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In under five hours at the Newport Jazz Festival, Harland was the drummer for three different world-class bands. Watch a duo improvisation from a rather unorthodox venue.
A band of selective minimalism, Milagres gets the most of simple sounds at the NPR Music offices. The result is songs which sound big and strong — delicately built, yet sturdy enough for the emotive sounds of Kyle Wilson's voice.
The best-selling Irish pop-rock band has returned with a new album called Roses. But the group isn't afraid to dip into its arsenal of early hits at the NPR Music offices.
Y La Bamba perform in October of 2010.
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Even after nearly 20 years on the road, Nada Surf plays with the vigor and vitality of a new band. Here, the group performs a lengthy set of songs from its new album, with a few classics thrown in for good measure.
Soprano Joyce El-Khoury and tenor Brian Jagde are young, fresh-faced opera singers at the dawn of promising careers. Here, their deliciously sung Puccini reverberates off the walls of NPR Music.
Alisa Weilerstein performs at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
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Positioned above a tank full of stingrays at the National Aquarium, Weilerstein used her cello to serenade sea creatures (and many pleasantly surprised visitors) with music by Johann Sebastian Bach.
With his songs of heartache, Soriano is an essential piece of the bachata story. Known as "El Duque de la Bachata" ("The Duke of Bachata"), Soriano gives a raw but beautiful performance at the NPR Music offices.
Davila 666 live at KEXP.
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One of the best party bands around, Red Baarat plays rollicking funk music steeped in Northern India's wedding celebrations, with a dash of D.C. go-go beats and hip-hop.
Finding inspiration from such classical comedic forefathers as Victor Borge and P.D.Q. Bach, Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo relish overturning traditional attitudes toward classical music.
All these mournful, inward-facing songs (including the unreleased "Jeremiah's Blues") require is the Hold Steady singer, his acoustic guitar and the indispensable pedal steel of Ricky Ray Jackson.
Leala Cyr (left) and Ricardo Vogt.
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She's from a small Midwestern town. He's from Southern Brazil. But they've been collaborating for years — she with voice and trumpet, he on guitar — and they demonstrate their blend of musical traditions in a live concert broadcast.
THEESatisfaction performing at KEXP.
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