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The trio of Mark Turner on saxophones, Larry Grenadier on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums works together as a democratic collective. The band played inside Newport's Fort Adams.

In Washington D.C., Brown is revered as the Godfather of Go-Go. So to have Brown play in a corner of the NPR Music offices with an 11-member group was dream come true for a lot of NPR staffers.

The Felice Brothers' ramshackle sound draws on the past for a mix of subdued, Dylan-inspired folk and freewheeling Springsteenian rock.

He's been a member of Tony! Toni! Tone! and a hitmaking producer, but in his solo career, Raphael Saadiq has proven himself as an old-school soul throwback.

On stage, tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus performs with a microphone, some drums, a ukulele and a loop pedal. She's got a stunning instinct for harnessing limited resources to maximum effect.

Smith Westerns' rambunctious bursts of infectious noise candy are infused with messy swagger, but its sound is fleshed-out and brighter than ever on Dye It Blonde.

10 years ago, conductor David Allan Miller had a dream to hear new takes on traditional spirituals. Hear his dream come true as Miller and the Albany Symphony Orchestra make their Carnegie Hall debut.

For composer Michael Gordon's mesmerizing Timber, written for six two-by-fours, Mantra set up a public performance of the piece in the lumber department of a big-box hardware store in Alexandria, Va.

The well-traveled Chicago supergroup is touring in support of its ninth and latest album, The Moonlight Butterfly.

With an arsenal of strings and brass, the large Portland collective produces a joyous, uplifting sound.

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 Gorge on Friday, May 27, Foo Fighters play a fierce, heavy set to close that night's live music at the 2011 Sasquatch Music Festival outside Seattle, Wash.

Hear the Grammy-winning African-American string band perform live from Newport.

For some acts, stripping a sound down to essentials is easy: Strap on the acoustic guitar and maybe use a snare drum instead of a full kit. It was different for YACHT; it's not a simple guitar-bass-drums band. Watch the electro-pop group's striking performance at the NPR Music offices.

Steven Stucky's August 4, 1964 centers on the day two issues in Johnson's Presidency converged: the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement. Hear its New York premiere.

Mariachi El Bronx got its start as The Bronx, an L.A. hardcore band. But, as the name change indicates, the group took an unexpected turn with a mariachi-themed reinvention. Hear them perform live.

Lage burst onto the San Francisco music scene as a young prodigy. He's matured into a guitarist who seamlessly incorporates various references into improvisational music full of savvy and vision.

Simon Rattle leads a performance of Mahler's immense and searching Second Symphony.

Deacon served as ringleader for an orgy of sound and a live act all about barely contained chaos.

With a full band behind him, mastermind George Lewis brings his aching, synth-driven odes to love and loss to the Sasquatch Music Festival.