
14:45
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros can t exactly slip into an office building unnoticed: Clad in the same clot...

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With all due respect to its terrific albums and kinetic, frenetic live shows, if The Avett Brothers could put ...

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The French singer and multi-instrumentalist just released a new album called Skyline, and it captures his aest...

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The improvisational music of father and son Pedro Soler and Gaspar Claus functions as a beautiful conversation...

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While clearly rooted in acoustic traditions, the folk music of Arborea stands out for its calm beauty and roug...

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Stream the entire concert here: www.npr.org Rock n roll is most often the stuff of youth and vitality — of des...

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Beirut arrived at the NPR Music offices dusty and exhausted following a weekend at Bonnaroo in Tennessee. But ...

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Armed with acoustic guitars, tiny amps, a desktop percussion unit and a ton of grace, Wilco plays three new so...

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The Oklahoma band s droning minor-key hymns were seemingly made for wide-open spaces and big skies. The group ...

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In a stripped-down three-song set at the NPR Music offices, the Grammy-winning UK pop star showcases her brill...

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Swedish native, Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man on Earth, plays a few tracks from his debut album Shallo...

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Raphael Saadiq was nominated for his 2008 solo album The Way I See It. The album featured an eclectic group of...

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A few years ago, Noah and the Whale would have seemed like the last band to bring a drum machine to a Tiny Des...

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I can t think of a better way to describe the music of Rodrigo y Gabriela than with three words: heavy metal f...

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LaFarge writes and performs original, sometimes traditional music steeped in American blues, country and Weste...

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The sounds of the group s best-selling 2009 album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix are so ubiquitous to viewers of TV ...

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Few musicians get better with age. Nick Lowe is an exception: At 61, Lowe is part crooner, part country and a ...

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Listening to a piece by Hauschka can be deceiving: What sounds like an ensemble of musicians and instruments i...

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Let s establish one thing right out of the gate: We love the band Sigur Ros. Their music is beautiful and movi...

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When he turned up at the NPR Music offices to perform three songs from The King Is Dead, Decemberists frontman...

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For those who fell in love with Sam Beam s spare solo work, he plays his new full-band material as a solo perf...

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Jazz pianist Eric Lewis has been wowing audiences since he was barely able to walk. During a recent performanc...

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Givers music is a clatter of percussion, bright tropical melodies, slinky guitar upstrokes and playful vocals ...

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Thao Nguyen makes captivating music. Her songs are raw and infectious, her voice has a distinctive swagger, an...

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Dr. Dog isn t an obvious choice for one of NPR Music s Tiny Desk Concerts. For one thing, it s a pretty big gr...

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Before iPods (or even CDs) there were boomboxes. It s been 20 years since they disappeared from the streets, b...