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A prolific, conceptually ambitious musician, the pianist spent more than two months of 2008 comatose in the hospital. Thankfully, he's made a full recovery. He proved it with his trio live on stage.

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."

Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine formed Dala after meeting in their high-school music class. Since then, they've picked up accolades for songs that can seem like throwbacks to an earlier era.

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.

After more than 35 years together, the Emerson String Quartet has performed in the finest chamber-music venues the world over. On Monday night, for the first time, they played at Le Poisson Rouge.

A ramshackle rock 'n' roll band from the Catskills, The Felice Brothers whip up an infectious mix of rock, country and folk, live in Newport, R.I.

A standout straight-ahead jazz pianist on the New York scene for nearly a quarter-century, Rosnes puts together a quartet of veterans and frequent collaborators for a run at the famed club.

On the new People's Key, Conor Oberst is no longer a prodigiously gifted kid; he's become an adventurous, fully formed folk-rock icon. Listen to Bright Eyes cap SXSW 2011 with a two-hour concert.

Banjo-playing bluesman Otis Taylor plays trance-inducing music that's often built around a single chord — an approach that allows his songs to go on for as long as 10 or even 15 minutes. Watch Taylor perform his songs.

Hear the popular Colombian electro-tropical group bring the house down at a recent performance in Washington, D.C.

The Ohio orchestra makes its Carnegie Hall debut with 1,400 of its fans in tow. The music includes a rarely heard symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich and a theatre piece by Andre Previn and Tom Stoppard.

Hear the sludgy doom-metal duo play with a 24-member female choir at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City.

The 23-year-old guitarist was once called a prodigy. But he's maturing into a distinctive player and bandleader, too. With two bandmates, Lage performs two unreleased songs and a cut from 2011's Gladwell.

A glance into the crowd assembled for the show in the NPR Music offices reveals just how far-reaching They Might Be Giants' appeal has become. Watch the band perform two of its brand-new songs, as well as "Fingertips," a classic 1992 chestnut.

Drummer Matt Wilson is one of the friendliest guys in jazz, and his music, even at its most complex, reflects that: It's unpretentious and full of easygoing swing. Hear his quartet's set from Newport.

LaFarge's newest album, recorded with his South City Three, is titled Riverboat Soul. Here, LaFarge and his band perform live in Newport, R.I.

Eight albums into his Grammy-decorated solo career, Sam Bush has become a consistent heavy hitter in the world of bluegrass.

From Azerbaijan to the Netherlands, with a detour in the U.S. — it's the career path of pianist Amina Figarova. With her touring sextet of Dutch players, she made a U.S. tour stop in Newport, R.I.

The indie-rock duo had one of the biggest songs of 2009 in "Lust for Life." Director Jim Jarmusch liked the song so much, he chose Girls to perform at this year's All Tomorrow's Parties festival.

For those who fell in love with Sam Beam's spare solo work, he plays his new full-band material as a solo performer here. Watch Beam show a fresh side of his new songs at the NPR Music offices, and top them off with his devastating 2004 gem "Naked As We Came."