The Nonesuch Journal is taking a bit of a break for a summer holiday, ready to return with all the latest Nonesuch news on Thursday, July 28. Until then, the summer concert season remains in full swing, of course, and with plenty of great music being made around the world, here's a look at some of the many events featuring Nonesuch artists in the coming days, hopefully reaching wherever your summer travels may take you. For additional details and tickets links for these and other upcoming shows, head to nonesuch.com/on-tour.
The Nonesuch Journal is taking a bit of a break for a summer holiday, ready to return with all the latest Nonesuch news on Thursday, July 28. Until then, the summer concert season remains in full swing, of course, and with plenty of great music being made around the world, here's a look at some of the many events featuring Nonesuch artists in the coming days, hopefully reaching wherever your summer travels may take you. For additional details and tickets links for these and other upcoming shows, head to nonesuch.com/on-tour.
An Allen Toussaint Salute at the Hollywood Bowl
The late and legendary Allen Toussaint is being paid tribute to in a concert given by Dr. John and The Nite Trippers, The Allen Toussaint Band, and special guests Cyril Neville and Irma Thomas, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles tomorrow (7/20). Opening the evening, titled Yes We Can: An Allen Toussaint Salute, is New Orleans jazz-funk band Galactic.
Allen Toussaint's final recording, American Tunes, was released on Nonesuch Records last month to great critical acclaim, with the Los Angeles Times calling it "a rich pianistic tour de force of American music." Uncut magazine calls it "the perfect eulogy for one of America's true musical greats," and the Times of London writes, "Swan songs don't get any better."
Sam Amidon Plays Columbus Theatre
Sam Amidon plays a solo show at the Columbus Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday (7/22).
Amidon released his second Nonesuch album, Lily-O, in 2014. The collection of reimagined folk songs "showcases his ability to transform music," says NPR. "Every little unexpected twist shimmers with originality ... His highly personal approach opens a window on the American past and lets us feel it like nothing else around." The New York Times calls it "hauntingly beautiful."
The Arcs, in the midst of a North American tour, play a mix of festival and club dates, including the National in Richmond, Virginia, with special guests Mariachi Flor de Toloache tonight (7/19), the free Canalside festival in Buffalo (7/21), the Newport Folk Festival (7/22), CMAC in upstate New York as special guests of Ray LaMontagne (7/23), the Wayhome festival in Oro-Medonte, Ontario (7/24), a headlining club date at St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit (7/26), and, finally, two dates in Chicago: an Official Lollapalooza Aftershow at Park West (7/27), followed by a set at Lollapalooza in Grant Park the following day.
Devendra Banhart Performs in New Mexico
Devendra Banhart plays a solo set at Taos Mesa Brewing in Taos, New Mexico, tomorrow (7/20). Nonesuch releases the singer/songwriter/guitarist's new album, Ape in Pink Marble, on September 23. Banhart wrote, produced, arranged, and recorded the album in Los Angeles with his longtime collaborators Noah Georgeson and Josiah Steinbrick, both of whom also worked on his 2013 album, Mala. Ape in Pink Marble is available to pre-order now with an instant download of the album's opening track, "Middle Names."
Tyondai Braxton Leads EP Release Show in Brooklyn
Tyondai Braxton marks the arrival of his self-released Oranged Out EP at National Sawdust in Brooklyn on Friday (7/22). Fellow experimental forerunners Zs and harpist Mary Lattimore perform opening sets at the show, a Time Out New York Critic’s Pick. The new five-song EP was released last month, via Bandcamp as a pay-what-you-want download, with proceeds supporting the work of Everytown for Gun Safety.
Braxton made his Nonesuch Records debut with the release of his album HIVE1, about which NPR says: "[W]hat sets this album apart is its playfulness—the feeling that experimenting with sound is a joyful game."
Olivia Chaney Plays Underneath the Stars Festival
Olivia Chaney performs songs from her solo debut album, The Longest River, at Cannon Hall Farm, as part of the Underneath the Stars Festival, in Barnsley, United Kingdom, on Friday (7/22). “Live,” the New Yorker writes, “Chaney has a casual yet commanding presence … it’s as if a mystical spirit has entered the room. With an earthiness to her expressive soprano, Chaney is bringing the grand tradition of British folk music into the twenty-first century.”
