Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté perform "Kala Djula" off Ali and Toumani, their second and last album pairing, recorded in London in 2005.

Preview Ali and Toumani, the second and last album pairing guitar virtuoso Ali Farka Touré and kora master Toumani Diabaté. Recorded in 2005, with contributions from Cachaíto López on bass, the album is the successor to the Grammy-winning In the Heart of the Moon.

The video for The Low Anthem's "Charlie Darwin," off their 2009 Nonesuch debut, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, matches poignant visuals, created using painstaking stop-motion animation, to the band's haunting music. NPR named the song one of the year's best: "I get chills the moment I hear this guy’s voice,” said NPR's Bob Boilen. The video was created by Glenn Z Taunton and Simon Taffe for End of the Road Films.

In a scene from the forthcoming documentary How to Grow a Band, a film about Punch Brothers, the band performs Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major on banjo, mandolin, and fiddles at New York City's The Living Room. Video provided by and courtesy of Shaftway Productions, makers of the film.

Recorded live in Paris during Björk's Volta tour, "Declare Independence," is part of the concert film available in the CD+DVD and deluxe versions of Voltaic, the multimedia celebration of that tour.

Catch a sneak peek at Voltaic, the multimedia extravaganza in music and video celebrating Björk's ambitious two-year world tour following the 2007 release of Volta. “The fantastic visual display,” said The Independent, “was a spectacle to match her inventiveness musically.” Catch a glimpse here, then visit Björk's artist page to learn more about the various Voltaic formats, including a live album; tour DVD; a CD of remixes of Volta tracks; and DVD of Volta video clips.

Dan Auerbach performs "Heartbroken, In Disrepair" from his solo debut, Keep It Hid.

Kronos Quartet performs "Getme, Getme" (Don't Leave, Don't Leave) with the Alim Qasimov Ensemble, from Azerbaijan, featuring vocals by Qasimov and his daughter Fargana, from the 2009 Kronos album Floodplain. The album and this video capture the group's live performance of the piece at London's Barbican Hall as part of the Ramadan Nights Festival, September 26, 2008.

Kronos Quartet performs the traditional Iranian "Lullaby," arranged by Kronos and J. Garchik, from the Quartet's 2009 album Floodplain. The video captures the group's performance of the piece at London's Barbican Hall as part of the Ramadan Nights Festival, September 26, 2008.

An animated music video for Amadou & Mariam's "Masiteladi," off their album Welcome to Mali. For the song's original-language lyrics and English translation, click here.