Field Recordings archive

May 30, 2012 – The Afro-fusion quartet from Nairobi greets the Austin morning with a version of "Love or Leave."

May 16, 2012 – Debo Band gives a rousing performance at Joe's Crab Shack in Austin during South by Southwest 2012.

April 27, 2012 – The saxophonist explains his unique dialect: equal parts music theory, esoterica and Charlie Parker. WBGO

April 18, 2012 – The veteran soul singer gives a passionate, stripped-down performance of "Still Hanging On."

April 11, 2012 – Mali's breakout superstars perform an acoustic version of "Wily Kataso" at The Shrine in Harlem.

April 4, 2012 – The electronic artist brought his attitude, electronics and a cellist to a junkyard in Austin.

March 27, 2012 – Watch a stirring performance with swelling vocal harmonies, recorded during the frenzy of SXSW.

February 28, 2012 – Watch an impromptu duo improvisation from the most unorthodox of Newport Jazz Festival venues.

February 16, 2012 – Weilerstein serenades the sea creatures at the National Aquarium in Baltimore with music by Bach.

February 2, 2012 – Standing amid old rubble, the Vermont trio performed an all-too-brief version of "Sewee Sewee."

January 12, 2012 – The band climbed through broken window frames to perform amid dilapidated ruins in Newport, R.I.

January 12, 2012 – A hardware store proved an ideal setting for a performance of Timber, written for six two-by-fours.

January 12, 2012 – Violinist Gil Shaham performs an impromptu Bach recital at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum.