Sam Lee: Tiny Desk Concert
This former burlesque performer found his voice by finding and preserving old British, Irish and Scottish folk songs.
Category: Music Videos
KCRW Presents: The Arcs
Dan Auerbach’s new band lays down a blues-rock soundtrack for late-summer dreaming. Watch The Arcs perform “Stay In My Corner.”
La SalvadoReina Wants To Jumpstart Salvadoran Music In D.C., One Cumbia At A Time
Lots of young women dream of being pop princesses. Cindy Zavala didn’t. Instead, she went straight for the throne. As…
KEXP Presents: La Luz
Watch the Seattle surf-rock band light up the studio with the sun-drenched “Don’t Wanna Be Anywhere.”
Happyness: Tiny Desk Concert
If you’re a fan of dark, incredibly dry, wry humor, you’ve just found Happyness. Watch the London trio perform three songs that enchant and lull, even as they jar you with their quirkiness.
Visto And T.I.’s Son Get Spiritual In ‘Namaste’
Visto has been on a spiritual kick for a while now: The Virginia-born singer, rapper and Instagram ace heads a tribe…
Mitski: Tiny Desk Concert
Mitski’s music is dark and even scary, but glimmers of beauty peek through. Watch the singer perform three of her songs in the NPR Music offices.
Eskimeaux: Tiny Desk Concert
There’s lighthearted, almost childlike beauty in the way Gabrielle Smith puts words to song. Here, she performs a few of Bob Boilen’s favorite songs of 2015.
In Her New ‘Loner’ Video, Kali Uchis Is Fabulously Solo
Warning: This video is slightly NSFW. The coda on her debut EP Por Vida, Kali Uchis‘ slow jam “Loner” sounds…
Hot Bods And Cold Murder: Brutalism’s New Video Is Pretty Deranged
Probably the most delightfully macabre song to come out of D.C. this year was “Friday Night,” the debut single from electronic-pop trio…
KCRW Presents: Leon Bridges
Watch the young Texas soul singer perform “Better Man” for Morning Becomes Eclectic.
Kacey Musgraves: Tiny Desk Concert
Before closing with the go-your-own-way anthem “Follow Your Arrow,” the country singer showcases four songs from her terrific second album, Pageant Material.
Watch Kali Uchis Browse D.C. Record Stores Som And Joint Custody
Soul/R&B singer Kali Uchis abandoned the D.C. area for Los Angeles not long ago, but she shows D.C. record shops some…
Restorations: Tiny Desk Concert
The Philly rock band’s big-hearted and decibel-shattering songs are stripped down to a few guitars and a MiniKorg in a set that will leave a lump in your throat.
Video Premiere: Pop Punks American Television Are Relentlessly Posi In ‘Optimist’
Basically, there are two ways to understand what Northern Virginia band American Television is all about. You can listen to…
World Cafe Presents: Peter Bjorn And John
Watch the Swedish pop band perform “Do Si Do,” an unreleased song from its new album-in-progress.
Slayer Is In The Smithsonian, Folks
The newest addition to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is called the Lemelson Hall of Invention and Innovation, and…
Watch: Ex Hex Rocks A Rainy Pitchfork Music Festival
Ex Hex, D.C.’s finest rock ‘n’ roll band, is touring relentlessly this year, bringing its screaming riffs to both coasts,…
Terence Blanchard Feat. The E-Collective: Tiny Desk Concert
The New Orleans trumpeter wasn’t thinking about Eric Garner, Michael Brown or #blacklivesmatter when he first assembled this funky new band. But then it became a way to ward off despair.
Three Inscrutable Moments In This New Video From Old Indian
The storyline of this new video for “Just A Bum” — a surf-rock ripper from Frederick, Maryland, rock ensemble Old…