From The Vault: The Byrds - "Eight Miles High"

L.A.’s long-haired answer to the British Invasion took off with the Byrds, a hootenanny-bred, country/soft rock band credited with pioneering psychedelic rock and inserting jangling guitar play into the folk mix.  read more

Video Premiere: The Wooden Sky - 'Grace On A Hill, Part Five'

Since releasing their new album Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun in February, Canadian folk rockers The Wooden Sky have released installments of a live performance video series filmed at the Grace On A Hill church in their native Toronto. Today, we bring you the fifth and final part of the series, which features the band giving a moving rendition their song "Angelina."  read more

Live From SXSW: The Belle Brigade (Full Set)

Watch The Belle Brigade's entire performance at the Sennheiser & Paste Present the Stages on Sixth.  read more

Live From Paste: Adron

On her second full Organismo, Adron draws from a wide range of worldly influences that include ’60s Brazilian Tropicàlia as well as the American folk traditions of Joni Mitchell and Harry Nilsson.  read more

Video Premiere: Kelli Scarr - “You Could Be So Great”

Singer/songwriter Kelli Scarr is set to release her second album, Dangling Teeth, on June 5. After working and touring with Moby in 2009 and 2010, her pronounced country flair on this album establishes her as a solo artist.  read more

Live From SXSW: The Lumineers (Full Set)

Watch The Lumineers' entire performance at the Sennheiser & Paste Present the Stages on Sixth.  read more

Live From SXSW: Idle Warship - "Are You In"

Watch Idle Warship perform "Are You In" at the Sennheiser & Paste Present the Stages on Sixth.  read more

Video Premiere: Retribution Gospel Choir - "Maharisha"

Retribution Gospel Choir has just released a delightfully lo-fi video for "Maharisha," off of their recent EP The Revolution.  read more

Live From SXSW: Glen Hansard (Full Set)

Glen Hansard performed at the Sennheiser & Paste Present the Stages on Sixth this past March during SXSW. Watch him and current E Street Band saxophonist Jake Clemons' entire performance.  read more

Live From SXSW: Rich Aucoin - "Four More Years"

Watch Rich Aucoin (@richaucoin) perform "Four More Years" at the Sennheiser & Paste Present the Stages on Sixth.  read more

Song Premiere: Ponderosa - “Navajo”

Atlanta indie rockers Ponderosa are well worth your attention, combining psychedelic, soul and Southern rock to create music that’s hauntingly beautiful and irresistibly catchy all at the same time....  read more

Song Premiere: Delta Rae - "Morning Comes"

Delta Rae, a folk-pop band from North Carolina, has premiered “Morning Comes,” a new song off of their debut album Carry The Fire, due out on June 19....  read more

Video Premiere: Langhorne Slim - "The Way We Move"

Singer/songwriter Langhorne Slim is set to release his follow-up full-length to 2009’s Be Set Free on June 5 via Ramseur Records. The album, titled The Way We Move, was recorded with his band, The Law, with producer Kenny Siegal in Catskill, N.Y....  read more

Album Stream: Fort Atlantic - Fort Atlantic

Fort Atlantic, the carefully-crafted brainchild of Jon Black, started out as no more than an experiment.  read more

From The Vault: Aretha Franklin - "Spirit in the Dark"

Aretha Franklin would later be quoted as saying these performances were the highlight of her career.  read more

Live From Paste: J. Roddy Walston and the Business

Watch J. Roddy Walston and the Business' four-song session in this week's Paste mPlayer issue.  read more

Live From SXSW: Blitzen Trapper (Full Set)

Watch Blitzen Trapper's entire set at the Sennheiser & Paste Present the Stages on Sixth.  read more

Live From SXSW: The Belle Brigade - "Lucky Guy"

Watch The Belle Brigade perform "Lucky Guy" at the Sennheiser & Paste Present the Stages on Sixth.  read more

Live From SXSW: Hospitality (Full Set)

Watch Hospitality's entire set at the Sennheiser & Paste Present the Stages on Sixth.  read more

Video Premiere: Rufus Wainwright - Behind the Scenes of "Jericho"

On his latest effort, Out of the Game, Rufus Wainwright makes biblical allusions with his song "Jericho"--alluding to the city which Joshua invaded in the Old Testament. In recording the song, Wainwright has expressed the accompaniment strings must be, "short and aggressive," because "that's the way I like it."  read more