Composer William Brittelle’s album Spiritual America is due May 3 on New Amsterdam / Nonesuch Records. Indie rock duo Wye Oak, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and the Metropolis Ensemble perform a genre-defying electro-acoustic song cycle written by Brittelle, plus a Wye Oak piece re-imagined by Brittelle. On the album, Brittelle works to reconcile his youth in a conservative Christian household with his adult life as an "agnostic Buddhist." The project began when he endured a family crisis and instinctively found himself praying to God. Pre-order the album for an instant download of the track "Forbidden Colors," which may be heard here.

Yola made her US national TV debut on CBS This Morning: Saturday, performing a Saturday Sessions set of songs from her Dan Auerbach–produced debut album, Walk Through Fire: "Faraway Look," "Ride Out in the Country," and "Love All Night (Work All Day)." You can watch the set here.

Nonesuch takes part in the Come Together vinyl market at MoMA PS1 in NYC … John Adams’s The Wound-Dresser is performed by NY Phil; he curates Lincoln Center Nightcap with Timo Andres, Attacca Quartet … Sam Amidon, Beth Orton perform at London benefit ... Jeremy Denk is in UK … Rhiannon Giddens, Mountain Man, Punch Brothers, Gabriel Kahane are at Big Ears in Knoxville … Kronos Quartet live-scores documentary in Nashville … Brad Mehldau performs in Luxembourg, France … Natalie Merchant concludes tour with Lúnasa … Yola performs on CBS This Morning: Saturday ...

The 2019 Big Ears Festival gets under way today, and as usual, featured among the performers are several Nonesuch artists: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi, Punch Brothers, Gabriel Kahane, and Mountain Man. Big Ears takes place at venues throughout downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, through Sunday.

Rhiannon Giddens's latest album, there is no Other, made with multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, is due May 3 on Nonesuch. Produced by Joe Henry and recorded over five days in Dublin, there is no Other is at once a condemnation of "othering" and a celebration of the spread of ideas, connectivity, and shared experience. Nonesuch Store pre-orders include an instant download of the track "I'm on My Way" (a video for which can be seen here) and an exclusive, limited-edition autographed print. Giddens and Turrisi will tour later this year.

Mountain Man's set at NPR Music's SXSW Tiny Desk Family Hour was among the "'Wow' Moments from SXSW 2019," said All Songs Considered. You can now watch the trio—Alexandra Sauser-Monnig, Molly Sarlé, Amelia Meath—perform three songs from the set: "AGT" from their album Magic Ship; Sarlé's "Human"; and "Grasses" by Daughter of Swords, Sauser-Monnig's new solo project. NPR's Stephen Thompson, in sharing this "softly joyful set," notes Mountain Man's "resplendent blend" and the "wonderful folk-pop songs" to come from Daughter of Swords.

Yola had a jam-packed week at SXSW, performing at showcases, radio sessions, and parties across Austin, including The Current Day Party, the 30-minute set from which you can watch here, and Andrew Bird's Live From the Great Room, their duet of "I Forgot to Be Your Lover" from which you can watch here as well. Yola's debut album, Walk Through Fire, is No. 1 on the UK Americana Album chart and is WFUV's New Dig. "Every so often, a musician emerges that really stops the world in its tracks. Yola," WFUV exclaims, "is one of those special talents."

Jeremy Denk was on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday to discuss his new album, c. 1300–c. 2000. "It's kind of an epic poem of human accomplishment and different ways of seeing the world through music," he says. "So as the centuries unfold, there's periods of impasse, you know, where how do you go on after Beethoven or how do you go on after Bach? What do you do next? How do you start fresh but still build on the past?" Denk performs at Wigmore Hall in London tonight and Saturday and can be heard on BBC Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert today and In Tune on Wednesday.

Lake Street Dive's Rachael Price was the guest vocalist on public radio's Live From Here last weekend. She joined guest host Jon Batiste, who was sitting in while Chris Thile is on tour with Punch Brothers, and the band on several songs, including the Ray Noble classic "The Very Thought of You" and Prince's "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" Watch both here.

This St. Patrick’s Day weekend, Natalie Merchant tours New York with the Irish band Lúnasa; Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi conclude their Ireland tour … Olivia Chaney continues UK tour in Bristol … Richard Goode joins NY Phil for Mozart ... Kronos Quartet is in Montreal … Brad Mehldau performs new Piano Concerto at the Barbican … Gaby Moreno concludes Australian tour … Mountain Man plays Houston, New Orleans … Punch Brothers, Gabriel Kahane tour US Northeast … Joshua Redman joins Joe Lovano at SFJAZZ … Rokia Traoré is in Luxembourg … Yola is at SXSW …

David Byrne's Nonesuch Records debut album, Grown Backwards, first released on March 16, 2004, makes its vinyl debut today, one day before the album's 15th anniversary. The double-vinyl edition is the original album plus six additional tracks, including a duet with Caetano Veloso on their song "Dreamworld." The bonus tracks are also available digitally in a deluxe edition of the album. It's "one of Byrne's most rewarding experiments yet," said the Guardian. "It fits alongside the best of his career," says Pitchfork.

Mountain Man's Alexandra Sauser-Monnig brought her solo project, Daughter of Swords, to the Paste Studio Austin live from the Riverview Bungalows during SXSW. She performed three songs: "Gem," the first music released from the debut Daughter of Swords album, due later this year on Nonesuch; "Grasses," another of her songs; and the shape-note tune "What Wondrous Love Is This." She also talks a bit about the tarot-card origins of the band name and working with producer Nick Sanborn of Sylvan Esso on the forthcoming album. You can watch the session here.