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  • Tuesday, November 29, 2016

    Devendra Banhart, who has announced several US tour dates for early 2017, now announces several shows in Europe and the UK to follow. The tour begins at Auditorium di Milano on April 3, followed by concerts in Munich, Berlin, Brussels, Rotterdam, and Paris, culminating at Hackney Empire in London on April 12. Tickets for the London show go on sale November 30; the remaining shows go on sale Friday, December 2.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, On Tour
  • Monday, November 28, 2016

    Devendra Banhart has added 21 additional shows to follow his recently announced tour of the US West in early 2017. The new leg of begins in New Mexico on February 12 and continues into mid-March, with stops in Austin, Atlanta, Miami, Minneapolis, Chicago, Cambridge, Philadelphia, DC, and more, culminating at Webster Hall in NYC on March 16. Tickets for the newly announced shows go on sale this Friday, December 2.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, On Tour
  • Monday, November 28, 2016

    Happy Cyber Monday! The savings continue as the Nonesuch Store anniversary sale, which began last week, rolls into Cyber Monday and beyond, with all currently available CDs, LPs, DVDs, MP3s, FLAC, and merchandise here at nonesuch.com (pre-orders excluded) 15% off the everyday low prices listed on the site; the sale discount will be show at checkout.

    Journal Topics: News
  • Friday, November 25, 2016

    Today is the day after Thanksgiving in the US and that means, among other things, Record Store Day Black Friday, offering unique recordings from some of your favorite artists, including a new, limited-edition, black 7" vinyl by Conor Oberst, available at independent record shops. The vinyl features a new full-band recording of "Tachycardia," a song on Oberst's new solo album, Ruminations, paired with "Afterthought," an unreleased track from the Ruminations recording sessions. To pick up a copy while supplies last, head to a record store near you.

     

    Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News
  • Wednesday, November 23, 2016

    In December 2007, the Nonesuch Store opened at nonesuch.com with just a couple of new releases. Now, nine years later, the store has grown to include hundreds of new and classic Nonesuch albums. To celebrate this anniversary, everything now on the site that's out now—CDs, LPs, DVDs, MP3s, FLAC, and merchandise; pre-orders excluded—is 15% off our everyday low prices. That's 15% off the already discounted prices listed on the site on hundreds of CDs, dozens of recordings on vinyl, some unforgettable DVDs, and hundreds of MP3s—including classic recordings no longer in print—and, for digital audiophiles, scores of FLAC lossless and HD FLAC files too; plus our new line of Nonesuch merchandise. The total savings will be reflected at checkout.

    Journal Topics: Artist News
  • Monday, November 21, 2016

    Conor Oberst stopped by WFUV in NYC last month to perform three songs from his new album, Ruminations—"A Little Uncanny," "Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch)," and "Gossamer Thin"—and talk with host Carmel Holt for an FUV Live session. You can watch the performances here and hear the interview on the air tonight on 90.7 FM. Oberst takes his US tour to the one and only Carnegie Hall in NYC this Wednesday night, followed by two nights of sold-out shows both in Chicago and LA.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Radio
  • Friday, November 18, 2016

    The Magnetic Fields premiere 50 Song Memoir at MASS MoCA … John Adams is performed by Saint Louis Symphony, Baltimore Symphony … Rhiannon Giddens, Dirk Powell tour California … Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell's Americana Music Awards performance airs on PBS … Kronos Quartet plays Bologna Jazz Fest … Lake Street Dive concludes tour of UK, Ireland … Chris Thile hosts A Prairie Home Companion with The Staves as guests … and more …

    Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend Events
  • Friday, November 18, 2016

    Dutch composer Louis Andriessen has been awarded The Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music at the New York Philharmonic. The honor recognizes a composer for extraordinary artistic endeavor in the field of new music, and is one of the world's largest new-music prizes, consisting of $200,000 and a commission to compose a work for the New York Philharmonic. The Philharmonic will give the World Premiere of a new orchestral work by Andriessen in the 2018–19 season. Nonesuch Records President Robert Hurwitz offers an appreciation here.

    Journal Topics: Artist News
  • Thursday, November 17, 2016

    The Magnetic Fields' 50 Song Memoir, chronicling the 50 years of songwriter Stephin Merritt's life with one song per year, is due March 10, 2017, on Nonesuch. Merritt sings vocals on all 50 songs and plays more than 100 instruments, from ukulele to piano to drum machine to abacus. Unlike his previous work, the lyrics are nonfiction—a mix of autobiography (bedbugs, Buddhism, buggery) and documentary (hippies, Hollywood, hyperacusis). Available in five-LP and five-CD editions including an extensive interview by Daniel Handler and facsimile handwritten lyrics by Merritt, and as a standalone bound book with a full-album download card. Pre-order to download one song from each decade now. For a limited time, Nonesuch Store pre-orders also come with an exclusive autographed print.

    Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News
  • Wednesday, November 16, 2016

    Nonesuch Records releases the three-CD box set The Randy Newman Songbook on December 16, 2016, following its recent release on vinyl. Nonesuch's Randy Newman Songbook series—comprising solo recordings of songs from throughout Newman's five-decade career—previously included two volumes, released on CD in 2003 and 2011. Sixteen additional songs from a newly released third volume, along with five bonus tracks ("Feels Like Home," "A Wedding in Cherokee County," "Family Album: Homage to Alfred, Emil and Lionel Newman," "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country," and "I'm Dreaming"), join those first two volumes to create this new complete Songbook box set. Mitchell Froom produced The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 1 (which has been remastered for this box set) and was joined on Vol. 2 and Vol. 3 by Newman's lifelong friend and colleague Lenny Waronker. Pre-order to download "Guilty" now.

    Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News
  • Tuesday, November 15, 2016

    Nonesuch labelmates mandolinist/singer Chris Thile and pianist Brad Mehldau played a two-night stand at NYC's Bowery Ballroom at the end of 2015 before going into the studio to record Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau, a mix of covers and original songs due January 27, 2017, on two CDs / LPs. The vinyl edition includes a bonus performance of Fiona Apple's "Fast As You Can." Pre-orders include an instant download of the album track "Scarlet Town," written by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch. You can watch a live performance of the song here.

    Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News
  • Tuesday, November 15, 2016

    Chris Thile, the new host of the public radio show A Prairie Home Companion and duo partner of label mate Brad Mehldau on a just-announced forthcoming album, was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night. He sat in with Jon Batiste & Stay Human throughout the show and was accompanied by them in a performance of "My Oh My," a song from the 2015 Punch Brothers album The Phosphorescent Blues. You can watch that performance here. Also on the show were Eddie Redmayne, Alton Brown, and Bernie Sanders.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Television, Video