Fleet Foxes perform at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival.
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August 8, 2017
Stream the beloved folk-rock band's headlining set from the first night of the festival.
Fleet Foxes, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2017
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Brent Cobb performs at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival.
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August 1, 2017
The Georgia-born roots musician's songs tell detailed, easy-paced stories of family and close friends. Hear his Newport Folk set, with special guest Jade Bird.
Brent Cobb, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2017
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The Wild Reeds perform at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival.
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July 31, 2017
Mackenzie Howe, Sharon Silva and Kinsey Lee's set at Newport Folk was assured and robust, a testament to potent voices made more powerful when united.
The Wild Reeds, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2017
Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief performs at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival.
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July 31, 2017
The rising indie-rock band performed some new, unreleased songs during its Newport set.
Big Thief, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2017
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Alynda Segarra of Hurray for the Riff Raff performs live at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival.
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July 31, 2017
Stream Alynda Segarra's impassioned set from Newport.
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Shovels & Rope performs at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival.
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July 31, 2017
The charismatic husband-and-wife duo returned to Newport after a three-year hiatus.
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Afro-Venezuelan singer Betsayda Machado, performing at globalFEST in New York City in January.
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February 17, 2017
The clarion-voiced Afro-Venezuelan singer Betsayda Machado and her band are just beginning to tour internationally. Hear them in their New York City debut at globalFEST in January.
Betsayda Machado y Parranda El Clavo, Live In Concert
Justin Vernon at his console during Bon Iver's Dec. 4, 2016 show in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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December 22, 2016
Watch Bon Iver play a full concert, including songs from 22, A Million , at Pioneer Works, a cavernous warehouse in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Lucinda Williams performs at Lincoln Center Out Of Doors.
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December 7, 2016
Watch the legendary singer-songwriter perform a three-song set at Damrosch Park in New York City.
December 1, 2016
Watch the singer and her band perform three ferocious songs from her "Lincoln Center Out Of Doors" set, recorded live at New York's Damrosch Park.
NPR Music Live in Concert: iLe played live at Damrosch Park in New York on August 4, 2016.
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November 18, 2016
She's known for her work in the popular hip-hop group Calle 13, but Ileana Cabra, who performs solo as iLe, has a quieter, subtler alter ego. Watch her perform live at New York's Damrosch Park.
Watch a 90-minute concert video of Warpaint at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
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November 16, 2016
In a career-spanning show at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, the L.A. band showcases its ethereal harmonies and moody, grooving, hypnotic sound.
Conor Oberst performs Ruminations in its entirety at Housing Works Bookstore.
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October 27, 2016
At Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, Conor Oberst delivered a powerfully spare set of new songs from his new album, Ruminations .
Conor Oberst performs at Housing Works Bookstore in New York, N.Y.
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October 19, 2016
With just piano, acoustic guitar and harmonica, watch Conor Oberst perform "Tachycardia," "Gossamer Thin" and "A Little Uncanny" in NYC.
Drive-By Truckers performs American Band live at OPB in Portland, Ore.
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October 5, 2016
Filmed live at OPB in Portland, Ore., the long-running rock group tackles social and political issues with firebrand zeal. Watch Drive-By Truckers perform American Band in its entirety.