Lawrence Brownlee performs with pianist Jason Moran in the active crypt below the historic Church of the Intercession in Harlem.
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February 17, 2016
Opera singer Lawrence Brownlee joins jazz pianist Jason Moran in an old spiritual.
Field Recording with the McCrary Sisters and the Fairfield Four.
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September 20, 2015
Watch The McCrary Sisters and The Fairfield Four perform "Rock My Soul" together in Texas.
Mac DeMarco on the water near his home in Far Rockaway, Queens.
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August 10, 2015
With just a keyboard and a microphone, the singer performs his song "No Other Heart" on a rowboat.
Members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra play an Exquisite Corpse at Woodlawn Cemetery as part of Make Music New York on June 21, 2015.
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July 2, 2015
See young jazz musicians honor their elders at a cemetery that's more like a hall of fame.
Daniel Bachman performs for a Field Recordings video shoot at Stratford Hall, birthplace of Robert E. Lee in Stratford, Virginia.
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May 21, 2015
The acoustic guitarist's "Song For The Setting Sun II" boldly leaps around a room in Stratford Hall.
May 13, 2015
In a performance of "Prédio," the Brazilian band coaxes beautiful sounds from a children's bicycle.
May 5, 2015
In "El Gigante," the Uruguayan band blends many sounds — including the Americana to its north.
Joyce DiDonato sings during a video shoot for NPR Music's Field Recordings series at the Stonewall Inn in New York City
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February 4, 2015
The opera star visits a historic gay bar to talk equality and sing a centuries-old aria.
November 6, 2014
O'er the ramparts of 190-year-old Fort Adams, the bandleader urged our cameras to "Believe in Love."
The members of Wild Beasts perform for a Field Recordings video shoot at The Campbell Apartment in New York City's Grand Central Station.
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October 23, 2014
We asked the romantic London band to perform in a century-old room in Grand Central Station.