Field Recordings archive
Watch Brandee Younger: Taxidermy, Two-Headed Skeletons And Jazz Harp WBGO
June 6, 2013 – The improvising harpist generates a Caribbean bounce in a store full of natural-history oddities. WBGO
Watch Wild Nothing: Nuanced Pop At 8,500 Feet KCRW
May 31, 2013 – The band plays a stripped-down version of "This Chain Won't Break" on the side of Mount San Jacinto. KCRW
Watch Gregory Porter: A Lion In The Subway WBGO
May 14, 2013 – Watch a world-class jazz singer perform "Be Good (Lion's Song)" on a vintage Brooklyn train car. WBGO
Watch Cayucas: Sunlight In Song Form KCRW
May 9, 2013 – Poolside on a picnic table under the blazing sun, the band performs its song "High School Lover." KCRW
Watch The Ebene Quartet Powers Through Mendelssohn
January 25, 2013 – Watch one of today's top string quartets delve deep at a Brooklyn bookstore.
Watch Mount Eerie Plays 'An Absurd Concert To Nobody'
January 3, 2013 – Phil Elverum untangles a quietly complex acoustic version of "Ocean Roar" in an empty theatre.
Watch The Civil Wars: A Song Of Loyalty, Before It's Tested KEXP
November 8, 2012 – The warm folk-pop duo, now on hiatus due to "internal discord," performs "Kingdom Come" in a field. KEXP
Watch Allen Stone: A Rollicking Moment, Performed On The Wind KEXP
November 1, 2012 – The 25-year-old belter performs his rollicking single "Sleep" with just a guitarist for backup. KEXP
Watch Carla Morrison: Out Of The Past, Into The City
October 18, 2012 – The Mexican singer gives a special performance at The High Line, an elevated park in New York City.
Watch Micachu & The Shapes: Weeds In The Forest
September 19, 2012 – The Londoners complement the majesty of their surroundings with plainspoken charm and ragged beauty.
Watch Cloud Cult: A Moment Of Serenity KEXP
September 12, 2012 – Watch a beautiful rendition of "That Man Jumped Out the Window," performed above a gorge. KEXP
Watch We Are Augustines: Somewhere Over The Mountain KEXP
September 5, 2012 – The Brooklyn trio performs a stripped-down cover of Crooked Fingers' "New Drink for the Old Drunk." KEXP
Watch The Avett Brothers: Hot Tea And Honey WXPN
August 22, 2012 – Situated on a tour bus in a New Jersey parking lot, Seth and Scott Avett perform "Live and Die." WXPN
Watch Now, Now At Graffiti Park
August 8, 2012 – The trio rocks a version of "But I Do" against the graffiti murals of Austin's Baylor Street.
Watch Bleached: Picnic Table Punk
July 25, 2012 – The Clavin sisters perform a stripped-down "Electric Chair" at a food-truck parking lot in Austin.