Laurie Anderson is the subject of the cover story of the April 2011 issue of Art Review magazine. The article, written by Jonathan T.D. Neil with photography by Nick Haymes, coincides with the opening of a new exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery in London titled Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown, Gordon Matta-Clark: Pioneers of the Downtown Scene, New York 1970s, which runs through May 22. In the article, Neil examines Anderson's explorations of sound and the human voice, from her early "tape-bow violin" experiments in the '70s to her latest Nonesuch album, Homeland, and its inclusion of her male "alter ego," Fenway Bergamot. You can read the complete cover story online by logging on to artreviewdigital.com.

Running concurrently with the Barbican exhibition, the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) in Rio de Janeiro opened a retrospective of Anderson's work, titled I in U (Eu em Tu), last week, as noted in the Nonesuch Journal. It runs through June 26.

Anderson will perform in the Concert for Japan, presented by Japan Society in New York City this Saturday, April 9. The 12-hour marathon event will feature performances by Anderson, Philip Glass, John Zorn, Lou Reed, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Hal Willner, and others, with 100% of the proceeds going to the Japan Earthquake Releif Fund, which will benefit organizations that directly help people affected by the earthquake and tsunamis that struck Japan. Tickets are sold out for Anderson's concert but remain available for other events that day. For more information, visit japansociety.org.

On Sunday, April 17, Anderson will appear at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, New York, to read Raphael, a new short story written by James Salter, as part of the opening-weekend events of the museum's new exhibition Julião Sarmento: Artists and Writers/House and Home. Sarmento will be present for the reading, which will take place in the Museum’s galleries. Tickets are free with museum admission. Reservations are required. For more information, go to parrishart.org.

At the end of the month, on April 29, Anderson will curate and emcee Poetry: The Second Skin, a multimedia exploration of the relationship between poetry and music, at the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center. The event is part of the PEN World Voices Festival and will include poets from Scotland, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Israel, Germany, Georgia, Poland, Denmark, and the US, along with surprise guests. For tickets, visit ovationtix.com.

For information on these and other upcoming events, go to nonesuch.com/on-tour. To pick up a copy of the Homeland CD/DVD, head to the Nonesuch Store now.