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  • Friday, June 9, 2017

    Pat Metheny takes quartet tour to NYC, Boston … Rhiannon Giddens plays Spoleto, Chicago fests … Tigran Hamasyan concludes world tour in Germany … Shye Ben Tzur, Rajasthan Express perform Junun in Stockholm, London … Kronos Quartet is in California … Lake Street Dive opens for Jack Johnson … Randy Newman performs at Riverfest … Punch Brothers play across Midwest … Joshua Redman performs in Germany … The Staves close out tour in London … 

    Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend Events
  • Friday, June 9, 2017

    The New York Times has published a list of the 25 Best Films of the 21st Century So Far, and among them are three films for which Nonesuch Records released the soundtrack: Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 film There Will Be Blood, which tops the list (and features a score by Jonny Greenwood), Richard Linklater's 2014 film Boyhood, and Joel and Ethan Coen's 2013 film Inside Llewyn Davis.

    Journal Topics: Artist News
  • Thursday, June 8, 2017

    Fleet Foxes' highly anticipated third album, Crack-Up, is due out next Friday, June 16, but you don't need to wait till then to hear it: the album is streaming in full here as an NPR First Listen. "Making this together was the highlight of our lives so far and we're so glad to finally share it," says the band. "All love."

    Journal Topics: Artist News
  • Wednesday, June 7, 2017

    Fleet Foxes have released "If You Need To, Keep Time on Me," a third track from their forthcoming album, Crack-Up, due June 16. You can hear the song, which premiered as a World Record on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show, here. "If You Need To, Keep Time on Me" and the previously released tracks "Fool's Errand" and "Third of May / Ōdaigahara" are available to download now with pre-orders of Crack-Up.

    Journal Topics: Artist News
  • Wednesday, June 7, 2017

    Punch Brothers begin a US tour with a performance at ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin tonight. The two-week tour includes concerts in Dallas, Kansas City, Boulder, Denver, and Nashville, as well as festival sets at Blue Ox, Telluride Bluegrass, and more. The band will join forces with I'm With Her (Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan) and guitarist Julian Lage for the American Acoustic tour in July and August.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, On Tour
  • Tuesday, June 6, 2017

    Conor Oberst will extend his Salutations tour into the fall with a month of concerts in the US West and South. The newly added dates start at the Eccles Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 1 and include stops in Nashville, Athens, Charlotte, Charleston; five cities in Florida; and shows in Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Oberst, backed by The Felice Brothers, begins the summer tour in Denver on June 30, plays across the US through July, heads to Europe in August, and returns to the States to play in September and October.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, On Tour
  • Friday, June 2, 2017

    The Magnetic Fields bring 50 Song Memoir to Primavera Sound in Barcelona, where Shye Ben Tzur and the Rajasthan Express perform Junun …. Tigran Hamasyan is in Australia … Emmylou Harris headlines Nelsonville Music Festival … Lake Street Dive takes US tour down South … Pat Metheny concludes European tour … Conor Oberst brings Salutations South … Joshua Redman Trio tours Germany … The Staves are in Ireland … 

    Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend Events
  • Thursday, June 1, 2017

    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.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Video
  • Thursday, June 1, 2017

    Shye Ben Tzur and the Rajasthan Express will perform music from their 2015 album, Junun, which the Times of London called "one of the most inspired releases of the year ," on tour across Europe, starting with two nights in Italy: at the Locus Festival in Bari tonight, and Ravenna Festival on Friday. Jonny Greenwood will join the group for both shows. Ben Tzur and the Rajasthan Express will open for Radiohead in select cities in addition to their own tour stops.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, On Tour
  • Wednesday, May 31, 2017

    Nonesuch releases k.d. lang's Ingénue: 25th Anniversary Edition on July 14, 2017 (vinyl August 18), to celebrate the double platinum-selling, Grammy Award–winning album's silver anniversary. This new two-disc set includes remastered versions of the album's original ten tracks along with eight previously unreleased performances from lang's 1993 MTV Unplugged episode, recorded in New York City's Ed Sullivan Theater. You can watch her MTV Unplugged performance of "Constant Craving" here. Additionally, lang marks the anniversary with the Ingénue Redux Tour, which visits Australia and her home country of Canada this summer. Nonesuch Store pre-orders of the album include an exclusive, limited-edition print signed by lang.

    Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News
  • Wednesday, May 31, 2017

    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.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Television, Video
  • Wednesday, May 31, 2017

    Lake Street Dive begins an extensive US summer tour at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville tonight. The cross-country tour continues with headline and festival sets, as well as three shows supporting Jack Johnson and four with Amos Lee. The band also heads to Los Angeles for a special performance at the Hollywood Bowl for the Jazz at the Bowl series.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, On Tour