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Hear live shows from Spiritualized, Andrew Bird, Wilco, Bon Iver, Alabama Shakes, Beirut and many more. Recorded by NPR Music at venues and festivals across the country.

It's not often you find a band with three lead singers who each sound as impressive on their own as they do together.

Bermuda Triangle, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018

A power trio of an entirely different kind, the Houston band led a journey through globally-influenced funk, jazz, surf and psych-rock — before creating a live, instrumental hip-hop mixtape.

Khruangbin, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018

The Nashville-by-way-of-Brooklyn band repeatedly took the Newport audience from joyful, foot-stomping singalongs, to a rapturous hush.

The Lone Bellow, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018

Darlingside's dark songs are full of light, illuminated by voices that come from on high.

Darlingside, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018

"I'm ready for the world," Alynda Lee Segarra sings in the chorus of the rousing "Hungry Ghost" — and her band's set told that simple truth again and again. In the past seven or eight years, Hurray For The Riff Raff has blossomed slowly but fully, transforming its sound from intense-but-delicate one-woman bedroom recordings to the rip-roaring full-band jams that dominated the group's set at Stubb's BBQ in Austin, Texas. Setlist: 1. Life To Save 2. Nothing's Gonna Change That Girl 3. Hungry Ghost 4. Rican Beach 5. The Navigator 6. Living In The City 7. Fourteen Floors 8. Pa'lante

Hurray For The Riff Raff Live In Concert, SXSW 2017

If you've only heard Lizzo's hit "Good As Hell" you might think the Twin Cities singer is a funny and ingratiating but fairly straightforward purveyor of self-affirmation and charismatic confidence. But as her joyful and explosive live show unfolded, complete with the arrival of the ecstatic backup dancers she calls "The Big Girls," it became clear that Lizzo has something more powerful going on: 1. Worship, 2. Phone, 3. Bam Bam, 4. Deep, 5. Drone Bomb Me, 6. Easy Easy, 7. 'Scuse Me, 8. Coconut Oil, 9. Good As Hell

Lizzo Live In Concert, SXSW 2017

When PWR BTTM takes the stage, it doesn't take long to figure out what you're going to get. From the first glitter-smeared seconds of the set-opening "Silly," the band came to shred and swagger with infectious joy, complete with backbends and solos and spangly outfits — at least one of which wouldn't survive the band's set at Stubb's BBQ in Austin, Texas, recorded live for NPR Music on March 15, 20217.

PWR BTTM Live In Concert, SXSW 2017

Southern California's Chicano Batman sent waves of velvet-sounding Chicano soul out over the audience at Stubb's — think 1970s-era guitar and organ funk played by a band outfitted in quicenera tuxedos. When the band shifted into a high energy cumbia I saw spontaneous dancing breaking out on the dirt floor of the outdoor venue.

Chicano Batman, Live In Concert, SXSW 2016

Without a doubt, Anderson .Paak is the new "it" guy of that place where R&B and hip-hop overlap. It sort of happened overnight, and we can kind of credit Dr. Dre, who gave .Paak permission to leave his fingerprints all over Dre's long-awaited return to music, 2015's Compton. But the palpable, feverish excitement in the breezy night air at Stubb's during NPR Music's SXSW showcase in the moments leading up to .Paak's set was all his own.

Anderson .Paak, Live From NPR Music And SXSW 2016

Brandi Carlile Tim Hanseroth – backup vocals and guitar Phil Hanseroth – backup vocals and bass Raise Hell Wherever Is Your Heart The Story Hard Way Home Again Today That Wasn't Me The Things I Regret Beginning To Feel The Years That Year Pride And Joy The Eye Murder In The City

Brandi Carlile: Newport Folk Festival 2015

LORD HURON Ben Schneider - guitar, vocals Mark Barry - percussion, vocals Miguel Briseño - bass, keys, percussion Tom Renaud - guitar, vocals Brandon Walters- guitar, vocals 1.  Love Like Ghosts 2.  Until The Night Turns 3.  Dead Man's Hand  4.  Lonesome Dream   5.  She Lit A Fire 6.  Hurricane (Johnnie's Theme)  7.  Meet Me In The Woods 8. The World Ender 9. Fool for Love 10. The Stranger 11. Ends Of The Earth 12. Time To Run

Lord Huron: Newport Folk Festival 2015

Courtney Barnett-vox/Guitar Bones Sloane-Bass/vox Dave Mudie-drums Setlist: 1. Dead Fox 2. Depreston 3. Debbie Downer 4 . Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party 5. Avant Gardener 6. History Eraser 7. Pedestrian At Best

Courtney Barnett: Newport Folk Festival 2015

Barely a week after releasing Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell took the stage at Newport Folk for a set that highlighted many of the new songs from that album. Isbell has attained star status in the alt-country world, but his performance channeled the best of the southern rock tradition that emerged in north Alabama and Georgia in the 1970s — two places where Isbell lived and worked before relocating to Nashville.

Jason Isbell: Newport Folk Festival 2015

Kristian Matsson aka the Tallest Man on Earth's brilliant performance at the Newport Folk Festival 2015

Tallest Man On Earth: Newport Folk Festival 2015

Here this inspired set from The Lone Bellow from the Newport Folk Festival 2015  LONE BELLOW: Zach Williams-/vox Kanene Donehey Pipkin-Vox/Keys/Bass JasonPipkin-Bss/Keys BrianElmquist-Elec. Git Justin Glasco-Drums Set List:            1. Then Came The Morning 2.  Fake Roses 4.  Cold As It Is 5.  Green Eyes And A Heart of Gold 6.  Heaven Don't Call Me Home 7.  Watch Over Us with Leon Bridges 8.  When Will I Be Loved (with Holly and Jess of Lucius) 9.  Call To War 10. Teach Me To Know  11.  You Never Need Nobody 12.   If You Don't Love Me 13.   The One You Should've Let Go with New Breed Brass Band

The Lone Bellow: Newport Folk Festival 2015

The last time Sleater-Kinney played the 9:30 Club, a transformer threatened to blow in the midst of a summer heat wave. Or maybe the Washington, D.C., club just couldn't handle Corin Tucker's pipes. That was nine years ago, on a goodbye-for-now tour that caught the trio at the top of its game. The show was rescheduled and taped for NPR Music, and we had our closure, crossing fingers that it wouldn't be the last we'd hear from Corin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss. In the intervening years, all three put their energies into other projects, musical and not, sometimes even with each other. But Sleater-Kinney has an electric chemistry of its own. As Brownstein says, "I really think Sleater-Kinney is a singular band with no clear predecessor or successor, so I don't think we started out creating music that you could see the palette of colors that we were using, and maybe draw a lineage." On the first night of a two-night gig at the 9:30 Club, Sleater-Kinney went all-in with its set list. Tracks from the band's monster of a new album, No Cities To Love, felt natural alongside songs like "Oh!" and "Words And Guitar," obliterating the band's timeline by demonstrating a catalog that's always present, always on fire.

Sleater-Kinney, Live At The 9:30 Club

Hear Mavis Staples perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Sunday, July 27 in Newport, R.I.

Mavis Staples In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

Hear Aoife O'Donovan perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Featival, recorded live on Saturday, July 26 in Newport, R.I.

Aoife O'Donovan In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

Hear Band Of Horses perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Friday, July 25 in Newport, R.I.

Band Of Horses In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

Hear Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer perform together as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Friday, July 25 in Newport, R.I.

Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

Hear Dawes perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Saturday, July 27 in Newport, R.I.

Dawes In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

Hear Shovels & Rope perform some of its new songs and some old favorites as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Saturday, July 26 in Newport, R.I.

Shovels & Rope In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

Hear Deer Tick perform live in concert at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Saturday, July 26 in Newport, R.I.

Deer Tick In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

Hear Ages and Ages perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Sunday, July 27 in Newport, R.I.

Ages and Ages Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

Backed by his touring band and vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig — the co-leads of the band Lucius — Jeff Tweedy surveyed his career onstage as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Sunday, July 27 in Newport, R.I.

Jeff Tweedy In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

Nickel Creek recently reunited to put out its first album in eight years, A Dotted Line, which naturally reflects its members' creatively ambitious recent pursuits.

Nickel Creek In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

Hear Conor Oberst perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Sunday, July 27 in Newport, R.I.

Conor Oberst In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

Hear the Berklee Gospel & Roots Choir perform Negro spirituals and contemporary gospel as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Sunday, July 27 in Newport, R.I.

Berklee Gospel & Roots Choir In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

Hear Pokey LaFarge perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Saturday, July 26 in Newport, R.I.

Pokey LaFarge Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

Ryan Adams showcased some of his new songs — and many others from his long and frequently glorious catalog — in a performance webcast live from the 2014 Newport Folk Festival on Friday, July 25 in Newport, R.I.

Ryan Adams In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

Hear Jenny Lewis perform as part of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival, recorded live on Friday, July 25 in Newport, R.I.

Jenny Lewis In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

The band performed live at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club on Thursday, May 1, as part of an NPR Music live video webstream. Set List "Back In The Tall Grass" "Sun In The Morning" "Balance" "Before The Bridge" "A Dream Of You And Me" "Doves" "A Song For Our Grandfathers" "Lighthouse" "Seasons (Waiting On You)" "Spirit" "Walking Through That Door " "Long Flight" "Tin Man" "Old Friend" "Vireo's Eye" "Little Dreamer"

Future Islands, Live From The 9:30 Club

Hear the singer perform live from the NPR Music SXSW 2014 showcase, at Stubb's Barbecue in Austin, TX.

Kelis, Live From SXSW 2014

Not to be confused with Glenn Frey or Don Henley's middle-of-the-road soft rock, British post-punk act Eagulls did anything but take it easy at our SXSW showcase.

Eagulls, Live From SXSW 2014

"We're Perfect Pussy and we're terrified." Watch the rising Syracuse punk band make their first national splash during our SXSW showcase at Stubb's in Austin, Texas.

Perfect Pussy, Live From SXSW 2014

Singer and composer Gary Numan is considered a pioneer of synth-based electronic music who has often featured a heavy rock influence. For this special Mountain Oasis set, Numan performed a number of his classic hits, as well as new tracks from his 2013 album, Splinter. I Am Dust Films The Fall Everything Comes Down To This Here In The Black The Calling Down In The Park Splinter When The Sky Bleeds, He Will Come Lost Cars We're The Unforgiven Love Hurt Bleed My Last Day Metal A Prayer For The Unborn

Gary Numan, Live From The 2013 Mt. Oasis Festival

It's been a pretty big year for Brit producers (and brothers) Guy and Howard Lawrence. The electronic duo, better known as Disclosure, released their debut album, Settle, to great fanfare, and have been selling out venues across America. This set was recorded live in Asheville, NC on Oct. 27, 2013. F Four You When A Fire Starts You & Me White Noise Voices What's In Your Head Confess To Me Running (Disclosure Remix) Help Me Lose My Mind Latch

Disclosure, Live From The 2013 Mt. Oasis Festival

The Minneapolis-based noise-rock band Marijuana Deathsquads has a name that implies mind-altering chaos. And that's largely what you get in the group's live performances - a thrilling, relentless bombardment of sight and sound. For this concert, originally webcast live on Nov. 6, 2013, the group's members were lost in a flickering shower of lights while blasting their way through highlights from its latest album, 'Oh My Sexy Lord.'

