No overplaying, no frills, just great music and an artist who sounds thrilled to be playing it. Margaret Glaspy performs some songs from her recent album, 'Emotions and Math,' in this session at NPR's Tiny Desk. Glaspy is joined by drummer Tim Kuhl and by (Minnesotan) bassist Chris Morrissey.

Bands don't typically get to play the Tiny Desk more than once, but Wilco is a natural exception. Watch the group perform 'The Joke Explained' and three songs from its late-'90s catalog. Wilco will perform at Hall's Island in Minneapolis on Saturday, Aug. 20.

The beloved band displays its signature country-tinged rock and close harmonies in four stripped-down songs from its newest album, 'Paging Mr. Proust.'

For this performance of three new songs, Andrew Bird comes with a stripped-down acoustic band. Watch video of Bird's Tiny Desk performance.

The Flaming Lips turn a classic Bowie number into a touching, psychedelic memorial.

VuHaus is providing a live video feed of our annual SXSW day stage concert.

The young Irish songwriter with only a few demos to her name made quite the first impression at SXSW.

Watch the singer and violinist who stood out from 6,000-plus entries in NPR's Tiny Desk Contest. Gaelynn Lea performs two of these four songs with fellow Duluth, Minn., musician Alan Sparhawk of Low.

Watch the Cactus Blossoms -- Minneapolis' Jack Torrey and Page Burkum -- performing a song while at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Florida.

The band's comfortably styled songs sometimes tilt toward soul and often rock danceably on a new collection of songs called 'Side Pony'. Watch Lake Street Dive perform live at the NPR Music offices.