Soul of a Man

Susan Tedeschi performing "Soul of a Man".

Georgia On My Mind

Carolyn Wonderland performing "Georgia On My Mind".

Pie in the Sky

Shemekia Copeland and her band perform "Pie in the Sky".

Layla Zoe

Layla Zoe and her Band perform an amped up version of Neil Young's "Hey, Hey, My, My".

I Saw the Light

Del McCoury and the Caroline Chocolate Drops perform the Hank Williams song "I Saw the Light".

A Life That's Good

Lennon and Maisy perform "A Life That's Good" at the Grand Ole Opry.

Scenes From An Italian Restaurant

A video in recognition of the announcement this week that Billy Joel will be awarded this year's Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Here is Joel performing "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" with a little help from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

This Is my Song

For Throwback Thursday—a song written by Charlie Chaplin and made an international hit by Petula Clark, "This Is My Song".

Alison Krauss

A video for Alison Krauss' birthday, here she is with her band—Union Station— performing "The Lucky One".

Iuka

Iuka—My favorite song from the Secret Sisters' latest album, Put Your Needle Down

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

In Belgium on the European leg of her current tour, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings perform three songs from their latest album, Give the People What They Want.

   "Stranger to My Happiness"
   "You'll Be Lonely"
   "Retreat"

Precious Lord, Take My Hand

Mike Farris performs the Thomas A. Dorsey song "Precious Lord, Take My Hand".

50 Ways

Brass-A-Holics reimagining Paul Simon's "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"

Tree Songs

Jason Isbell performs two of his songs—"Live Oak" and "Alabama Pines"

Carter's Melody

Throwback Thursday—Joe & Janette Carter sing "Carter's Melody", made up primarily of titles of songs their parents, Sara and A.P., sang in the original Carter Family.

Life of Sin

Sturgill Simpson performs "Life of Sin" on Letterman.

Desperado

Because today is her birthday, and because she had such a beautiful voice—Linda Ronstadt singing "Desperado".

Holly Williams Tiny Desk Concert

Holly Williams' Tiny Desk Concert at NPR.
Performing:
   "Drinkin'"
   "Railroads"
   "Waiting On June"

This Land Is Your Land

Woody Guthrie was born 102 years ago today. Here, from a concert at the Kennedy Center marking his 100th birthday, is "This Land Is Your Land". Singers include Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Jackson Browne, Judy Collins, John Cougar Mellencamp, Rosanne Cash, Ani DiFranco and Tom Morello.

The Old Ship of Zion

Sweet Honey in the Rock perform "The Old Ship of Zion" for the encore of their last appearance with Bernice Johnson Reagon.

Minnie Riperton

"Loving You" performed by Minnie Riperton who died 35 years ago today.

Tennessee Bound

Old Crow Medicine Show performs a song off their new album, Remedy—"Tennessee Bound".

Mavis Staples 75th Birthday

Mavis Staples performs "I'll Take You There" last night in London, on her 75th Birthday.

I'm In Love Again

Throwback Thursday—Fats Domino performing "I'm In Love Again" in 1956. There is some great sax in this clip.



For Good measure, same song 32 years later.

Teddy Thompson

Teddy Thompson, from a few years back, performing "Everybody Move In" and "I Wish It Was Over".

Bright Morning Stars

Another Abigail Washburn video, this time performing "Bright Morning Stars" with the Inner Mongolian music ensemble Ih Tsetsn.

Dolly Sings Dylan

Dolly Parton has written so many popular songs that she would never need to sing anyone else's, but here she sings Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice".

Will the Circle Be Unbroken

From almost exactly 20 years ago, Johnny and June Carter Cash perform "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" with Pops Staples.

Rodrigo y Gabriela at Glastonbury

Another performance from last weekend's Glastonbury Festival, Rodrigo y Gabriela play "Tamacun".

The Star-Spangled Banner

Another group I saw last weekend at the Jazz festival, the Rebirth Brass Band performs "The Star-Spangled Banner".

Irma Thomas on Bandstand

I saw Irma Thomas perform last Sunday at the DC Jazz Festival. For Throwback Thursday, here is Thomas singing "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is" on American Bandstand, just two months short of fifty years ago.

The Cuckoo

This is one of the most amazing performances I have ever seen. From last Friday's Smithsonian concert honoring Ralph Rinzler and Pete Seeger, this is American banjo player and singer Abigail Washburn as well as the Dimen Dong Folk Chorus of Guizhou province in southwest China. They are performing the English\Appalachian song Cuckoo, and a Chinese song of the same name. Washburn arranged the songs so they could be performed together. Washburn might be the only person who could have accomplished this. She has studied Chinese and before she began recording banjo albums, she intended to study law in China. I am so glad someone captured this on video.

Dolly Conquers Glastonbury

Last weekend Dolly Parton performed before about 100,000 at England's Glastonbury Music Festival.  She also received a plaque for having sold 100,000,000 Records worldwide. Below is her performance of "Jolene" from the festival.

The entire concert is here on YouTube.