Marijuana Deathsquads, Live From The 9:30 Club

Set List: Spilling Lines Lay Your Cards Out Very Cruel Amongster Torre Tiff Warrior Lord Vegas Chain My Name Dark Star I Need $ Smug So Leave Wandering Star You Don't Own Me Matty

Poli?a, Live From The 9:30 Club

America's favorite Syrian wedding singer crossed the Atlantic Ocean to hold court at NPR Music's showcase in New York City. Wearing his trademark keffiyeh and sunglasses, Souleyman performed songs from his new album, Wenu Wenu, with help from keyboard wizard Rizan Sa'id. "Mawal" "Leh Jani" "Ghazoula" "Ali Khudino" "Nujuaz" "Shift Al Mani"

Omar Souleyman, Live From Le Poisson Rouge

The New York City synth-rock duo of singer Madeline Follin and keyboardist Brian Oblivion expanded to a raucous five-piece band for NPR Music's Oct. 16 showcase at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York. Watch a nine-song set including cuts from the new album, Static, just one day after its release. "High Road" "Slow Song" "Abducted" "Always Forever" "Were Before" "You Know What I Mean" "I Can Hardly Make You Mine" "Go Outside" "Keep Your Head Up"

Cults, Live From Le Poisson Rouge

The chart-topping rapper pulled no punches during his performance at NPR Music's showcase in New York City on Wednesday night. Watch Pusha T perform a 17-song set that ranged from his work with Kanye West to his critically acclaimed new album, My Name Is My Name. "King Push" "Blocka" "Millions" "Hold On" "Suicide" "So Appalled" "Mercy" "Cook It Down" "My God" "Exodus 23:1" "I Don't Like" "New God Flow" "Pain" "Nosetalgia" "Sweet Serenade" "Numbers On The Board" "40 Acres"

Pusha-T Live From Le Poisson Rouge

Volcano Choir is known in no small part for its frontman Justin Vernon, an artist who built legions of fans recording as Bon Iver. But Volcano Choir isn't a Bon Iver side project. Hear the band give a transfixing performance, recorded live at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. "Tiderays" "Island, IS" "Comrade" "The Valleyinaire" "Keel" "Dancepack" "Blue Ni Ni (The Volcano Schores)" "Alaskans" "Acetate" "Byegone"

Volcano Choir, Live From The 9:30 Club

Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent have spent the last decade or so singing sweetly, rowdily anthemic folk-country music together, most recently under the name Shovels & Rope. Hear them perform as part of the 2013 Newport Folk Festival. "Keeper" "Cavalier" "Shank Hill Street" "When I" "O' Be Joyful" "Kemba's Got The Cabbage Moth Blues" "Forsaken Blues" "Gasoline" "Tell The Truth" "Hail Hail" "Birmingham"

Shovels & Rope, Live From The Newport Folk Festival, 2013

Hear Amanda Palmer recorded live in concert from the 2013 Newport Folk Festival.

Amanda Palmer, Live From The Newport Folk Festival, 2013

A young, Niger-born Tuareg guitarist inspired by the wizardry of Saharan rock bands like Tinariwen, Omar Moctar (a.k.a. Bombino) has helped make African music more relatable to U.S. Watch Bombino perform as part of the 2013 Newport Folk Festival. "Amidinine"  "Her Tenere"  "Tar Hani (My Love)"  "Iyat Idounia Ayashen (Another Life)"  "Aman"  "Kammou Taliat (You, My Beloved)"  "Amidinine" (reprise)

Bombino: Live From The Newport Folk Festival, 2013

The rising Brooklyn folk-pop band infuses its songs with charm, radiant hooks and intense emotions. Formed as a creative outlet for singer Zach Williams as his wife recovered from an accident that nearly paralyzed her, The Lone Bellow performs with a sense of necessity. Hear the band perform as part of the 2013 Newport Folk Festival. "You Can Be All Kinds Of Emotional"  "You Never Need Nobody"  "Two Sides Of Lonely" "Tree To Grow"  "Green Eyes And A Heart Of Gold"  "You Don't Love Me Like You Used To"  "Watch Over Us"  "Looking For You"  "The One You Should've Let Go"  "Teach Me To Know"

