Rising Appalachia

The reggaetón superstar kicks off our "El Tiny" takeover of the Tiny Desk (home) concert series. 

The pop singer premieres new music with family and friends for her "El Tiny" home concert. 

The Colombian indie rock band performs a colorful and funky four-song set from their home country's capital, Bogotá. 

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. 

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 brea ... Show More

Guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre talks to Gramophone Editor Martin Cullingford about his debut album for Deutsche Grammophon, Visages Baroque, which weaves a programme of arrangements of music by French Baroque composers around two major pieces by Bach. This Gramophone Podcast is pro ... Show More

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

John Kearns wants to dance to Tunisian producer and DJ Ghoula's celebratory album Hlib El Ghoula, which features rare North African vinyl that the artist sourced from Tunisian markets then sampled and scratched with live instrumentals. 

One of the most demented and infectious live bands in the world, Gogol Bordello assembles something approximating an Eastern European punk-rock circus, suitable for non-stop movement and hearty sing-alongs. Look for the band to showcase songs from 2010's Rick Rubin-produced Trans ... Show More

A two and a half minute demo of Mino's funky song recorded live in Greg Nottage's attic. Greg Nottage on Bass, Franco Bertucci on guitar and backing vocals, Mino Christante on guitar and lead vocals.  More music on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDTWmAGXVuf6B1JebloVaVg ... Show More