Robert Ellis: Tiny Desk Concert
Robert Ellis somehow finds wide-eyed wonder in heartbreak. He and guitarist Kelly Doyle play stripped-down yet thoughtfully busy arrangements from his ambitious country record.
Concerts
Watch Live: Car Seat Headrest, Band Of Horses And More, Live In Philadelphia
Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle, Esmé Patterson and Soul Asylum will also perform at World Cafe Live. Watch live starting at 7 p.m. EDT.
Leroy Jones' New Orleans Strut
At the Dew Drop Jazz Hall across the lake from the city, music has been performed for more than a century. One of New Orleans' great trumpeters leads his sextet in concert.
Watch Corinne Bailey Rae And Mary Chapin Carpenter Play World Cafe Live
The British singer-songwriter and the country-folk veteran perform live in Philadelphia starting at noon EDT.
Andy Shauf: Tiny Desk Concert
The Saskatchewan singer-songwriter visits the NPR Music offices to perform three quietly affecting songs, two of them from his new album The Party.
Explosions In The Sky, Live In Concert
If Explosions In The Sky's records are watershed moments for its fans, then the band's live shows are a Biblical flood.
Watch Live: The Head And The Heart, Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop And More
Big Head Todd & The Monsters and Aubrie Sellers also join the bill of public-radio favorites performing at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, starting at 7 p.m. EDT Thursday.
Watch Live: The Zombies And Kevin Morby Perform Live
The veteran English rock band and the roots-rock singer-songwriter will perform at Philadelphia's World Cafe Live starting at noon EDT.
Watch Live: Yeasayer, The Jayhawks And Kurt Vile At World Cafe Live
Bonnie Raitt, Darlingside, Sunflower Bean, Hayes Carll and Amos Lee will also perform live in Philadelphia. Watch starting at 7 p.m. EDT.
Steve Kimock: Tiny Desk Concert
The veteran jam-rock guitarist's dedication to his instrument is matched only by his imagination. There's joy in hearing Kimock play acoustically, with no filter between his ideas and his fingers.