The Lone Bellow, Live From The Newport Folk Festival, 2013

Raised in Alabama and based in Brooklyn, Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck makes moody, searching, raggedly pretty music. But there's also a wise, homesick weariness to Houck's voice that transcends time and place. Watch Phosphorescent perform the cosmic country song "Ride On/Right On" at the 2013 Newport Folk Festival. "Terror In The Canyons (The Wounded Master)"  "The Quotidian Beasts"  "A New Anhedonia"  "Tell Me Baby (Have You Had Enough)"  "A Picture Of Our Torn Up Praise"  "Song For Zula"  "Ride On / Right On"  "Nothing Was Stolen (Love Me Foolishly)"  "Los Angeles"

Phosphorescent, Live At The Newport Folk Festival, 2013

Half Simon & Garfunkel and half Smothers Brothers, Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale's melancholic harmonies intertwine beautifully, while their playful, deadpan banter is worth the price of admission on its own. "Hope Of A Lifetime"  "The Ash & Clay"  "Honey, Honey"  "Charlie" "Michigan"  "Girls, Gather 'Round'  "New York"  "Snake Eyes"  "I Still Want A Little More"  "Memphis"

The Milk Carton Kids, Live From The Newport Folk Festival, 2013

It's not a stretch to call U.K. singer-songwriter Frank Turner a folksinger, especially when he performs solo with an acoustic guitar. But he's also a rocker, a punk and a storyteller. Hear Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls perform as part of the 2013 Newport Folk Festival "Four Simple Words"  "If Ever I Stray"  "Try This At Home"  "Losing Days"  "Glory Hallelujah"  "The Way I Tend To Be"  "Wessex Boy"  "Substitute"  "Wherefore Art Thou, Gene Simmons?"  "The Road"  "Peggy Sang The Blues"  "Recovery"  "I Still Believe"  "Photosynthesis"

Frank Turner, Live At The Newport Folk Festival, 2013

Icelandic composer and piano player Olafur Arnalds managed to squeeze a 28 piece orchestra onto the stage of Le Poisson Rouge...a nightclub in Greenwich Village. The orchestra is known as The LPR Ensemble and the music made that evening was simply magical.

Olafur Arnalds, Live At Le Poisson Rouge

Sinewy and powerful as ever, and backed by his longtime band, Nick Cave works the crowd like a revival preacher at half-speed during NPR Music's SXSW showcase at Stubb's in Austin, Texas.  Here are 3 songs from the set: "Jubilee Street" - "From Her To Eternity" and "Push The Sky Away."

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Live from SXSW

Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield was tucked in a back room at Stubb's during SXSW on March 14.  She opened her 25-minute set with a string of fragile solo songs, each more delicate than the last. This was interior music, made of guts and nerves and other viscera we don't share easily.

Waxahatchee Live from SXSW

An easy way to embrace Alt-J's idiosyncratic charm is to witness the band live; hear how often Joe Newman sings quietly and subtly, and get a feel for the prettiness at the core of Alt-J's songs.

Alt-J Live from SXSW

Le1f is a New Yorker and Wesleyan graduate who raps, produces and happens to be observably out of the closet. His boundless, arty individuality pops out over every jittery beat; he stands out in virtually every possible way

Le1f Live from SXSW

Youth Lagoon's Trevor Powers is the band's sole member.  He layers strange but alluring synth textures under quirky melodies and simple pop beats, in the process creating an expansive and endlessly engrossing world of sonic curiosities.

Youth Lagoon Live from SXSW

Hear the psych-rock trio douse a sold-out Washington, D.C., crowd in an epic wash of guitar noise during an hour-long performance at the Rock and Roll Hotel.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Live From The Rock And Roll Hotel

Hear the trippy pop group give a thrilling, sometimes chaotic live performance at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D.C. Along the way, Foxygen channels everyone from The Velvet Underground to The Rolling Stones and Ramones.

Foxygen, Live From The Rock And Roll Hotel, 2013

Ritter's new album, The Beast in Its Tracks, is by any definition a breakup record; he wrote it following his own divorce, and every song finds him picking through a relationship's wreckage in pursuit of root causes and a way forward. Hear him perform the album's songs live from New York City.