Search results for

The popular funk band teams up with James Brown's arranger and trombonist in a collaboration between two different generations of groove musicians. Hear them perform a set of originals and classics.

Thao Nguyen makes captivating music. Her songs are raw and infectious, her voice has a distinctive swagger, and she's a nimble guitarist. She stopped by NPR's offices to give an intimate performance.

Widely considered one of his generation's premier saxophonists, Potter plugs in with his quartet of backbeat-blasting electronic wizards.

Woven Hand's David Eugene Edwards went solo at Bob Boilen's desk with his mandolin-banjo hybrid, a unique instrument made in 1887 by luthier August Pollman. He performs his fiery Americana.

The music of Super XX Man's Scott Garred is often introspective and deeply personal. It's sometimes playful, bittersweet and dreamy, but Garred's songs are always heartfelt and reflective.

The former lead singer of The Staple Singers has spent her career navigating the worlds of blues, gospel, pop, soul and folk.

Armed with an electric guitar and a sharp wit, Billy Bragg is a one-man punk band with a Woody Guthrie-sized heart.

It's pretty surprising that a former hardcore punk rocker would find musical kinship in such an old-time style as "shape note singing."

With David Rawlings at her side Saturday, Welch treated fans to many of her classics and threw in a reverb-drenched cover of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" for good measure.

The breezy songs of California native Brett Dennen combine the earnest sentiments of activist folk with briskly sweet-natured pop. The singer's mostly acoustic tunes lean toward uplift and peace.

One of the world's great drummers took an opportunity to exhibit his own colorful ensemble live at the 2009 Newport Jazz Festival.

Just one year after her first Newport appearance, Baez released her self-titled debut. It would become the mark of her music that it was inextricably linked to social and political change.

Not every Tiny Desk Concert is tailor-made for Friday. When you're mere hours from the weekend, you want something lively to get the blood pumping.

Steve Riley and his Mamou Playboys make sweet Cajun music together: music steeped in the French heritage of southwestern Louisiana and driven by accordion and fiddle. Watch the Grammy-nominated Cajun band play an upbeat yet bittersweet set from the NPR Music offices.

This group of graduates from major conservatories receives mentoring and professional development while working as music teachers in New York City. ACJW members play a new piece by David Bruce.

Hear the band mix boisterous roots-rock with clattering trashcans and booming bass drums at Newport.

Mountain Man brought its gorgeous three-part harmonies to the Newport Folk Festival.

The Brooklyn pop-rock duo has had an incredible first year together. Listen to the band perform timelessly hooky songs from its self-titled debut album, live at WXPN's World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.

Boyd's name popped up on many records in the 1960s and '70s. Joined by Robyn Hitchcock, Boyd reads from his book, White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s,while Hitchcock performs songs of the era.

The versatile Parisian string quartet adds spice to a traditionally fusty corner of classical music. The group plays an exuberant mix of music by Debussy, Miles Davis and Astor Piazzolla.