Laurie Anderson is the Artist in Focus at Rewire Fest in The Hague … David Byrne brings American Utopia to Mexico … Michael Daves & Chris Eldridge play guitar at Brooklyn Folk Fest ... Richard Goode plays solo in St. Paul … Kronos Quartet is in Stanford … Audra McDonald performs at Savannah Music Fest … Robert Plant closes Australia tour in Perth … Rostam concludes spring Half-Light tour in Texas … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Minneapolis …

Nonesuch Records will take part in Come Together, a music festival and market presented by MoMA PS1 and Other Music, held at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, New York, on Saturday, March 24. Stop by the Nonesuch table to say hello and pick up copies of your favorite Nonesuch vinyl, limited-edition prints, hats, and tote bags. Nonesuch will donate a portion of the proceeds to Everytown For Gun Safety.

In celebration of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, we've put together a playlist of music performed and written by some of the women who inspire us at Nonesuch every day, including Rhiannon Giddens, Emmylou Harris, Natalie Merchant, k.d. lang, the Staves, Lake Street Dive, Lianne La Havas, Rokia Traoré, Laurie Anderson, Olivia Chaney, Joni Mitchell, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, and more.

Happy Valentine's Day! We've got a day (and night) of music for you in a new playlist of more than eight hours of Nonesuch songs of love in its many forms and stages. Lovely listening today and every day of the year. Listen now on Spotify and Apple Music.

Dan Cohen has joined Nonesuch Records as vice president of marketing. Cohen comes to the label from Republic Records, where he was vice president of marketing for the past two years and worked on projects such as Lorde's #1 debut album and John Mellencamp's highest chart debut in a decade, along with campaigns for Jack Johnson, Mondo Cozmo, Phantogram, Marian Hill and more. In his new position, Cohen reports to Nonesuch President David Bither and is based at the label's global headquarters in New York City.

Brad Mehldau Trio leads residency at Village Vanguard in NYC … Jeremy Denk joins Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra for Mozart … Fleet Foxes are in Australia … Joshua Redman Quartet concludes residency in St. Louis … Chris Thile is on the radio via San Francisco …

As 2017 draws to a close, and the Nonesuch Journal takes a bit of a hiatus till the start of 2018, it's time to take a look back and remember all of the great and diverse music made by Nonesuch artists over the past year. Many Nonesuch artists and their recent Nonesuch releases have made music critics' and fans' year-end best lists. Here, in words and music and in chronological order, is a look back at the year in Nonesuch music.

Steve Reich takes part in all-Reich concerts at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris … Jeremy Denk plays solo in Seattle … Fleet Foxes take Crack-Up tour to Cologne, Stockholm … Brad Mehldau Trio tours Midwest … Joshua Redman is in Shanghai … The Staves & yMusic perform The Way Is Read in Minneapolis … Chris Thile hosts A Prairie Home Companion in NYC …

Eric Salzman, the American composer, producer, music critic, and author, has died at the age of 84. Salzman was an important figure in the first decades of Nonesuch Records under the leadership of Tracey Sterne. His pieces The Nude Paper Sermon and Civilization and Its Discontents: A Musical Theater Comedy, both composed with Michael Sahl, were recorded for Nonesuch in the 1970s. Also for the label, Salzman produced Teresa Stratas's The Unknown Kurt Weill; the New York City Opera recording of Weill's Silverlake; and the three albums of The Tango Project.

As the United States celebrates Thanksgiving over the coming days, several Nonesuch artists—Sam Amidon, Fleet Foxes, Rhiannon Giddens, and Robert Plant—will spend the long holiday weekend touring the UK, Brad Mehldau is in France, and John Adams's new opera gets its premiere in San Francisco.

Olivia Chaney performs at Guitar Mash in NYC … Fleet Foxes are in Brussels … Rhiannon Giddens launches UK tour in London … Tigran Hamasyan performs in Rome … Kronos Quartet is in South Korea … Lake Street Dive joins Bruce Hornsby in Arizona … Pat Metheny concludes quartet tour in Iceland … Randy Newman brings Dark Matter to Southeast … Robert Plant takes Carry Fire to Bristol … Joshua Redman plays Norway … Chris Thile, Brad Mehldau conclude European tour … Rokia Traoré is in France … and more ... 

We've added a brand-new tote bag to the Nonesuch line of merchandise, and it's currently available free with all purchases of $40 or more in the Nonesuch Store. No need to add the tote to your order; it will appear in your cart at checkout. (Or if you'd like to order the tote on its own, it's available for purchase here for just $10.) Made from 100% cotton and printed in minimalist black and white, the tote bag features the classic Nonesuch logo and is perfect for carrying your favorite records and more.