Randy Newman was the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS last night. He performed the timely track "Putin" from his forthcoming album, Dark Matter, which is out this coming Friday on CD and digitally, with vinyl due August 18. You can watch the performance here.

Offa Rex (Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists) was on CBS This Morning: Saturday, performing a Saturday Sessions set of songs from the debut album The Queen of Hearts: "Flash Company" and "To Make You Stay." You can watch the performances here.

Conor Oberst was a guest on the Charlie Rose show on PBS/Bloomberg News last week. He spoke with Rose about and performed songs from his new albums, Salutations and Ruminations. The episode opens with a performance of a "Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out" and closes with "Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch)." You can watch the performances and interview here. Oberst his tour to Europe this coming weekend; the next leg of the US tour starts September 1.

Randy Newman has just unveiled the video for the song "Sonny Boy," from his forthcoming album, Dark Matter. The video features illustrations by Roger Miller with animation by John Erickson. You can watch it here. The song is available to download now with pre-orders of Dark Matter, along with the previously released album track "Putin." Newman has announced several new US tour dates through the fall.

Emmylou Harris was the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS to mark the first-ever vinyl edition of her 1992 album, At the Ryman. She performed Steve Earle's "Pilgrim." You can watch it here.

Lake Street Dive was the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS last night. The band performed "Close to Me" from its 2016 Nonesuch Records debut album, Side Pony. You can watch the performance here.

Saxophonist Joshua Redman’s Still Dreaming, a quartet with trumpeter Ron Miles, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Brian Blade—a tribute to the late Dewey Redman and his role in the classic Ornette Coleman alumni quartet Old and New Dreams—performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City earlier this year. You can now watch a full performance, as well as interviews with Redman and the band, for NPR’s Jazz Night In America, here.

Fleet Foxes marked the release of their long-awaited and highly lauded third album, Crack-Up, with a performance of the album track "Third of May / Ōdaigahara" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Friday night. The following day, the band was on CBS This Morning: Saturday, taking part in the show's Saturday Sessions, and performing three songs from the album at Electric Lady Studios in New York City: "Third of May / Ōdaigahara," "Fool's Errand," and "If You Need To, Keep Time on Me." You can watch the performances here.

Offa Rex, the new project from Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists, has shared its take on "The Old Churchyard," from its debut album, The Queen of Hearts, due July 14. You can watch a studio performance video of the track, which premiered on Lenny, here. Lenny calls the album "a love letter to British folk music and an experiment in bridging musical sensibilities and finding common ground in the shared histories recounted in these classic songs." "The Old Churchyard" is available to download now with pre-orders of The Queen of Hearts, along with two previously released tracks.

Offa Rex, the new project from Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists, has shared its take on "Blackleg Miner," from its debut album, The Queen of Hearts, due July 14. You can watch a studio performance video of the track, which premiered on Billboard, here. "Blackleg Miner" is available to download now with pre-orders of The Queen of Hearts, along with the previously released title track.

Rhiannon Giddens was a guest on the Tavis Smiley show on PBS. She spoke with Smiley about the inspiration behind her new album, Freedom Highway, and gives a solo performance of "Julie," one of nine original songs she wrote or co-wrote for the album. "What I wanted was a way to tell those stories, but I’m a musician and they wanted to become songs," Giddens tells Smiley. "I didn't have a choice really." Watch the segment here.

Fleet Foxes kicked off their world tour, featuring music from the forthcoming album Crack-Up, with intimate shows in Missoula and Spokane on Monday and Tuesday, to be followed by shows in Portland and the band's hometown of Seattle this week. Ahead of these concerts, the band's first in the US in six years, they gathered in Seattle to rehearse. They've shared behind-the-scenes footage from the rehearsals in a video by Sean Pecknold, which you can watch here.