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.
Clockwise from upper left: Rodney Crowell, Sarah Potenza and the Zac Brown Band.
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December 16, 2016
The all-day concert begins at 10 a.m. ET Saturday. The event will benefit recovery efforts after the recent wildfires in Gatlinburg.
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.
The Head And The Heart performs songs from Signs Of Light live at City Winery in NYC.
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September 16, 2016
NYC's City Winery provided the perfect setting for a lucky crowd of a few hundred to watch the adored folk-rock band perform its new album, Signs Of Light .
July 6, 2016
The London post-punk band is by turns tender and ferocious as it showcases tracks from Adore Life to a sold-out crowd at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
Lucius performing at the live 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
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June 19, 2016
Watch Lucius bring its vibrant pop spectacle to the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
May 23, 2016
Will Toledo and his band performed at Black Cat in D.C. on May 23.
Explosions In The Sky live at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
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May 19, 2016
If Explosions In The Sky's records are watershed moments for its fans, then the band's live shows are a Biblical flood.
The Jayhawks performed at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia for NonCOMM on Wednesday, May 18.
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Bonnie Raitt, Darlingside, Sunflower Bean, Hayes Carll and Amos Lee also performed live in Philadelphia.
Jason Isbell performs live in Boston.
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May 3, 2016
The two-time Grammy winner performs a blues-rock song in front of a sold-out crowd in Boston.
Charles Bradley showed us why he's called the "Screaming Eagle of Soul."
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March 29, 2016
Several music fans at SXSW walked away from our showcase claiming this was the concert of the night. Watch to find out why.
Chicano Batman performs "Right Off The Back" at NPR Music's SXSW 2016 showcase.
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March 24, 2016
Chicano Batman digs deep into its own version of '70s funk groove at NPR Music's SXSW Showcase in Austin, Texas.
Chicano Batman performs "Cycles Of Existential Rhyme" at NPR Music's SXSW 2016 showcase.
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March 24, 2016
Watch Chicano Batman kick off NPR Music's SXSW showcase with a song dripping with '70s funk organ and serious existential Chicano angst.
Chicano Batman performs "Joven Navegante" at NPR Music's SXSW 2016 showcase.
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March 24, 2016
Hear Chicano Batman combine funk and rock with mellow, lowrider grooves to get the crowd at NPR Music's SXSW showcase moving.
Chicano Batman performs "La Manzanita" at NPR Music's SXSW 2016 showcase.
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March 24, 2016
Watch Chicano Batman close its set at NPR Music's SXSW showcase with this seriously old school quinceƱera cumbia .
Chicano Batman performs "Magma" at NPR Music's SXSW 2016 showcase.
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March 24, 2016
Like the song title implies, "Magma" is slow moving, thick with grooves and taking down everything in its path.
Chicano Batman performs "Itotiani" at NPR Music's SXSW 2016 showcase.
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March 24, 2016
Watch Chicano Batman perform a new lowrider classic, perfect for slow dancing.
Bardo Martinez of Chicano Batman balances guitar and keys at our showcase.
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March 24, 2016
Watch as this band from Southern California sends waves of velvet-sounding Chicano soul over the crowd at NPR Music's SXSW showcase in Austin, Texas.