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Off-the-grid groove roots outfit Ginger Ninjas powers its concerts with bike pedaling audience members. No plugs necessary! Download the track "Little Door" right here for free.

Carrying the torch of the seminal jazz fusion outfit The Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Mahavisnu Project will perform Jeff Beck's songs Wednesday at Iridium Jazz Club. Download "One Word ...

The uber-pop friendly Darwin Deez has a penchant for bubbly beats and a sing-speak croon. Download an extra-galactic remix of “Constellations" from SBTRKT here.

Brooklyn's rock group The Big Sleep is a trio: Sonya Balchandani on bass, Danny Barria on guitar and Michael Jones on drums. But there's no dearth of rich sound in the band's music. Download "Ace" here.

WNYC previews the songwriter's debut full length album, Painted Lady, which was released on Tuesday, November 16.

The Steel Wheels hail from where the Blue Ridge Mountains cross through Virginia. The group's music, not surprisingly, draws on the region's long tradition of blues and bluegrass. Dow...

In an attempt at hipness, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has aligned its Camel brand cigarettes with the burgeoning artist community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The Norwegian maestro of disco Hans-Peter Lindstrøm teams up with long-time vocal conspirator Christabelle to create its edgy pop, what they call "structured chaos." Download “Lovesick” right here.

The U.K. experimental folk band Tunng charts new waters on its latest release And Then We Saw Land. Download the band's harmonizing vocal-fueled track "Don't Look Down or Back" right here for free.

The foundational Jamaican ska and reggae group Toots and the Maytals moves away its legendary skank sounds on the band's 2010 studio album, Flip and Twist. Download the '80s era soul ...

The seven-member Family Cactus released its debut album Come Howling earlier this year. Download a melodic, lyrically driven track from the album, "Mariachi Stomper."

Israeli bandleader and composer Anat Cohen performs classical, modern and traditional jazz on her tenor saxophone and clarinet. Download her 10-minute live version of "St. James' Infirmary" here for free.

Singer and producer Nanna Øland Fabricius released her self-titled U.S. debut last month. Under the name Oh Land, she sets her dancing spirit loose with whirling, pop beats and clicks...

Cyndi Harvell draws from her deep southern roots to craft good ol' pop-country music. The sing-along track, "Break For It," weaves Harvell's charming southern lilt through the waves p...

Ethan Marunas, a.k.a. Baby Dayliner, grew up in New York City under the influence of classical music, jazz and later, hip-hop. Download his synth-fueled track "At Least."

New York singer, guitarist, bandleader and composer Howard Fishman releases a trilogy of simultaneously recorded albums and plays from them for three nights in the Big Apple. Download...

Led by violinist Hannah Thiem, Copal blends haunting violin with cello and drum rhythms to create its global, folktronic soundscape. Download the track, "Ceútara," for free here.

Hendrik Weber, who performs as Pantha Du Prince, once lived in the same woods where the Brothers Grimm fairy tales were born. This may explain the haunting urgency behind the techno a...

In the past six years, Andy Bothwell—who is the freestyle hip-hop and folk group Astronautalis—has released three full-length albums, performed more than 1,250 shows and logged 350,00...

Guitarist Annie Lynch met cellist Alexandra Spalding and bassist Ken Woodward four years ago at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. Download the track, "Like A Dog," right here for free.