London-based singer-songwriter Olivia Chaney, who is currently touring Australia, will soon take the tour to North America. Chaney will visit select cities in the US and Canada in advance of the release of her Nonesuch Records debut album, starting at the World Café Live in Philadelphia on February 4, followed by stops in New York City, Brooklyn, Cambridge, Toronto, Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle, and Los Angeles. Stay tuned for details of Olivia Chaney’s forthcoming Nonesuch Records debut album and pre-order information coming soon.

The 2015 line-up for the Governors Ball Music Festival has been announced, including a headline set from The Black Keys and performances from Conor Oberst and Björk. The Governors Ball will take place on Randall's Island in New York City from June 5 to 7. Tickets go on sale this Friday, January 9. 

Punch Brothers, Rhiannon Giddens, and the duo of Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer will be among the performers at the 42nd annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, taking place June 18–21, 2015, the weekend of the summer solstice. The preliminary lineup for the much-loved Colorado event was announced earlier today, just before the winter solstice. Among the other performers are Thile's fellow Punch Brother Noam Pikelny, who will perform with fiddler Stuart Duncan.​

Paul Thomas Anderson’s film Inherent Vice opens in NYC and LA theaters, featuring music by Jonny Greenwood ... The Black Keys take their Turn Blue tour to the Carolinas ... Brad Mehldau Trio rounds out its US fall tour in the Northeast ... Natalie Merchant performs on Long Island ... Conor Oberst plays KCSN benefit in LA with Ryan Adams and David Gray ...

Olivia Chaney, whose Nonesuch Records debut album is due in 2015, will welcome in the new year with a two-week tour of Australia, starting at the Woodford Folk Festival in Brisbane on New Year's Eve and including shows in Melbourne and Perth and two sets as part of the Sydney Festival. Click for details and tickets.

Wilco kicks off a six-night, sold-out residency—Wilco Winterlude—at Chicago's Riviera Theatre; Sam Amidon opens Saturday ... John Adams leads his Saxophone Concerto in Miami ... Nonesuch President Bob Hurwitz talks with Peter Sellars in LA ... Timo Andres, Nico Muhly join Philip Glass at BAM ... The Black Keys tour South ... Boyhood cast does Q&As in LA ... Richard Goode leads master class at Bard ... Emmylou Harris is in DC ... Iron and Wine plays Portland, Seattle ... Kronos Quartet is in Brazil ... Audra McDonald tours California, as does Brad Mehldau Trio ... Pat Metheny Unity Group concludes Kin (←→) tour in NYC ... 

Audra McDonald launches her extensive 2014–15 concert season with a performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA tonight. The season includes shows in more than 30 cities in 18 different states across the US, among them five cities in California and five in Florida; three each in New Jersey and upstate New York; dates in Indianapolis, Charlotte, Boston, Chapel Hill, and Tucson; and a return to Carnegie Hall. McDonald won a record-breaking sixth Tony Award for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill earlier this year and released her latest solo album, Go Back Home, in 2013.

Nonesuch Records wishes everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving in the US and a fruitful Black Friday. (Not to mention a Happy Birthday to Randy Newman on said Friday.) Remember: everything out now on the site (excluding preorders) is 15% off our everyday low prices for the store's anniversary sale. There are also some noteworthy performances in the coming days: John Adams’s The Gospel According to the Other Mary is at the ENO in London, his Saxophone Concerto with the Liverpool Philharmonic and Timothy McAllister; Sam Amidon concludes his European tour in Paris; Jeremy Denk joins San Francisco Symphony for Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3; Tigran Hamasyan tours France; Pat Metheny Unity Group is in Mexico; and Robert Plant closes out his sold-out UK tour.

Rhiannon Giddens and her fellow New Basement Tapes members are featured on Showtime's Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued ... John Adams’s The Gospel According to the Other Mary receives stage premiere in London ... Robert Plant, Ry Cooder are on Austin City Limits' Americana awards special ... Sam Amidon tours Germany ... Olivia Chaney is in London ... Dr. John, Allen Toussaint are featured on HBO's Foo Fighters Sonic Highways ... Tigran Hamasyan tours France ... Kronos Quartet performs Reich at Janáček Brno Festival ... Pat Metheny Unity Group tours East Coast ... Randy Newman concludes US tour ... Robert Plant tours UK ... Joshua Redman Trio plays Chicago ... 

Conor Oberst and Alison Krauss are the latest performers announced as part of the lineup of artists taking part in The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star Concert Celebration at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC, on January 10, 2015. In addition to the newly announced performers, the lineup includes Harris, Rodney Crowell, Iron & Wine, Shawn Colvin, Sara Watkins, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Baez, Sheryl Crow, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mavis Staples, Martina McBride, John Hiatt, Lucinda Williams, Trampled By Turtles, Steve Earle, Patty Griffin, Shovels & Rope, and The Milk Carton Kids. 

Punch Brothers announce a late winter/spring tour of North America in anticipation of their upcoming T Bone Burnett–produced album due early 2015, with stops in DC, Nashville, Chicago, New York, Boston, and Vancouver, as well as three dates each in California and Texas. The 23-city tour kicks off February 20 and continues through mid-April. A limited ticket pre-sale begins on Tuesday, November 18; general on-sale starts Friday. The concert ticket prices include a digital download of the new album. Hear the album track “I Blew It Off” here. Additional tour dates and more information about the forthcoming album will be announced shortly.

Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters, who are currently in the midst of a sold-out tour of UK and Ireland, will perform at the 2015 Lollapalooza Chile (March 14 & 15), Argentina (March 21 & 22), and Brazil (March 28 & 29) alongside fellow headliners Jack White, Calvin Harris, The Smashing Pumpkins, Foster the People, and more. The Telegraph gives four stars to Robert Plant and the band's sold-out show at the Roundhouse in London last week, saying Plant had "gathered together a brilliant musical gang to make old and new songs shine."