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Curated live performances from every corner of the world. Specific artists, specific concerts, specific moments worth watching. Press play and go somewhere.

Live Performances Worth Your Time
01
Jazz · Vocal

CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT

NPR Tiny Desk Concert

She walks into a conference room and turns it into Carnegie Hall. Jazz vocal at its most precise and playful — phrasing, storytelling, and a control of silence that most singers never find.

Jazz Vocal Live USA
02
Latin · Guitar

HERMANOS GUTIERREZ

NPR Tiny Desk Concert

Two Swiss-Ecuadorian brothers who play like they invented a new language. Desert-dream guitar instrumentals that move between Latin America and the American Southwest without ever choosing a side.

Guitar Instrumental Latin Switzerland
03
Classical · Cello

YO-YO MA

Bach Cello Suite No. 1 — Live

340 years old and it still stops the room. Yo-Yo Ma plays the Prelude like it is a conversation — unhurried, inevitable, and built from pure intention. A performance that earns its reputation every time.

Classical Cello Bach Solo
04
Afrobeats · Global

BURNA BOY

Live — Stadium Scale

He calls himself the African Giant and the stage confirms it. Afrobeats at a size that should not work — a wall of horns, a crowd that knows every word, and a performer who makes enormous look effortless.

Afrobeats Nigeria Stadium Live
05
Neoclassical · Piano

NILS FRAHM

All Melody

Piano, organ, prepared strings, and a room that becomes an instrument. The Berlin composer builds worlds out of repetition and restraint — music that asks nothing of you except attention.

Neoclassical Piano Germany Ambient
Deeper Listening

KHRUANGBIN
CON TODO EL MUNDO

Houston · Global

Three musicians, a sound that belongs to no single country, and a record that fuses Thai funk, Lebanese psych-pop, and Texas minimalism into something unhurried and entirely their own. Start here and let it play.

Also Worth Playing

CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT
GHOST SONG

Grammy-Winning · 2022

An album built from song fragments, half-remembered melodies, and original compositions that feel ancient. Avant-garde jazz with the architecture of a haunted house — every room connected, nothing wasted.

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