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Live In Concert from NPR's All Songs Considered

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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.

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Bermuda Triangle, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018

August 22, 2018 15:27 - 46 minutes

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

Brandi Carlile, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018

August 15, 2018 12:52 - 1 hour

Brandi Carlile's Newport set was a pure celebration, as if she soaked up all that sunshine and love and poured it back over the crowd.

Khruangbin, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018

August 10, 2018 18:46 - 58 minutes

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.

The Lone Bellow, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018

August 08, 2018 14:12 - 58 minutes

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

Darlingside, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018

August 06, 2018 16:22 - 39 minutes

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

Tuck & Patti, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018

August 02, 2018 00:51 - 39 minutes

The jazz duo opened its set with "Heaven Right Here," one of the early '90s tunes that had Tuck and Patti on the charts and all over jazz radio.

Lucius: Newport Folk Festival 2018

July 31, 2018 12:22 - 58 minutes

Lucius' fifth appearance at Newport saw the group outdo itself, with choreography, a tribute to Richard Swift and many, many friends.

John Paul White: Newport Folk Festival 2017

August 15, 2017 21:34 - 44 minutes

"If you came to this set looking to be cheered up, you're screwed," White deadpanned from the stage. His music can give goosebumps, even on a sunny summer day; hear his set at Newport now.

Julia Jacklin: Newport Folk Festival 2017

August 15, 2017 01:17 - 48 minutes

The folk-rock singer from Australia's Blue Mountains makes music that confronts all the anxieties a 20-something feels about getting older. Hear songs from her debut album, Don't Let The Kids Win.

Joseph: Newport Folk Festival 2017

August 14, 2017 03:29 - 40 minutes

The Portland trio, composed of sisters Natalie, Meegan and Allison Closner, makes music that invites its audience to share in its bond of sisterhood. Hear Joseph's set at Newport Folk now.

Drive-By Truckers: Newport Folk Festival 2017

August 12, 2017 14:26 - 55 minutes

The band kept up a keen-edged commentary on xenophobia, censorship and racism throughout its set of gritty Southern rock. Hear its set now.

Pinegrove: Newport Folk Festival 2017

August 11, 2017 13:20 - 44 minutes

Hear the band play its tender songs about home, friendship and growing up, live at Newport Folk.

Margaret Glaspy: Newport Folk Festival 2017

August 09, 2017 12:23 - 42 minutes

The folk-rock singer performed songs from her acclaimed debut album — plus some new tracks — at Newport.

Marlon Williams: Newport Folk Festival 2017

August 07, 2017 18:10 - 38 minutes

Though he was new to many in the audience, the New Zealander's lonesome set was the one festival goers were talking about for the rest of the weekend. Hear it now.

John Prine And Friends: Newport Folk Festival 2017

August 04, 2017 10:35 - 1 hour

Hear one of Americana's most influential songwriters perform some of his timeless tunes alongside special guests Margo Price, Roger Waters, Justin Vernon and more.

Big Thief: Newport Folk Festival 2017

August 04, 2017 01:14 - 48 minutes

The rising indie-rock band performed some new, unreleased songs during its Newport set.

Brent Cobb: Newport Folk Festival 2017

August 02, 2017 12:41 - 43 minutes

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.

Shovels & Rope: Newport Folk Festival 2017

August 01, 2017 13:00 - 55 minutes

The charismatic husband-and-wife duo returned to Newport after a three-year hiatus.

The Wild Reeds: Newport Folk Festival 2017

July 31, 2017 20:07 - 43 minutes

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.

Hurray For The Riff Raff Live In Concert, SXSW 2017

March 30, 2017 12:32 - 37 minutes

"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 Gh...

Lizzo Live In Concert, SXSW 2017

March 28, 2017 13:55 - 34 minutes

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. Cocon...

PWR BTTM Live In Concert, SXSW 2017

March 27, 2017 17:03 - 31 minutes

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.

Margo Price, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016

August 09, 2016 20:48 - 48 minutes

Hear the country singer blaze through a set that demonstrates she's forging her own path.

Julien Baker, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016

August 03, 2016 18:37 - 42 minutes

Baker's ragged-edged voice and ringing Telecaster were all it took to win over the Newport audience.

Ruby Amanfu, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016

August 03, 2016 13:11 - 44 minutes

The Beyoncé and Jack White collaborator combined vulnerability with swagger in her Newport set.

Elvis Costello, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016

August 02, 2016 15:10 - 1 hour

Hear Costello perform with several special guests, including Glen Hansard and Middle Brother.

Joan Shelley, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016

July 29, 2016 17:04 - 43 minutes

"These are the smallest songs you'll hear at this folk festival this year, I think," Shelley said of her set with guitarist Nathan Salsburg. Small songs, perhaps, but each one contained a world.

River Whyless, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016

July 29, 2016 17:00 - 44 minutes

The folk-pop band builds mountains out of sensitive harmony lines at the Newport Folk Festival. Kam Franklin of Houston soul band The Suffers joined them on a Woody Guthrie-Wilco cover.

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016

July 26, 2016 19:35 - 1 hour

The rootsy soul band worked through simmering soul grooves and hip-swinging honky-tonk.

Violent Femmes, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016

July 26, 2016 19:32 - 56 minutes

The off-again, on-again rock band from Milwaukee, Wisc., built a careening, playful set around mainstays like "Blister In The Sun" and new songs like "I Could Be Anything."

St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016

July 26, 2016 19:28 - 50 minutes

Listen to the rollicking soul band perform songs from its upcoming sophomore album, Sea Of Noise.

Ryan Adams, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016

July 26, 2016 18:39 - 56 minutes

The Newport favorite brought along some special guests for Saturday's most anticipated set.

Chicano Batman, Live In Concert, SXSW 2016

April 05, 2016 18:49 - 30 minutes

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.

Anderson .Paak, Live From NPR Music And SXSW 2016

March 31, 2016 18:05 - 38 minutes

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.

Brandi Carlile: Newport Folk Festival 2015

September 29, 2015 18:19 - 1 hour

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

Lord Huron: Newport Folk Festival 2015

August 03, 2015 14:24 - 1 hour

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

Courtney Barnett: Newport Folk Festival 2015

July 31, 2015 18:07 - 31 minutes

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

Jason Isbell: Newport Folk Festival 2015

July 29, 2015 18:36 - 1 hour

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.

Tallest Man On Earth: Newport Folk Festival 2015

July 25, 2015 23:14 - 59 minutes

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

The Lone Bellow: Newport Folk Festival 2015

July 25, 2015 18:25 - 57 minutes

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...

Sleater-Kinney, Live At The 9:30 Club

February 26, 2015 19:20 - 1 hour

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...

Mavis Staples In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

August 05, 2014 14:33 - 1 hour

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

Aoife O'Donovan In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

August 03, 2014 21:53 - 46 minutes

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

Band Of Horses In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

August 03, 2014 19:33 - 56 minutes

Hear Band Of Horses perform 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

August 03, 2014 00:53 - 39 minutes

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.

Dawes In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

August 02, 2014 21:23 - 57 minutes

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

Shovels & Rope In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

August 02, 2014 16:43 - 53 minutes

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.

Deer Tick In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

August 02, 2014 00:23 - 59 minutes

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

Ages and Ages Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2014

August 01, 2014 20:53 - 40 minutes

Hear Ages and Ages perform 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

August 01, 2014 20:28 - 1 hour

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.

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