Patrick Watson
Patrick Watson artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Concerts
November 16, 2012 The gifted singer and pianist plays an emotional live set at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
October 23, 2009 Watson performs imaginative pop with a cinematic bent, live at the Mercury Lounge in New York.
Studio Sessions
October 11, 2012 Watson makes music the way some directors make film: in three dimensions and with lots of emotion.
May 11, 2009 The Montreal-based singer-songwriter performs new songs at the studios of WNYC in New York.
Discover Songs
October 27, 2010 Borrowing as much from soul as it does from rock, "Sit Down Beside Me" is both lovely and haunting.
December 14, 2009 All Songs Considered looks at the best new bands, best songs, biggest surprises and more from 2009.
October 23, 2009 Watson performs imaginative pop with a cinematic bent, live at the Mercury Lounge in New York.
July 7, 2009 Just past the halfway point of 2009, we're already thinking about the best music of the year.
Reviews
October 27, 2010 Borrowing as much from soul as it does from rock, "Sit Down Beside Me" is both lovely and haunting.
More Stories
June 12, 2012 Highlights from the first half of 2012 include albums from Jack White, Usher and Alabama Shakes.
June 12, 2012 The All Songs gang discusses surprises, new artists, albums and songs from the first half of 2012.
May 31, 2012 Watson has a lovely voice and a gift for wringing evocative sounds out of everything he touches.
April 22, 2012 If you could wear out an MP3, Bob Boilen's copy of this record would already have scratches.
March 27, 2012 Hear a sneak preview of new music from Sigur Ros, a Norah Jones-Danger Mouse collaboration, more.













