Big Thief: Tiny Desk Concert
The band's songs exude muscular warmth, with lyrics that are both memorable and meaningful. Watch Big Thief perform three songs from Masterpiece, recorded live in the NPR Music offices.
Concerts
Now In Its 12th Year, Brooklyn Festival Carries Momentum For Afropunk Movement
The movement continues to push the boundaries on music and fashion as art, setting the standard for what many would define as cool. Editors note: At 2:04 into this piece there is a bleeped expletive.
Three Miles Ahead
Hear three interpretations of the musical icon: on screen, with actor and director Don Cheadle; on the page, with co-biographer Quincy Troupe; and on stage, with trumpeter Keyon Harrold.
Cecile McLorin Salvant And Sullivan Fortner
The communication between piano and voice often becomes deeply personal. Two rising stars of their instruments prove as much in duet at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Nina Diaz: Tiny Desk Concert
As a solo artist on leave from Girl In A Coma, the singer finds new ways to sound ferocious. Here, she performs three songs from an album due out in the fall.
Margaret Glaspy: Tiny Desk Concert
Everything serves the songs here: There's no overplaying, no frills, just great music and a tremendous new artist who sounds thrilled to be playing it.
Eddie Palmieri: Tiny Desk Concert
An icon for both modern and Latin jazz, the veteran performer continues to break tradition and innovate within many musical styles, including salsa, fusion, Latin funk and more.
Watch Four Tet's Sumptuous Live Performance in Sydney
Can electronic music find a home in a palatial concert hall? To find out, the influential British producer and DJ visited the Sydney Opera House back in January to create a theatrical experience.
Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals: Tiny Desk Concert
Watch the invigorating, genre-busting bandleader, drummer, singer and rapper perform four songs — three from this year's Malibu, plus one surprising audience request.
René Marie: Tiny Desk Concert
Joined by her Experiment In Truth band, the expressive, charismatic jazz singer performs songs from her new album, Sound Of Red.