Live From the Artists Den

In the second season of “Live From the Artists Den,” a music series on PBS, the singer-songwriter Tori Amos serenades a crowd of buy tiffany necklace about 100 people. The difference is that the performance is not on a traditional stage but in an ornate room designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany  at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan.

The unusual setting may appear to some viewers as a gimmick, but the show’s creators and Ms. Amos say they think it adds a new dimension — and appeal — to the typical concert show. The program’s new season begins this week louis vuitton handbags with a performance by Ringo Starr with Ben Harper and Relentless7 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to be shown on more than 90 member stations.

“Artists Den” is not the first television program dedicated to intimate musical performances; the style goes back to the beginningtrue religion jeans of the medium. It struck a popular chord (and found commercial success) in the 1990s with MTV’s “Unplugged” series. But in some ways the surroundings in “Artists Den” become part of the show, giving viewers a look at a unique space and allowing the artists to discuss how the location affected their play.

Performances in the first season paired Nellie McKay and the diamond floor at Tiffany’s in New York, and Ingrid Michaelson and an tiffany jewelry old movie theater on Cape Cod. Other artists in the second season include Corinne Bailey Rae at the Hiro Ballroom in Manhattan and the Black Crowes at the Lyric Theater in Oxford, Miss.

“We’re finding beautiful spaces that give artists a rarefied environment,” said Mark Lieberman, the show’s creator and executive producer. “That inspires a different kind of concert.”

Mr. Lieberman, 44, and his team of eight spend a great deal of their time trying to match a potential artist with a potential location. The goal is to find places that don’t usually hold concerts and that have acoustics suited for a live performance and making a recording.

A former singer and songwriter himself (one of his bands was called Big Patio), Mr. Lieberman works closely with Alan Light, a former editor in chief of Vibe and Spin, to select the artists. They look in particular for musicians who write their own music and are successful live performers.

In the end, though, Mr. Lieberman said, “our taste is our taste.”