Watch 31:05 Elle Varner performs at NPR Music's CMJ show. Loren Wohl for NPR hide caption itoggle caption Loren Wohl for NPR Elle Varner, Live In Concert The rising R&B star came out with guns blazing and performed fleshed out versions of her new songs.
Watch 5:12 St. Paul And The Broken Bones performs at Boston's Paradise Rock Club on Oct. 21, 2014. WGBH hide caption itoggle caption WGBH St. Paul And The Broken Bones, 'I'm Torn Up' (Live) WGBH Watch the Alabama soul band's earthshaking performance of the opening track from its debut album.
Watch 6:02 Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires perform at the Americana Music Festival. Rick Diamond/Getty Images for the Americana Music Association hide caption itoggle caption Rick Diamond/Getty Images for the Americana Music Association Jason Isbell, 'Cover Me Up' (Live) Watch Isbell perform "Cover Me Up," which was named Song Of The Year at this year's AMA festivities.
Watch 27:23 B.J. The Chicago Kid performed live at NPR Music's CMJ show. Loren Wohl for NPR hide caption itoggle caption Loren Wohl for NPR BJ The Chicago Kid, Live In Concert The R&B artist's CMJ performance included a cover of D'Angelo's "Untitled (How Does It Feel)."
Watch 31:46 Loren Wohl for NPR Music Cayetana, Live In Concert Watch a tremendous discovery from the CMJ Music Marathon perform songs from its debut album.
Elle Varner, headlining a night of four special performances, webcast live from Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. Bob Boilen/NPR Music hide caption itoggle caption Bob Boilen/NPR Music NPR Music Presents: Elle Varner, B.J. The Chicago Kid, Lia Ices And Cayetana Join us at 8:30 p.m. ET for a webcast with Elle Varner, B.J. The Chicago Kid, Lia Ices and Cayetana.
Watch 6:59 Trampled by Turtles perform live at the House of Blues Boston on September 11, 2014. WGBH hide caption itoggle caption WGBH Trampled By Turtles, 'Wild Animals' WGBH The rock-inflected bluegrass band performs the title track from its latest album, Wild Animals.
NPR Robert Plant And The Sensational Space Shifters, Live In Concert The rock legend and his new band performed live at BAM in Brooklyn. Watch the entire show here.
Watch 3:18 WGBH Nick Waterhouse, 'Holly' (Live) WGBH The L.A. singer performs the title cut from his new album, which evokes the sounds of vintage R&B.
Watch 1:58:30 Jack White, performing live at the Ford Theater in Hollywood, Calif. on Jun. 10, 2014. TourGigs for NPR hide caption itoggle caption TourGigs for NPR Jack White See Jack White recorded live in concert from the historic Fonda Theater in Hollywood, Calif.