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As New York prepares for its January music marathon, watch performances from last year, including Gretchen Parlato, Donald Harrison, Rudy Royston, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.

Given four days to record a couple of songs for a film, Marketa Irglova and The Frames' Glen Hansard made a full-length record. The result is 10 quietly brilliant songs, each built around piano, acoustic guitar, violin, cello and the two headliners' soft, sweet voices.

At 19, Mayfield has a mature sound that seems evolved beyond her years, and she's already attracted attention as a featured vocalist with her friends in The Black Keys. She performs music from debut album, With Blasphemy, So Heartfelt, in a session from WXPN.

Etran Finatawa is a remarkable musical collaboration between members of two nomadic African cultures in Niger. With three songs exclusive to the Web, the group showcases its eclectic sound, which features a variety of modern and traditional instrumentation, strong polyphonic vocals and high tenor solos.

In a lush haze of Afro-pop beats and psychedelic warbling, Brooklyn's Here We Go Magic creates powerful soundscapes. Its self-titled debut's colorful swirl of synthesizers and guitars ranges from electronic folk to psychedelia to lo-fi acoustic.

If you're familiar with Buck Meek's work as a guitarist for the band Big Thief, it'll come as no surprise that his solo project is just as disarming and intimate.

The winner of NPR Music's 2017 Tiny Desk Contest brings its infectious energy to a colorful, imaginative video.

Just a week after performing at Woodstock, Santana released its self-titled debut. Hear original members of the band recount its creation.

Jennifer O'Connor strips her instrumentation down to the bare essentials, yet retains the rock sensibilities of her musical past. The New York City musician's two albums are both fodder for breakthrough that craft simple, unpretentious folk music.

For Balkan Beat Box, accomplished underground musicians Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat assembled a diverse group to play intensely unpredictable, danceable music. Hear an interview, as well as a studio performance of songs from the new album.