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Multi-instrumentalist Jenny Conlee wasn't expected to join the band only weeks after a breast-cancer diagnosis. She appeared nonetheless. On Memorial Day 2011, the band played songs old and new.

Watch the stylish young violinist pull out a bag of tricks in music by Paganini. Performing at the NPR Music offices, Siem tosses off left-hand pizzicatos, double-stop harmonics and spiccato bowing as if he were buttering bread.

Hear Laura and Lydia Rogers showcase a mix of country classics and originals in a show from Newport.

Hear the 85-year-old distinctive and imposing piano stylist perform at Newport.

Watch an intimate live performance of the band's new album, Circuital, on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic with Jason Bentley.

Beirut arrived at the NPR Music offices dusty and exhausted following a weekend at Bonnaroo in Tennessee. But after some much-needed showers, the band brought infectious joy to its short set behind the Tiny Desk.

Armed with acoustic guitars, tiny amps, a desktop percussion unit and a ton of grace, Wilco plays three new songs from The Whole Love and an old favorite in a stripped-down but powerful set at the NPR Music offices.

It speaks well of this performance that Fountains of Wayne's set pokes around in a few gray areas; its four songs showcase a band with tremendous narrative gifts and a real flair for subtle beauty.

The arty-but-not-smarty rock band incited what was definitely the rowdiest crowd all weekend.

Hear the band recorded live from (Le) Poisson Rouge from New York City.

He's a film composer, a Cuban-American musician and a modern jazzman. It's all on display when the 27-year-old pianist performs with his jazz trio and string quartet. Hear a live concert recording.

A high-profile pedigree and strong teaser tracks have bought this new band some substantial buzz.

The Puerto Rican garage-rockers kick out the jams with 'Ciudad,' a gritty ode to San Juan.

Soprano Joyce El-Khoury and tenor Brian Jagde are young, fresh-faced opera singers at the dawn of promising careers. Here, their deliciously sung Puccini reverberates off the walls of NPR Music.

Pistolera conjures the sounds of the Mexican desert by way of a cold basement in New York City's Chinatown. With the aid of a stellar band and insightful lyrics, songwriter Sandra Velasquez performs the music of her youth in California at the NPR Music offices.

The vibraphonist performs a set of tunes by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Duke Ellington and others.

Hear BélO bring Caribbean undercurrents to socially conscious songs as he performs live in concert.

The twenty-something pianist, already one of the great composers of his generation, has been writing a new book of tunes for a new band. Fellow keyboard player Pete Rende joins Parks and a quartet in this live performance.

It got loud when NPR Music live webcast a concert by gritty rock duo, JEFF The Brotherhood. The band has an outsize sound, fueled by deafening guitar noise and trashy rhythms.

Hear why these three Canadian women are more just impeccable bluegrass harmonizers in a concert.