Raphael Saadiq was nominated for his 2008 solo album The Way I See It. The album featured an eclectic group of collaborators, such as Joss...

Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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Length: 11:39
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I can't think of a better way to describe the music of Rodrigo y Gabriela than with three words: "heavy metal flamenco." And yet the...

Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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Length: 12:08
Rating: 4.9659686
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With all due respect to its terrific albums and kinetic, frenetic live shows, if The Avett Brothers could put on a three-song acoustic concert at...

Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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Length: 15:56
Rating: 4.930156
Views: 289683
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros can't exactly slip into an office building unnoticed: Clad in the same clothes they'd worn at a concert the...

Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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Length: 14:45
Rating: 4.9398193
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Sweet-voiced, bearded acoustic guitarists are not a rare commodity in the Pacific Northwest, which has spawned the likes of Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, Blind...

Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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Length: 12:10
Rating: 4.96875
Views: 28466
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John Vanderslice is a songwriter's songwriter. His music, a beautifully finessed mix of acoustic instruments, analog drum machines and digital textures, is thoughtful, carefully crafted...

Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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Length: 14:15
Rating: 4.904762
Views: 10397
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Though his appearance at the NPR Music office qualifies as the first-ever hip-hop Tiny Desk Concert, Somali-born rapper K'naan isn't one to adhere to a...

Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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Length: 13:36
Rating: 4.9491525
Views: 56501
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Thao Nguyen makes captivating music. Her songs are raw and infectious, her voice has a distinctive swagger, and she's a remarkably nimble guitarist. The singer-songwriter...

Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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Length: 18:05
Rating: 4.811594
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Swedish native, Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man on Earth, plays a few tracks from his debut album "Shallow Grave."

Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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Length: 11:58
Rating: 4.9268293
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The sounds of the group's best-selling 2009 album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix are so ubiquitous to viewers of TV commercials that they produce a Pavlovian impulse...

Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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Length: 12:36
Rating: 4.6937647
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