Seasons & episodes
S6 · E58Gary Burton 2013-11-09
The jazz vibraphone pioneer is 70 now, but that hasn't slowed his flying four-mallet technique.
S6 · E59Debashish Bhattacharya 2013-11-12
Bhattacharya draws on North Indian classical music, but blues also pours out of his stunning work.
S6 · E60John Legend 2013-11-16
The soul singer retains the easygoing grace of a performer fit for any stage — even a tiny one.
S6 · E61Waxahatchee 2013-11-23
This is Katie Crutchfield as Waxahatchee, playing intimate music for an intimate setting.
S6 · E62Kronos Quartet 2013-11-25
The intrepid champions of new music bring a lullaby, rare blues and a work by Bryce Dessner to NPR.
S6 · E63The Dismemberment Plan 2013-12-02
The band exudes playfulness and wry charm throughout these three songs from Uncanney Valley.
S6 · E64Sarah Jarosz 2013-12-07
Jarosz and her small backing band craft a careful mix of technical proficiency and poppy warmth.
S6 · E65Dessa 2013-12-09
The whip-smart rapper, singer, poet and songwriter performs three tracks from Parts of Speech.
S6 · E66Christine Salem 2013-12-14
Salem sings work songs and chants from the maloya tradition on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean.
S6 · E67La Santa Cecilia 2013-12-16
The video here provides just a hint of the L.A. band's dynamic live shows, albeit a spectacular one.
S6 · E68Preservation Hall Jazz Band 2013-12-21
The hot and historic New Orleans band brings a tuba-wielding Santa and some original holiday cheer.
S7 · E1Van-Anh Vanessa Vo 2014-01-04
The musician unpacks an array of traditional Vietnamese instruments — and 1,000 years of culture.
S7 · E2Lily & Madeleine 2014-01-07
The teenagers play a restrained, homespun mix of folk and pop with undeniably sweet harmonies.
S7 · E3Afro Blue 2014-01-13
The Howard University vocal jazz ensemble performs beautiful African-American spirituals.
S7 · E4Robert Glasper Experiment 2014-01-20
Members of the Grammy-winning, organic R&B Experiment band jam with singer Marsha Ambrosius.
S7 · E5Angel Olsen 2014-01-27
The expressive, powerful singer previews songs from her new album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness.
S7 · E6Pixies 2014-02-03
Hear the legendary band perform 1989's "Monkey Gone to Heaven" and two new songs — one unreleased.
S7 · E7Fanfare Ciocarlia 2014-02-08
The joyous Balkan brass band plays at a pace that would make the Ramones burst into a sweat.
S7 · E8Suzanne Vega 2014-02-10
The inventive folk-music veteran book-ends a four-song set with her hits "Luka" and "Tom's Diner."
S7 · E9Cate Le Bon 2014-02-18
The Welsh singer's set conveys loneliness and doubt with just two guitars and an inviting whisper.
S7 · E10Sofia Rei 2014-02-22
For about 20 minutes one sunny afternoon, Rei turned a desk into a small Latin American folk club.
S7 · E11Brass Bed 2014-02-24
See the band re-create some of its stellar studio effects with a pedal steel and some novelty mics.
S7 · E12Asaf Avidan 2014-03-02
Avidan has an album and no U.S. record label to put it out. But he's on a solo tour that's stunning.
S7 · E13Lowland Hum 2014-03-06
It's hard to convey the sound of two people in love, but Lowland Hum does that effortlessly.