Ry Cooder gave a rare live performance this past Saturday, March 24, on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, which was broadcasting from New York’s Town Hall. Ry and his band played songs from his new Nonesuch release, My Name Is Buddy.

After 40 years, Village Music in Mill Valley, California, will be closing its doors this fall. Ry Cooder will be honoring the historic Bay Area vinyl store with a rare in-store appearance on Saturday, March 10. He'll perform songs from his new album, My Name Is Buddy, which was recently featured on NPR's Morning Edition.

Ry Cooder's latest album, My Name Is Buddy, is due out on Nonesuch on March 6. "Hugely entertaining," exclaims the Observer. "It's a road trip through vernacular American music, dustbowl blues, gospel, folk and bluegrass in the company of three unlikely characters ... It sounds a little like Animal Farm as conceived by Woody Guthrie, or Bruce Springsteen's take on Wind in the Willows."

Musician Taylor Ho Bynum, a friend of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's, reflects on the late singer.

"Kill Rock Stars and Nonesuch might not seem like they have much in common," writes Pitchfork's Kate Llewellyn. "But the pair just got a lot tighter with the announcement that the founder/head honcho of Kill Rock Stars, Slim Moon, will leave his position at KRS sometime this fall to work in A&R for Nonesuch."

Audra McDonald will guest co-host The View tomorrow, September 26, and will perform “Bein’ Green” from her latest Nonesuch album, Build a Bridge, at the end of the show. A profile of McDonald aired on Saturday, September 23, on NPR's All Things Considered. Additionally, NPR has prepared a special webpage, with pictures, extra interview audio, and a few songs from the new album.

Listen to Magic Potion, the new album from The Black Keys and watch the band perform live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. The album track "Your Touch" is featured on NPR as Song of the Day. Also, watch some Black Keys TV here in the Nonesuch Journal as Dan goes guitar shopping and the band preps to go on tour.

Green Gartside of Scritti Politti was on WNYC's Soundcheck today. Listen to the live performance and interview with John Schaefer at wnyc.org. Scritti Politti's upcoming album, White Bread Black Beer, was nominated for a Mercury prize in the UK. Other nominees include Thom Yorke and Arctic Monkeys.

Two new records featuring Brad Mehldau's compositions are out today: House on Hill, the final recording from his long-time trio with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossi and Love Sublime, which comprises songs Mehldau wrote specifically for Renee Fleming. The New York Times calls House on Hill "a marvel of collective self-assurance, worth hearing not only for Mr. Rossy's weightless time feel but also for Mr. Mehldau's thoughtful compositions," and says Love Sublime is "thoughtful too, sometimes achingly so."

Nonesuch released the Broadway cast album of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd earlier this year. The show has been nominated for six Tony Awards. Tune into CBS's Early Show on June 10 to hear cast member Manoel Feliciano perform "Not While I'm Around." The entire cast will perform during the Tony broadcast on CBS Sunday, June 11 at 8 PM.

Brian Eno and David Byrne's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts came out in 1981. It has now been re-issued in a new package, with extensive liner notes and photos, featuring 7 previously unreleased tracks from the original album and a film by influential artist Bruce Conner.