Watch a full set by Ellen Kempner's band, which marries rock muscle to bedroom folk's wiry vulnerability.
Son Little performs a set at NPR's 2015 CMJ showcase, which took place at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York City on Oct. 14, 2015.
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The Philly singer-guitarist's trio showed up at New York's (Le) Poisson Rouge in a blues-rock mood. Watch Son Little perform a batch of songs from his self-titled album.
T-Pain performs in NPR's Studio One, Washington, D.C.
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To mark the one-year anniversary of the most popular Tiny Desk Concert ever and the 10th anniversary of his debut album, T-Pain played our Washington, D.C. headquarters.
Beirut's Zach Condon performs at The Bell House in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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No No No is the first album that Zach Condon and his band of globally minded explorers have released since 2011, debuting many of its songs at Brooklyn's Bell House for NPR Music's First Listen Live.
Dan Auerbach performs with The Arcs at Housing Works in New York City.
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Watch a full concert by the new eight-piece band, led by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach. Recorded live at Housing Works in SoHo, the set features songs from The Arcs' debut album, Yours, Dreamily.
Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear perform at the 2015 Newport Folk Festival.
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During an afternoon set at Newport, the fast-rising soul singer gracefully and affectionately inhabited a set of timeless songs from his album Coming Home.
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Brandi Carlile performs at the 2015 Newport Folk Festival.
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The Los Angeles band's Newport Folk Festival appearance was jubilant and loud. Listen to a 12-song set including songs from Lord Huron's latest album, Strange Trails.
If the Newport Folk crowd was scandalized by Bob Dylan going electric in 1965, they would've hated this Aussie's grungy, hard-rocking performance 50 years later.
Spirits were infectiously high on Saturday as Isbell channeled the best of the southern rock tradition on songs from his new album, Something More Than Free.
