First Listen: Haley Bonar, 'Impossible Dream'
For 15 years, the singer's sharp and reflective songwriting has examined a coming-of-age process that doesn't end when we reach adulthood.
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WATCH: Broadway Stars Perform 'What The World Needs Now...' At DNC
A night filled with heavy speeches about gun violence, national security and climate change gave way to a unifying moment Wednesday night.
Aquapalooza: Welcome To Your New Favorite Music Festival ... Under The Sea
Reporter Nancy Klingener takes NPR to the annual Underwater Musical Festival in the Florida Keys, as part of All Things Considered's feature on off-kilter summer festivals.
The Thistle & Shamrock: Clear Sounds
Enjoy the pure beauty of the unaccompanied voice, whether solo or layered, along with virtuoso solo instrumentalists.
First Watch: Cobi, 'Don't You Cry For Me'
Hear a cry to end racial injustice from an artist you might not know, performing with just voice and guitar.
Joan Shelley, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016
"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.
Bonnie Raitt On World Cafe
Watch the blues singer and guitarist play "Angel From Montgomery" live in Philadelphia with Amos Lee, and hear an intimate conversation.
Songs We Love: Yohuna, 'The Moon Hangs In The Sky Like Nothing Hangs In The Sky'
Songwriter Johanne Swanson splits the difference between dreamy and dirge in a track rich with moments of intimacy.
Songs We Love: Ryley Walker, 'The Roundabout'
The characters in Walker's song revolve like celestial bodies around a neighborhood dive bar. A "blitzkrieg celebration" in a Chicago neighborhood on the Fourth of July serves as the video's locale.
River Whyless, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016
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.