From: npr on Fri, Dec 03 2010 2:30 AM

Family-friendly branding, combined with the promise of all-local musicians, isn’t always electrifying.  But All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen sent the show's new intern on a mission to discover a local festival in Maryland.

From: npr on Fri, Dec 03 2010 2:30 AM

NPR producer Veronica Miller says it’s been a great week for girls of color. Two videos — one with a muppet, the other by a budding child star -- are circulating the web and helping young girls celebrate their beauty and individuality.

From: npr on Fri, Dec 03 2010 2:30 AM

How young do we want our symphony orchestra conductors? Watch a video of a toddler who exhibits a remarkably expressive stick technique in Beethoven’s 5th.

From: npr on Fri, Dec 03 2010 2:30 AM

In the hope that you survive this bloody day, we dedicate to you Delorean’s new video.

From: npr on Fri, Nov 12 2010 7:12 PM

From: npr on Wed, Nov 10 2010 6:56 PM

Los Lobos has proven time and again that a universal shared experience will always trump culture and language. This short set from the NPR Music office features something new, something old and something to dance to.

From: npr on Mon, Nov 08 2010 6:40 PM

At the NPR Music offices, Trixie Whitley and Daniel Lanois brought a variety of instrumental backing, including an electronic bed for the single "I Believe in You," only to ditch many of the accoutrements on the fly. The result is a gripping and revealing performance.

From: npr on Sat, Nov 06 2010 7:33 PM

Nearly 40 years ago, The Rolling Stones decided to film four performances in Ft. Worth and Houston for a theatrical release. The finished film, Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Rolling Stones, has just been released on DVD. Critic Milo Miles reviews the performance.

From: npr on Thu, Nov 04 2010 7:30 PM

Santacruz’s music is as magical as his persona. His songs are filled with fantastic stories of men who make a thousand women fall in love with him, and whose funerals cause a biblical flood of tears. In honor of the Day of the Dead, watch Santacruz perform in traditional mariachi garb.

From: npr on Thu, Oct 21 2010 6:32 PM

From: npr on Tue, Oct 19 2010 6:23 PM

These three songs, performed live at the NPR Music offices, benefit from a rich assortment of instrumentation: cello, viola, accordion, trumpet, snare drum, cymbal, tambourine, another gigantic drum and a pair of acoustic guitars.

From: npr on Sun, Oct 17 2010 4:58 PM

From: npr on Fri, Oct 15 2010 10:10 AM

Watch a live video webcast of the singer for the ethereal Icelandic rock group Sigur Ros in a solo concert, webcast live from the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles this Sunday, Oct. 17. The full video performance will begin at 9 p.m. PT (12 a.m. ET), and will be replayed on Monday, Oct. 18.

From: npr on Mon, Oct 11 2010 9:41 AM

The music of Lower Dens is dark but spacious and hypnotic, with swaths of feedback and echoing guitars. At the heart is Jana Hunter, a Texas-born, Baltimore-based singer and songwriter whose delicate voice haunts every song. Watch the band perform its blissed-out songs in an intimate set at the ...

From: npr on Sat, Oct 09 2010 9:37 AM

Tom Tom Club began as a side project of Talking Heads' rhythm section: the bass of Tina Weymouth and the drums of Chris Frantz. The group’s music was a staple of parties and clubs back then, and the music took on a life of its own in various samples and remakes, especially in the pop hit "G...

From: npr on Tue, Oct 05 2010 9:32 AM

The bassist and vocalist conceived of Chamber Music Society as an intimate experience, a close musical exchange between a small group of friends. If it was intimacy she wanted, she got her wish: Performing three songs in the constraints of Bob Boilen’s workspace ensures that all of her supportin...

From: npr on Wed, Sep 29 2010 11:53 PM

The name Chuck Brown might not mean a whole lot to people outside the Washington, D.C., area. That would be their loss. In D.C., Brown is widely known, even revered, as the Godfather of Go-Go, a title he’s held since the late '70s. So to have Brown play in a corner of the NPR Music offices ...

From: npr on Fri, Sep 17 2010 11:30 AM

The young cellist plays Bach with elegance, and takes listeners through the back streets of Buenos Aires with a gripping performance of Omaramor, Osvaldo Golijov’s tribute to tango singer Carlos Gardel. Watch her performance at the offices of NPR Music.

From: npr on Fri, Sep 17 2010 11:30 AM

From: npr on Wed, Sep 15 2010 2:20 AM

Individually, Fleck, Meyer and Hussain are world-class masters of the banjo, the bass fiddle and the tabla, respectively. Playing together in the offices of NPR Music, the three demonstrate the way musical mastery can be transformed into an exercise in wordless communication.