The Criterion Collection has announced that it will release a special four-disc set of the Bernardo Bertolucci masterpiece The Last Emperor on February 26, 2008. The film depicts the tumultuous life of Pu Yi, who came to power in 1908, at the age of three, and became China's last emperor. It garnered nine Academy Awards, winning each of the categories in which it was nominated, including Best Original Score, by Ryuichi Sakomoto, Cong Su, and David Byrne. Among the special-edition DVD's bonus features are audio commentary by Sakamoto and new video interviews with Sakamoto and Byrne.

In this week's sparkling new Rolling Stone 40th Anniversary edition, the magazine calls attention to the international nonprofit network LinkTV 's site for on-demand streaming music videos, interviews, and documentaries on music and musicians from around the world, including concert footage of Malian singers Amadou & Mariam performing songs from their smash CD Dimanche à Bamako in Paris and a documentary that "looks at Brazil and its music through the eyes and voice of it greatest songwriter and poet, Caetano Veloso."

As we reported last week, the phenomenal collaboration between Tom Waits and Kronos Quartet at this year's Bridge School Benefit concerts proved to be the highlight of the weekend's events. Now you can catch a glimpse of the spectacular set on this video released by The Bridge School. In this clip, Waits and Kronos perform the song "God's Away on Business," which they last played together at a benefit concert in 2003.

As reported yesterday, Wilco's latest performance at Austin City Limits will air on PBS stations across the country this Saturday. You can now catch a sneak peek of the band's ACL performance of "Impossible Germany" from Sky Blue Sky here.

Wilco performed live on Minnesota Public Radio’s A Prairie Home Companion this past Saturday, which you can now here online. Check out "Shake It Off," the trailer for the DVD that comes with the deluxe edition of the band's new album, Sky Blue Sky, and watch "What Light" off the album, here in the Nonesuch Journal.

Read along to the full lyrics of Randy Newman's "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country" while watching Randy performing the song live on video. An abridged version of the lyrics appeared in today's New York Times. A recording of the song is now available exclusively at iTunes.

Listen to Caetano Veloso's new album Cê and watch video interviews with Caetano and his band.

Check out the video for "Your Touch," from The Black Keys' Nonesuch debut, Magic Potion; directed by Peter Zavadil.

Check out the video for "Scream and Run Away," off The Gothic Archies' Nonesuch debut, The Tragic Treasury.

Check out Jeff Tweedy's performance of "The Thanks I Get," from Sunken Treasure, his forthcoming solo concert DVD, out on Nonesuch on October 24.

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.