Record Store Day may have been delayed a bit, but now is a great time to show how we Love Record Stores by shopping online at local independent record stores. Find yours in the US at recordstoreday.com and around the world at recordstores.love.

We are saddened by the loss of producer Hal Willner, who has died from symptoms consistent with COVID-19 at the age of 64. Nonesuch Records President David Bither offers a remembrance.

In this age of anxiety, we hope this playlist—fourteen hours of songs from some forty years of Nonesuch recordings—may bring some calm. Available on Spotify and Apple Music.

Newport Festivals Foundation has established the Newport Festivals Musician Relief Fund to provide financial relief to musicians in the folk and jazz communities experiencing a loss of income as a result of COVID-19, through rapid micro and full grants. The focus and priority of the fund is on artists who have played the Newport Jazz or Folk Festivals and those in the Rhode Island community; all other applications will be considered on a case by case basis.

On May 22, Nonesuch releases I Still Play, an album of eleven new solo piano compositions by artists who have recorded for Nonesuch Records, written in honor of the label’s longtime President Bob Hurwitz as he became Chairman Emeritus in 2017. The album features works by John Adams, Laurie Anderson, Timo Andres, Louis Andriessen, Donnacha Dennehy, Philip Glass, Nico Muhly, Brad Mehldau, Steve Reich, Pat Metheny, and Randy Newman, performed by Andres, Mehldau, Newman, and Jeremy Denk. Pre-order to download Nico Muhly's "Move" played by Andres now; you can follow along on the score as you watch him perform it here.

We hope for the health and safety of communities across the globe impacted by Covid-19. We also recognize the emotional toll and significant financial hardships faced by so many, not least the community of recording and performing artists we know and love. Many musicians have lost a key source of revenue as live performances are canceled; here are some ways you can support them. Artists and arts institutions are finding new ways to bring people together to share live music even as we're kept apart; here are some ways they're doing that. Stay tuned for additional ways to help and keep connected as they develop. And please reach out to let us know of ways you've found music can help during these difficult times. Thank you for your ongoing support of Nonesuch artists and the music they make.

If there's a ray of sunlight to be found today, perhaps it's that it's that the vernal equinox has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. To mark the first day of spring, we've updated our Ring in Spring playlist of Nonesuch recordings as a soundtrack to the melting snows, blossoming trees, and hopefully healthier days soon to come. Here are some seasonally appropriate songs from David Byrne, Dave Malloy, Devendra Banhart, Jeff Parker, Pat Metheny, Caroline Shaw, Daughter of Swords, Early James, Yola, Mountain Man, Fleet Foxes, Conor Oberst, The Magnetic Fields, Kronos Quartet, Brad Mehldau, The Black Keys, Robert Plant, k.d. lang, Emmylou Harris, Chris Thile, Allen Toussaint, Randy Newman, Caetano Veloso, Tigran Hamasyan, Mandy Patinkin, and more.

In celebration of International Women's Day this Sunday and Women's History Month, we've got a newly updated playlist of music performed and written by some of the women who inspire us at Nonesuch every day, including Laurie Anderson, Olivia Chaney, Daughter of Swords, Rhiannon Giddens, Emmylou Harris, Lianne La Havas, Lake Street Dive, k.d. lang, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Natalie Merchant, Joni Mitchell, Gaby Moreno, Mountain Man, Rachael & Vilray, Caroline Shaw, The Staves, Rokia Traoré, Vagabon, Yola, and others. Listen here on Spotify and Apple Music.

Pat Metheny, Rhiannon Giddens tour Australia … John Adams leads Netherlands Radio Philharmonic … Laurie Anderson performs at New Zealand Festival of the Arts … Olivia Chaney is in London … Early James tours US West with The Lone Bellow … Gabriel Kahane performs in Virginia … Kronos Quartet is in San Francisco … Brad Mehldau Trio tours France … Jeff Parker plays Portland, Chicago … Daniel Wohl concludes tour with A Winged Victory for the Sullen …

David Byrne is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live … k.d. lang's Fire Fight Australia performance airs on Fox ... John Adams leads Radio France orchestra in his new piano concerto … Olivia Chaney performs in Winchcombe … Jeremy Denk joins London Philharmonic … Early James is in Dallas with The Lone Bellow … Kronos Quartet performs Terry Riley's Sun Rings in San Jose … Joshua Redman brings Still Dreaming to Idaho … Daniel Wohl tours the UK with A Winged Victory for the Sullen …

Gaby Moreno performs at The Town Hall in NYC as special guest of Fatoumata Diawara … Gabriel Kahane joins violinist Pekka Kuusisto in Helsinki … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from NYC … Daniel Wohl performs in Germany as special guest of A Winged Victory for the Sullen … Yola concludes her winter Walk Through Fire tour in California …

k.d. lang performs at the Fire Fight Australia concert for bushfire relief … Devendra Banhart plays Portugal … Daughter of Swords tours North Carolina, Nashville … Early James is in Orlando … Rhiannon Giddens leads SFJAZZ residency … Gabriel Kahane tours Europe … Mandy Patinkin concludes tour in Florida … Joshua Redman brings Still Dreaming to Durham, Pittsburgh … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from NYC … Yola heads West …