Lucius performing at the live 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
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Watch Lucius bring its vibrant pop spectacle to the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
Will Toledo and his band performed at Black Cat in D.C. on May 23.
Explosions In The Sky live at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
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If Explosions In The Sky's records are watershed moments for its fans, then the band's live shows are a Biblical flood.
The Jayhawks performed at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia for NonCOMM on Wednesday, May 18.
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Bonnie Raitt, Darlingside, Sunflower Bean, Hayes Carll and Amos Lee also performed live in Philadelphia.
Jason Isbell performs live in Boston.
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The two-time Grammy winner performs a blues-rock song in front of a sold-out crowd in Boston.
Charles Bradley showed us why he's called the "Screaming Eagle of Soul."
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Several music fans at SXSW walked away from our showcase claiming this was the concert of the night. Watch to find out why.
Chicano Batman performs "Right Off The Back" at NPR Music's SXSW 2016 showcase.
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Chicano Batman digs deep into its own version of '70s funk groove at NPR Music's SXSW Showcase in Austin, Texas.
Chicano Batman performs "Cycles Of Existential Rhyme" at NPR Music's SXSW 2016 showcase.
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Watch Chicano Batman kick off NPR Music's SXSW showcase with a song dripping with '70s funk organ and serious existential Chicano angst.
Chicano Batman performs "Joven Navegante" at NPR Music's SXSW 2016 showcase.
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Hear Chicano Batman combine funk and rock with mellow, lowrider grooves to get the crowd at NPR Music's SXSW showcase moving.
Chicano Batman performs "La Manzanita" at NPR Music's SXSW 2016 showcase.
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Watch Chicano Batman close its set at NPR Music's SXSW showcase with this seriously old school quinceƱera cumbia.
Chicano Batman performs "Magma" at NPR Music's SXSW 2016 showcase.
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Like the song title implies, "Magma" is slow moving, thick with grooves and taking down everything in its path.
Chicano Batman performs "Itotiani" at NPR Music's SXSW 2016 showcase.
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Watch Chicano Batman perform a new lowrider classic, perfect for slow dancing.
Bardo Martinez of Chicano Batman balances guitar and keys at our showcase.
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Watch as this band from Southern California sends waves of velvet-sounding Chicano soul over the crowd at NPR Music's SXSW showcase in Austin, Texas.
Margo Price performs at Stubb's BBQ in Austin, Texas.
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The rising country singer plays rousing odes to drink and trouble at Stubb's in Austin, Texas.
Anderson .Paak grooves hard at the NPR Music SXSW showcase.
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The new "it" guy of that place where R&B and hip-hop overlap showed why he's attracted so much attention at NPR Music's SXSW showcase at Stubb's.