Georgie James visits NPR's Studio 4A for the Project Song challenge: Write and record a song in two days.

Go behind the scenes of the creative process in NPR's Studio 4A and watch the birth of a new song. "Cavendish" turned out to be a wonderful theatrical and historical journey from Nellie McKay. She knocked us out with her creation.

Welcome to NPR's original online video series Project Song, where we give a songwriter two days in NPR's Studio 4A to write and record a song from scratch. Choosing inspiration from a group of six photos and six words, Magnetic Fields guru Stephin Merritt picks an image of a man wearing a suit covered with baby dolls and the number 1974. Watch as Stephin's creative process takes shape ... (And visit npr.org for more about the experience.)

As a teenager, the singer-songwriter was already touring the world with his rock band. His new album takes him back to before then, when country music blasted out of Texas radio stations. He performs 'Fight' from his new album 'Changing Horses' in NPR's Studio 4A.

India.Arie recently played some of her new songs in NPR's Studio 4A, accompanied by reggae artist Gramps Morgan and singer/guitarist Blue Miller.
"This is not in the liner notes, but if there was going to be a mission statement for this actual album, it would be: 'This album is about and in honor of the oneness of all things,'" she says. "All the songs are about that, even when they don't sound like they're about that."