Rostam concludes winter leg of Half-Light tour in California … Dan Auerbach brings Easy Eye Revue down South … Rhiannon Giddens is at the Apollo … k.d. lang launches US leg of Ingénue Redux Tour in Washington state … Audra McDonald joins Cincinnati Pops Orchestra … Robert Plant continues sold-out tour in Denver … The Staves perform in Australia … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here on the radio via Saint Paul …

Nonesuch releases a new recording of John Adams's Grawemeyer Award–winning Violin Concerto on April 27, with his frequent collaborators violinist Leila Josefowicz, conductor David Robertson, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. The album was recorded at Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis in 2016. The piece "mingles virtuoso show with soul," says the Boston Globe. Pre-order to download the third movement, "Toccare," now.

Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet’s Landfall is out now. Inspired by her experience of Hurricane Sandy, Landfall is the first collaboration between the iconic storyteller/musician and the groundbreaking string quartet, who perform together on the recording. Landfall juxtaposes lush electronics and traditional strings by Kronos with Anderson's powerful descriptions of loss, from water-logged pianos to disappearing animal species to Dutch karaoke bars. The Washington Post calls it "riveting, gorgeous."

David Byrne has released "This Is That," a new track from his album American Utopia, due March 9. Byrne co-wrote the song with Daniel Lopatin, aka Oneohtrix Point Never. Uncut named it the month's Best New Music, calling it "one of the best songs of Byrne's storied career." "This Is That" can now be heard here and downloaded instantly with album pre-orders, along with the song "Everybody's Coming To My House."

Pianist/composer Tigran Hamasyan's five-song EP For Gyumri, his third recording on Nonesuch Records, is now available. "I believe that our childhood experience shapes who we become when we grow into adulthood," says Hamasyan. "For Gyumri is an ode to my birthplace, the town that nourished my childhood world with great experiences and made me who I am." He begins a tour in Vancouver tonight, followed by stops in Portland, Chicago, and NYC in the coming weeks.

The 2018 Tanglewood season has been announced, and among the artists slated to perform at the Lenox, MA, venue this summer are Emmylou Harris and Ry Cooder on a double bill, Chris Thile with Live From Here, Jeremy Denk in a solo recital, and Audra McDonald with the Boston Pops.

Brad Mehldau brings Three Pieces After Bach to Italy … Laurie Anderson is in East Hampton … Dan Auerbach brings Easy Eye Revue to California … Rhiannon Giddens plays free concert at Mississippi Museum of Art … Tigran Hamasyan performs in Vancouver, Portland … Gabriel Kahane brings new work to New York … Kronos Quartet is in Abu Dhabi … Robert Plant continues sold-out tour in Boston, Toronto … Rostam takes Half-Light tour out West …

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.

Congrats to Mandy Patinkin, who received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles yesterday. The ceremony was held in front of the Pantages Theater at 6243 Hollywood Boulevard, where Patinkin's star became the 2,629th on the Walk of Fame. Rupert Friend, Patinkin's Homeland co-star, and Patti LuPone, Patinkin's longtime friend and frequent touring partner, spoke at the event. You can watch the complete ceremony, including Patinkin's moving words of thanks, here. ​

Jonny Greenwood is the guest on a special bonus episode of the Adam Buxton Podcast, discussing his score to Paul Thomas Anderson's new film, Phantom Thread, and more. The podcast's latest full-length episode features an interview with Paul Thomas Anderson. You can hear both conversations here.

Laurie Anderson spoke with BBC Radio 6 Music's Mary Anne Hobbs, sharing memories of her early years in New York City and offering some favorites about life in the city now. You can listen to their conversation here.

Jonny Greenwood's Academy Award–nominated score to Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread is now available on CD, following its digital release earlier this year and ahead of the double-LP vinyl release on April 20. "This is startlingly expansive music," says the Guardian's Bim Adewunmi, "liable to make the listener believe they can leap buildings in a single bound, and when the strings sweep in, in the middle of 'House of Woodcock,' it’s all I can do to remain tethered to the Earth." IndieWire calls it "a masterpiece," the year's best score and one of the century's best as well.