Watch Kansas City's Hembree Layer Up An All-Out Jam
The relatively new band, selected for our Slingshot program, knows how to start small and end big. "Had It All" takes a looping pop riff and ramps it up to an all-out rock jam.
Concerts
Earma Thompson On Piano Jazz
She was a mainstay on the Chicago jazz scene for over 50 years before releasing an album as a bandleader herself. On this 2005 episode of Piano Jazz, the pianist performs tracks off Just In Time.
Jane Bunnett And Maqueque: The New Queens of Afro-Cuban Jazz
Canadian saxophonist and flutist Jane Bunnett has dedicated her life to Cuban music. Her latest project is Maqueque, an all-female band of young Cuban artists blending folkloric grooves and jazz.
Väsen: Tiny Desk Concert
The Swedish trio brought a 30-string sonic blast to the Tiny Desk, performing on 12-string guitar, vioala and the nyckelharpa (a fiddle with keys — think 15th century keytar).
Molly Tuttle On Mountain Stage
Tuttle was the first woman to earn the title of Guitarist of the Year from the International Bluegrass Music Association. Hear her perform on this Mountain Stage episode.
Watch As Superorganism Slams Its Slacker-Psych Single 'Everybody Wants To Be Famous'
The group's inventive, choppy-poppy, psychedelic debut is as strong an introduction as you can expect. At our showcase in Austin during SXSW, they opened with an inviting warning.
Watch Kaia Kater Perform "Everything Is Free" Live At Pickathon 2017
Every month this year, opbmusic and NPR Music will present a song recorded live at the Woods Stage at Pickathon.
Liz Brasher Storms Stubb's Stage With 'Outcast'
The Memphis-based Slingshot artist combines the blues with American roots and hard rock. Her enormous voice shines on a performance of the title track from her upcoming debut EP at our 2018 Showcase.
Cornelius: Tiny Desk Concert
Cornelius' Keigo Oyamada deconstructs and reassembles music like it's a neon cubist-pop sculpture. On a rare U.S. tour, the Japanese band brought its complex cool to the Tiny Desk.
50 Years After The My Lai Massacre, An Opera Confronts The Past
The My Lai Massacre occurred 50 years ago this week in Vietnam. An opera featuring the Kronos Quartet and Van-Anh Vanessa Vo tells the story of an American soldier who tried to stop his own troops.