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Tuesday February 28, 2012

Eric Harland And Avishai Cohen: Scrap Metal Improv

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Jazz Night In America: Video Episodes And Shorts

Eric Harland And Avishai Cohen: Scrap Metal Improv

February 28, 2012 • In under five hours at the Newport Jazz Festival, Harland was the drummer for three different world-class bands. Watch a duo improvisation from a rather unorthodox venue.

Monday February 27, 2012

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Milagres: Tiny Desk Concert

February 27, 2012 • A band of selective minimalism, Milagres gets the most of simple sounds at the NPR Music offices. The result is songs which sound big and strong — delicately built, yet sturdy enough for the emotive sounds of Kyle Wilson's voice.

Milagres: Tiny Desk Concert

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Thursday February 23, 2012

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The Cranberries: Tiny Desk Concert

February 23, 2012 • The best-selling Irish pop-rock band has returned with a new album called Roses. But the group isn't afraid to dip into its arsenal of early hits at the NPR Music offices.

The Cranberries: Tiny Desk Concert

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Tuesday February 21, 2012

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Y La Bamba: The Pride Of Portland

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February 21, 2012 • The Oregon-based band showed off their unique indie pop meets canciones mix in this October 2010 session.

Monday February 20, 2012

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Favorite Sessions

Nada Surf: Music To Live By

KEXP

February 20, 2012 • Even after nearly 20 years on the road, Nada Surf plays with the vigor and vitality of a new band. Here, the group performs a lengthy set of songs from its new album, with a few classics thrown in for good measure.

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Tiny Desk

Joyce El Khoury And Brian Jagde: Tiny Desk Concert

February 20, 2012 • Soprano Joyce El-Khoury and tenor Brian Jagde are young, fresh-faced opera singers at the dawn of promising careers. Here, their deliciously sung Puccini reverberates off the walls of NPR Music.

Joyce El Khoury And Brian Jagde: Tiny Desk Concert

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Thursday February 16, 2012

Alisa Weilerstein: Playing Bach With The Fishes

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Joan Soriano: Tiny Desk Concert

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Tuesday February 14, 2012

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Favorite Sessions

Shabazz Palaces: Bop Hard

KEXP

February 14, 2012 • Seattle's otherworldly hip-hop group brings their hypnotic, battering low end beats and transcendent raps to KEXP.

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Davila 666's Gritty 'Ciudad'

KEXP

February 14, 2012 • The Puerto Rican garage-rockers kick out the jams with 'Ciudad,' a gritty ode to San Juan.

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Tiny Desk

Red Baraat: Tiny Desk Concert

February 14, 2012 • One of the best party bands around, Red Baarat plays rollicking funk music steeped in Northern India's wedding celebrations, with a dash of D.C. go-go beats and hip-hop.

Red Baraat: Tiny Desk Concert

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Monday February 13, 2012

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Igudesman And Joo: 'I Will Survive'

February 13, 2012 • Finding inspiration from such classical comedic forefathers as Victor Borge and P.D.Q. Bach, Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo relish overturning traditional attitudes toward classical music.

Igudesman And Joo: 'I Will Survive'

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Thursday February 9, 2012

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Craig Finn: Tiny Desk Concert

February 9, 2012 • All these mournful, inward-facing songs (including the unreleased "Jeremiah's Blues") require is the Hold Steady singer, his acoustic guitar and the indispensable pedal steel of Ricky Ray Jackson.

Craig Finn: Tiny Desk Concert

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