Brad Mehldau Tours Europe with John Scofield, Mark Guiliana
Brad Mehldau, drummer Mark Guiliana (with whom he paired up for the Grammy-nominated album Mehliana: Taming the Dragon), and guitarist John Scofield bring their extensive European tour near its conclusion with a set at the Istanbul Jazz Festival tonight (7/19), Jazzaldia in San Sebastián, Spain, on Friday (7/22), and Teatro della Fortuna in Fano, Italy, on Sunday (7/24). The Telegraph, reviewing the trio’s set at the Love Supreme Festival earlier this month, writes: “Guiliana’s polythymic patterning was always ingenious, Mehldau’s post-bop acoustic piano always tasteful, and Scofield’s high soft-edged keening always admirable.” The New Yorker exclaims: "The omnivorously eclectic trouble these three get into will be worth the price of admission."
Pat Metheny Concludes Tour with Ron Carter
Pat Metheny concludes his run of European dates with legendary bassist Ron Carter with a set at Molde Jazz Festival in Norway tonight (7/19).
Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters Tour Europe
Robert Plant continues his month-long tour of Europe and the UK with three shows in Italy: at the Assago Summer Arena in Milan tomorrow (7/20), Arena Flegrea in Naples on Friday (7/22), and Teatro Antico di Taormina in Taormina on Sunday (7/24). Plant and company move on to the Czech Republic for a show at Amfiteátr Lochotín in Plzeň on Wednesday (7/27). The tour continues into August, concluding at the Wilderness Festival at Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire.
Joshua Redman Visits Norway with Violinist Ola Kvernberg
Joshua Redman, after an extensive summer tour with his quartet, plays his last show of the season as a duo with violinist Ola Kvernberg at Molde Jazz in Norway tomorrow (7/20).
Redman’s first duo album with longtime friend and collaborator Brad Mehldau, Nearness, recorded live on tour in Europe, will be released September 9. The album is available to pre-order now with an instant download of the opening track, “Ornithology.” The duo will tour the US, Asia, and Europe this fall, following the record’s release.
Seminal Steve Reich Works Performed at Lincoln Center
Steve Reich’s Triple Quartet, WTC 9/11, and Different Trains, all written for and first recorded by Kronos Quartet, are performed on a program by Ensemble Signal and JACK Quartet at The Appel Room at Lincoln Center in New York City, tonight (7/19), as part of Lincoln Center’s Festival’s Reich/Reverberations series.
The series concludes on Thursday (7/21) when Ensemble Signal performs Double Sextet and Music for 18 Musicians. Nonesuch released a recording of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Double Sextet performed by eighth blackbird, which commissioned the piece, in 2010. The 1998 Grammy Award-winning Nonesuch recording of Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich and Musicians was released on double vinyl last year.
Vanity Fair, in light of Reich’s current and forthcoming 80th birthday tributes, ran a feature on the composer, calling him “America’s Most Important Living Composer." In the article, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, who will lead the San Francisco Symphony in a series of Reich birthday events this fall, writes that his "radiant music reflects a lifetime of inspiration and determination.” You can read the article, in its entirety, here.
The Staves Play Newport Folk Festival
The Staves play the Fort Stage at Newport Folk Festival on Friday (7/22). The trio has two more festival dates slated for the summer: the Edmonton Folk Festival and the Eaux Claire Music and Arts Festival, founded by Justin Vernon, who produced the group’s Nonesuch debut album, If I Was, and recent EP, Sleeping In A Car. DIY Magazine, reviewing a recent show at London’s Royal Festival Hall, praises The Staves’ “power to reach out and entrance with their tumbling harmonies, leaving the crowd hanging on every word … There’s no showy stagecraft on show, yet the whole room is smitten.”
Chris Thile, Béla Fleck Close Out Tour in California
Chris Thile concludes his tour of the United States with banjoist Béla Fleck with two shows in California: at the Fox Theater in Oakland tonight (7/19), and the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles tomorrow (7/20). The Omaha World Herald, reviewing the tour’s opening concert, at the Holland Performing Arts Center last week, says “the interplay between the two men and their instruments was transcendent.”
Thile joins Andrew Bird as a guest on Bird's Facebook Live series, Live from the Great Room, on Wednesday (7/20) at 1:30 PM PST. Tune in then via Bird's Facebook page.
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