Seasons & episodes
S6 · E10Efterklang 2013-04-08
The Danish band ransacks the NPR Music offices looking for sound-making material and new ideas.
S6 · E11Yo La Tengo 2013-04-15
To coincide with the release of the band's 13th album, Fade, Yo La Tengo performs an acoustic set.
S6 · E12Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu 2013-04-22
The duo's quietly energetic performance hangs over the the NPR Music offices like a soft mist.
S6 · E13Father Figures 2013-04-29
Zany, brainy and danceable, these guys' music mixes rock and jazz like King Crimson at its fiercest.
S6 · E14Nicola Benedetti 2013-05-06
Watch the violinist spin out music by John Williams and Bach in sweet, soulful tendrils of sound.
S6 · E15Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale 2013-05-13
The veteran country players mix corny humor, musical merrymaking and timeless vocal harmonies.
S6 · E16Mohammad Reza Shajarian 2013-05-20
The 73-year-old Iranian icon unleashes torrents of swooping, soaring sound that elicit goosebumps.
S6 · E17Imani Winds 2013-05-29
Imani Winds' members shrink Igor Stravinsky down to size in a quintet take on The Rite of Spring.
S6 · E18OK Go 2013-06-03
OK Go helps us transport the Tiny Desk from NPR Music's old headquarters to our new facility.
S6 · E19The National 2013-06-10
Watch the band perform acoustic arrangements of four songs from its new album, Trouble Will Find Me.
S6 · E20NO BS! Brass Band 2013-06-15
An 11-piece brass band turns up the funk and flies the flag high for its native Richmond, Va.
S6 · E21Billy Bragg 2013-06-17
One of the world's finest folksingers channels the spirit of Woody Guthrie at the NPR Music offices.
S6 · E22Patty Griffin 2013-06-24
Watch the singer-songwriter and her band perform three songs from her fine new album, American Kid.
S6 · E23Maya Beiser 2013-06-29
A brilliant cellist with a stunning command of her instrument, Beiser performs at the NPR offices.
S6 · E24Laura Mvula 2013-07-01
The U.K. singer performs some of her most intimate material in a short set at the NPR Music offices.
S6 · E25Cheick Hamala Diabate 2013-07-06
The Malian musician and his band craft melodies and rhythms that cut across age and ethnicity.
S6 · E26Skinny Lister 2013-07-08
The rowdy English folk-punk band brings its barely controlled mayhem to the NPR Music offices.
S6 · E27Frank Turner 2013-07-13
Two men with unplugged instruments convey the bawdy rowdiness of a full band.
S6 · E28Alice Russell 2013-07-15
When the British singer performs, her emotionally fiery music just gets hotter and grittier.
S6 · E29Cheyenne Mize 2013-07-20
The singer, instrumentalist and music therapist plays slinky, forceful songs at NPR Music.
S6 · E30Guards 2013-07-22
Hear three sturdy pop songs from In Guards We Trust, performed live at the NPR Music offices.
S6 · E31Time For Three 2013-07-27
Hear the "classically trained garage band" perform with staggering technique and contagious energy.
S6 · E32Dana Falconberry 2013-07-29
Watch Falconberry and five bandmates perform three delicate songs from her recent album Leelanau.
S6 · E33Keaton Henson 2013-08-03
Henson's voice is so fragile and hushed, if you were 10 feet away from him you'd barely hear a peep.