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Bradley slowed things down (and heated things up) at our SXSW 2016 showcase with a burning version of this tender love song.

The 67-year-old former James Brown impersonator showed off his pipes on this new song from his upcoming album, Changes, at our SXSW 2016 showcase.

With a voice that borrows heavily from opera, Downs performs the kind of full-throated mariachi singing that would fit right in at Mexico City's Garibaldi Square — ground zero for mariachi.

The Saskatchewan singer-songwriter visits the NPR Music offices to perform three quietly affecting songs, two of them from his new album The Party.

The Texas native played his intense love song live at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Florida.

A restrained, whisper-soft Tiny Desk concert from Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin with songs taken from her debut album Don't Let The Kids Win.

"This song is called 'You Never Loved Me' — it's another cheery, optimistic number," says Aimee Mann, introducing the second of four songs in this Tiny Desk Concert.

The band features seven players with training in classical and jazz, as well as instruments such as violin, cello, upright bass, flute, trombone, drums, guitar and Liam McCormick's powerhouse voice.

The singer-songwriter gives a warmhearted performance of two new songs, an old favorite and a hymn.

The queer, glammy, wildly dressed duo has a keen sense of mischief and a gift for honest, punk-infused, tongue-in-cheek pop gems. Watch PWR BTTM perform four songs in the NPR Music offices.

This song from Summertime '06 sounded like both a wound and a warning.

See a singer with a powerful voice and extremely encouraging message — words to be not just sung but shouted from the rooftops.

Watch as this band from Southern California sends waves of velvet-sounding Chicano soul over the crowd at NPR Music's SXSW showcase in Austin, Texas.

Bradley premiered a new song with a timeless theme from his upcoming album, Changes, at our SXSW 2016 showcase.

At our SXSW showcase, Mitski played the explosive first single from her upcoming album.

Great singers aren't easy to come by, so finding three in one band is something special. The Wild Reeds' songs are clear and memorable, potent and sometimes delicate, and beautifully performed here.

Browne reaches back into his formidable catalog to perform a song from 1974's Late For The Sky —and proves he hasn't lost his touch in the decades since it was released.

While the Festival Of Lights is still in full swing, watch Jones perform "8 Days (Of Hanukkah)" as part of a special, holiday-themed Tiny Desk show.

The "Hurtin' (On The Bottle)" B-side was written while Price played low-paying gigs and slept on floors, but she assures us at our SXSW showcase: "I'll be desperate and depressed until I die."

At our SXSW showcase, Mitski performed an older track with all the hallmarks of her current sound.