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With only Evan Cranley's acoustic guitar for accompaniment, Stars' Amy Millan and Torquil Campbell take two of the fizziest dance-pop tracks on The Five Ghosts (plus 2005's "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead") and transform them into chiming, charming folk songs, performed live at NPR Music.

One of the foremost U.K. dubstep producers, James Blake lays heavily processed but soulful vocals over delicate electronic arrangements that reward patience.

Kurt Vile possesses a warm grasp of both classic rock sounds and modern form. His lo-fi roots are reflected in new studio recordings that somehow feel both primitive and polished.

The composer Billy Strayhorn wrote some of the most exquisite melodies in the history of jazz. Stafford, the versatile trumpeter, played original arrangements of Strayhorn tunes with his working band.

Rene Marie, Allan Harris and Carla Cook are in sweet harmony with a message in this concert from the KC Jazz Club in Washington, D.C.

Listen to the acclaimed Norwegian pianist in a program that spans pillars of the piano literature — from Haydn to Chopin to Bartok.

Iconoclastic singer-songwriter PJ Harvey is making four U.S. stops in support of her recent album. Hear one of those concerts, from the Warfield Theater in San Francisco, in its entirety.

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has spearheaded a novel project designed to help bridge past and present: It commissioned six composers to write companion pieces for Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos.

The Seattle folk-rock sextet showcases songs from its sweet self-titled debut outside Seattle.

Unplugged, yet intense, hear the trio's whiskey-drenched, ramshackle fury in a concert from Newport.

Hear the impeccable, sweet-voiced folk-pop songs of The Head and the Heart in concert at Newport.

Hear Lee perform songs from the hooky, honest and introspective Mission Bellin a concert Newport.

Hear the band's blazing pace of punk and impeccable dexterity of bluegrass in a concert from Newport.

In 1993, Kitt and McPartland perform a stirring version of "God Bless the Child" and wind up the hour with the seductively swinging "You'd Be So Nice to Come to Home To."

It's been nearly 50 years since the savvy hard-bop veteran first played the Vanguard. With a new album and a two-week engagement lined up, Walton shows no signs of stopping.

Even with an 11:30 a.m. set, Josh Ritter played an explosive set to a sleepy Newport crowd.

The first album recorded live at the Vanguard was made in 1956. Noisy but soothing, simple but dense, tenor saxophonist J.D. Allen's trio is primed to confront jazz history's shadow on its home turf.

The Baltimore duo 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, another from 2007's If Children and an as-yet-unreleased song called "Civilian."

For much of the past year, the band has stunned live audiences with its extraordinary range, moving seamlessly and gracefully from quiet, delicate moments to thundering swells of chaotic rock noise.

This 1994 session captures the master trumpeter's dazzling technique, magic and humor.