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Hear the group the Times of London has called "the world's most exciting string quartet" in music by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Smetana, live from the intimate Weill Recital Hall.

Hear the singer perform songs from In the Time of Gods, live in Delaware. Thematically centered on classical Greek mythology, the album explores narratives based on mythological personalities.

Jeremy Denk sees his apartment as his own "piano boot camp." Except for books, a coffee pot and a laptop, there's not much to do there but practice. We eavesdropped as he worked on complex etudes.

Crafting a fresh-faced indie-pop sound, Jukebox the Ghost is frequently compared to They Might Be Giants and Ben Folds. Hear the trio perform songs from its record, Safe Travels, at World Cafe Live.

Hear the 21-year-old Russian play Chopin etudes, colorful Fairy Tales by Nikolai Medtner and an explosive arrangement of music from Stravinsky's Firebird at the WGBH studios in Boston.

Composer and pianist Jason Moran ushers in his era as Artistic Advisor for Jazz at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., with this performance, captured by JazzSet in honor of Black History Month.

Ruban Nielson is the voice behind Portland's Unknown Mortal Orchestra. In this studio session recorded at opbmusic, Nielson strips away his music's accoutrements and sticks to an acoustic six-string.

Calexico's music bears hints of country, jazz and indie rock, combined with richly evocative lyrics. The Arizona band celebrates the release of its album, Algiers, with a stop at World Cafe Live.

Barbara Jean's first solo album, The Great Escape, draws on her training in classical viola and her immersion in Americana and Appalachian music. Her set is followed by Julie Adams.

With his ever-changing Fairgrounds band, the drummer gets to mix and match his favorite musicians. Ballard and a multi-generational band play live in New York.

The singer-songwriter, best known for his 1972 hit "Sunshine," performs songs from his 2011 album My Love Will Keep — his first studio record in 14 years. He's followed here by Bob Thompson.

Lytle's deeply affecting story-songs offer listeners moments of fantastical escape or quiet reflection, while examining the mundane hopes and failed dreams of oddball characters. Watch him perform solo acoustic versions of songs from his latest record, plus one classic Grandaddy tune.

The Irish songwriter has one of the most arresting voices of any young singer you're likely to hear this year. See McMorrow give an intimate acoustic performance at the NPR Music offices.

To immerse yourself in Diamond Mine is to be transported to the Scottish countryside. Standing in the NPR Music offices, the album's unassuming creators somehow lose little of their mystique.

At Convention Hall, the Goth-tinged post-punk band came off like U2: bold, shimmering and confident.

Hear the dark new-wave band in a full concert, recorded live at Moogfest in Asheville, N.C.

Dusky and deliberate, Chris Bathgate's music can be foreboding, even funereal. But the Michigan native invests his songs with warm, rustic beauty, which makes everything too pretty to function as a true downer.

In 1992, as Lincoln Center was making a big move into "America's classical music," Carnegie Hall created its own jazz orchestra. Trumpeter Jon Faddis led the big band at the Kennedy Center.

Lonely Twin's poppy folk songs and brash rockers are packed with instrumental flourishes and feedback. But in this stripped-down set, Jordan Geiger's beautiful, crushing songs pack an emotional punch.

Of course, the power-punk duo took off their shirts at the NPR Music offices, because why not?