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  • Friday, February 23, 2018

    Celebrating the 25th anniversary of her Grammy-winning, critically acclaimed album Ingénue, k.d. lang launches a twenty-city concert tour that will bring a live performance of the platinum-selling record to venues across the US, starting in the Pacific Northwest this weekend. Fans in cities such as Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Denver, Minneapolis, Boston, and NYC can experience the album live, performed in its entirety. The tour follows the release of a re-mastered, two-disc Anniversary Edition of Ingénue on Nonesuch last year.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, On Tour
  • Friday, February 23, 2018

    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 …

    Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend Events
  • Thursday, February 22, 2018

    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.

    Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News
  • Friday, February 16, 2018

    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."

    Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News
  • Friday, February 16, 2018

    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."

    Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News
  • Friday, February 16, 2018

    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.

    Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News
  • Friday, February 16, 2018

    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.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, On Tour
  • Friday, February 16, 2018

    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 …

    Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend Events
  • Wednesday, February 14, 2018

    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.

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  • Tuesday, February 13, 2018

    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. ​

    Journal Topics: Artist News
  • Monday, February 12, 2018

    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.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Radio
  • Monday, February 12, 2018

    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.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Radio