Live Performances Worth Watching Right Now
Alan More, Founder of Videojam · September 28, 2026 · Updated September 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Fifteen live session and Sofar-style performances from the Videojam catalog: small rooms, real risk, and watch pages built for the take you stay with.
A festival main stage proves scale. A live performance video proves connection: tone, timing, the micro-expressions between lines. Sofar rooms, living-room sessions, and small stages are where that proof lives.
Videojam collects those takes under Live Performances. Below are fifteen from the catalog, each with one reason to watch rather than skim.
The picks
- Billie Eilish, Six Feet Under | Sofar Los Angeles. Early Eilish in a Sofar room, whisper-dynamic and still the clearest case for why intimacy outranks budget.
- Tones And I, Figure It Out | Sofar London. Street-voice power relocated to a listening room where every clap lands.
- The Warning, Burnout | Sofar London. Three-piece rock intensity at Sofar volume, proof a small room can still hit hard.
- Teddy Swims & Victor Ray, Ordinary People. Two voices sharing a soul standard with no production to hide behind.
- James Bay, Let It Go. Hat-brim folk-pop in session form, the song surviving the strip-down.
- Olivia Dean, LIVE | Sofar London. Modern soul in a Sofar frame, warmth without the playlist gloss.
- Andra Day, Rise Up | Sofar Los Angeles. Anthem energy reduced to a room and a voice that still fills it.
- YEBBA, My Mind | Sofar NYC. Vocal control in a New York Sofar, jazz-adjacent and fearless on the hard notes.
- The Teskey Brothers, Crying Shame | Sofar NYC. Australian soul-blues that benefits from a quiet crowd and a patient camera.
- Andreya Triana, That's Alright With Me | Sofar London. Late-night vocal jazz poise in a Sofar London room.
- Zak Abel, Unstable | Sofar London. Pop-soul hooks under Sofar lighting, still a full performance rather than a clip.
- Kojey Radical, Conversation. Spoken-word and beat tension where the camera has to stay honest.
- Au/Ra, BLAH. Compact alt-pop with theatrical control, session-scale rather than video-shoot scale.
- Vadia, Be Glad I'm Not God. Sofar Sacramento take that trades spectacle for a lyric you cannot skim past.
- Ogaro Ensemble, Warten | Sofar Munich. Ensemble patience in a Munich Sofar, chamber-leaning and unhurried on purpose.
Where to go next
- Live Performances: the format hub these sessions live in.
- Downtempo and Acoustic & Folk: neighbouring lanes when you want the night to stay quiet.
- Play: continuous channels when one session should become an evening.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a live performance video on Videojam?
- A complete session or stage take filmed as music to watch: Sofar rooms, intimate live covers, and small-venue performances. Not a chopped teaser and not a DJ set. Browse the Live Performances format hub for the full lane.
- Why do bookers trust session videos?
- Because the risk is visible. A polished promo can hide a lot; a single-take room session cannot. These picks keep the breath, the room, and the mistakes that prove presence.
- Where should I start if I only have ten minutes?
- Start with Billie Eilish at Sofar Los Angeles, Teddy Swims with Victor Ray, or Andra Day's Rise Up at Sofar Los Angeles. Each is a short, complete take with nowhere to hide.
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