January 11, 2023 •
Watch highlights from NPR Music's 15th anniversary concerts.
Gaby Moreno performs at NPR Music's 10th Anniversary Concert in Washington, D.C.
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February 5, 2018 •
The Guatemalan musician showcases her stunning vocal range in our last video from our 10th anniversary show.
The SFJAZZ Collective.
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January 2, 2018 •
This year, the octet has chosen to salute a tenor sax titan and a long-time San Francisco resident. It plays re-arrangements of Henderson classics along with new original pieces live in concert.
Robert Glasper and Bilal perform at NPR Music's 10th Anniversary Concert in Washington, D.C.
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December 20, 2017 •
At NPR Music's 10th Anniversary Concert at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., Glasper came to play, bringing Derrick Hodge on electric bass, Justin Tyson, on drums and Bilal on vocals.
Kronos Quartet performs at NPR Music's 10th anniversary concert in Washington, D.C.
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December 19, 2017 •
The storied quartet wove styles and collaborators together in their performance at NPR Music's 10th anniversary celebration in Washington, D.C.
Margo Price serenades the audience from the 9:30 Club balcony at NPR Music's 10th Anniversary Concert.
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December 12, 2017 •
Standing on a balcony at the 9:30 Club, Margo Price sang songs from her first two albums.
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver performs at NPR Music's 10th Anniversary Concert in Washington, D.C.
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December 11, 2017 •
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver performed an intimate set featuring "Heavenly Father" and a cover of Leon Russell's "A Song For You."
Gaby Moreno and Gina Chavez perform live at KUT's Studio 1A.
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December 8, 2017 •
Her voice dripping with Southern R&B grit, Moreno and her band never lose sight of the emotion in the holiday classics they perform at KUT in Austin, Texas.
Festivo Alt.Latino: Gaby Moreno In Concert
Jeff Tweedy performs at NPR Music's 10th Anniversary Concert at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
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December 6, 2017 •
From Uncle Tupelo to an unreleased song, Jeff Tweedy showcased the range of his career in an acoustic set.
Tarriona "Tank" Ball closes out the night at NPR Music's 10th Anniversary Concert at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
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December 5, 2017 •
At our 10th Anniversary Concert, Tank and the Bangas brought their characteristic joy out in full force.
Fleet Foxes perform at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival.
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August 8, 2017 •
Stream the beloved folk-rock band's headlining set from the first night of the festival.
Fleet Foxes, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2017
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Brent Cobb performs at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival.
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August 1, 2017 •
The Georgia-born roots musician's songs tell detailed, easy-paced stories of family and close friends. Hear his Newport Folk set, with special guest Jade Bird.
Brent Cobb, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2017
The Wild Reeds perform at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival.
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July 31, 2017 •
Mackenzie Howe, Sharon Silva and Kinsey Lee's set at Newport Folk was assured and robust, a testament to potent voices made more powerful when united.
The Wild Reeds, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2017
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Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief performs at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival.
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July 31, 2017 •
The rising indie-rock band performed some new, unreleased songs during its Newport set.
Big Thief, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2017
Shovels & Rope performs at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival.
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July 31, 2017 •
The charismatic husband-and-wife duo returned to Newport after a three-year hiatus.
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Alynda Segarra of Hurray for the Riff Raff performs live at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival.
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July 31, 2017 •
Stream Alynda Segarra's impassioned set from Newport.
Hurray For The Riff Raff, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2017
Afro-Venezuelan singer Betsayda Machado, performing at globalFEST in New York City in January.
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February 17, 2017 •
The clarion-voiced Afro-Venezuelan singer Betsayda Machado and her band are just beginning to tour internationally. Hear them in their New York City debut at globalFEST in January.
In Joyful Harmonies, A Band From Venezuela Taps Into Their African Roots
Justin Vernon at his console during Bon Iver's Dec. 4, 2016 show in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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December 22, 2016 •
Watch Bon Iver play a full concert, including songs from 22, A Million , at Pioneer Works, a cavernous warehouse in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Lucinda Williams performs at Lincoln Center Out Of Doors.
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December 7, 2016 •
Watch the legendary singer-songwriter perform a three-song set at Damrosch Park in New York City.
December 1, 2016 •
Watch the singer and her band perform three ferocious songs from her "Lincoln Center Out Of Doors" set, recorded live at New York's Damrosch Park.
NPR Music Live in Concert: iLe played live at Damrosch Park in New York on August 4, 2016.
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November 18, 2016 •
She's known for her work in the popular hip-hop group Calle 13, but Ileana Cabra, who performs solo as iLe, has a quieter, subtler alter ego. Watch her perform live at New York's Damrosch Park.
Watch a 90-minute concert video of Warpaint at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
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November 16, 2016 •
In a career-spanning show at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, the L.A. band showcases its ethereal harmonies and moody, grooving, hypnotic sound.
Conor Oberst performs Ruminations in its entirety at Housing Works Bookstore.
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October 27, 2016 •
At Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, Conor Oberst delivered a powerfully spare set of new songs from his new album, Ruminations .
Conor Oberst performs at Housing Works Bookstore in New York, N.Y.
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October 19, 2016 •
With just piano, acoustic guitar and harmonica, watch Conor Oberst perform "Tachycardia," "Gossamer Thin" and "A Little Uncanny" in NYC.