play with a 24-member female choir at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City as part of the Blackened Music Series on June 25, 2011.
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Sasquatch 2011: The Decemberists, Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Multi-instrumentalist Jenny Conlee wasn't expected to join the band only weeks removed from a breast-cancer diagnosis. But she appeared nonetheless. The band interspersed old favorites with tunes f...
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Sasquatch 2011: Wolf Parade, Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Following a tour in support of its 2010 album Expo 86, the band announced it would be going on indefinite hiatus. Hear its penultimate show from day two of the Sasquatch Music Festival. Recorded li...
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Sasquatch 2011: Sharon Van Etten, Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Van Etten is no ordinary guitar-wielding singer-songwriter: Sure, she sings softly and woundedly, but her music has teeth. Recorded live at The Gorge on Saturday, May 28, Sharon Van Etten performs ...
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Sasquatch 2011: Washed Out, Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Featuring songs from his forthcoming album, Ernest Greene brings hazy bedroom electronica to the Sasquatch Music Festival with a broader sound and an expanded backing band. Recorded live at The Gor...
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Sasquatch 2011: Aloe Blacc, Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One of the great recent records to accompany a late-night drive through the city, Aloe Blacc's Good Things synthesizes the sounds of vintage soul with a contemporary vision. Recorded live at The Go...
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Sasquatch 2011: Local Natives, Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The band plays briskly infectious, harmony-rich folk-pop music that benefits greatly from its propulsive, Afrobeat-inspired rhythms. It performed songs from its 2010 album at Sasquatch. Language Ad...
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Sasquatch 2011: The Head And The Heart, Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Seattle folk-rock sextet showcases songs from its sweet self-titled debut outside Seattle. Language Advisory: This is a live concert recording, and may not contain language suitable for all aud...
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PJ Harvey Live In Concert From San Francisco's Warfield Theater from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Iconoclastic singer-songwriter PJ Harvey is making four U.S. stops in support of her recent album Let England Shake. Hear one of those concerts featuring songs from her latest album 'Let England Sh...
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Lost In The Trees from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the band recorded live in concert from the Black Cat in Washington, D.C. on March 25, 2011.
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Agalloch In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Surrounded by banners adorned with elk, with incense lit at the front of the stage, Agalloch's performance felt like a savagely beautiful and personal ritual. Hear the black-metal band's first-ever...
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Worm Ouroboros In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dreamy and haunting, Worm Ouroboro's set at Le Poisson Rouge on March 22, 2011 felt like a processional. Led by two vocalists, the band's quiet, almost medieval melodies led down a path leading to ...
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SXSW 2011: Bright Eyes Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On the new People's Key, Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst is no longer a prodigiously gifted kid; he's become an adventurous, fully formed folk-rock icon. Hear Bright Eyes cap SXSW 2011 with a monster two...
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SXSW 2011: Felice Brothers Live In Concert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The members of Felice Brothers know how to make a madly spirited, ramshackle racket onstage: That's how the Upstate New York band got its start. their mix of rock, country and folk has a freewheeli...
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Video: Maria Taylor: Tiny Desk Concert from 2009-07-08T12:45:45
It's clear from this Tiny Desk Concert, recorded without amplification at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen, that Maria Taylor has never made a go of it as a busker: In terms of volu...
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Video: Maria Taylor: Tiny Desk Concert from 2009-07-08T12:45:45
It's clear from this Tiny Desk Concert, recorded without amplification at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen, that Maria Taylor has never made a go of it as a busker: In terms of volu...
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