Journal
- Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Marcus Gilmore will tour the US in April—with concerts in California, Texas, Indiana, Michigan, and Massachusetts—then head to Hong Kong and Japan for five shows in May. Prior to that, Mehldau will play several solo sets across Europe, including those with music from his new album Après Fauré, in Madrid, Barcelona, London, Lyon, Paris, Grenoble, Bordeaux, Rome, and Vienna.
Journal Topics: Artist News, On Tour
- Friday, February 1, 2019
John Adams leads Dallas Symphony Orchestra in his Violin Concerto, Short Ride in a Fast Machine … Jeremy Denk performs solo at Carnegie Hall … Kronos Quartet performs live to film screening in Indiana … Joshua Redman Quartet plays Chicago, Boulder … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Los Angeles with Nickel Creek, Sara Watkins …
Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend EventsFriday, February 1, 2019Yola's video for her single "Love All Night (Work All Day)" has premiered via Relix, which says: "The song showcases the warm, soulful vocals that continue to engage new audiences across the globe." The track is the third pre-release song from her forthcoming, Dan Auerbach–produced debut solo album, Walk Through Fire, due February 22 on his Easy Eye Sound label. You can watch the video, directed by Dan Teef, here.
Journal Topics: Artist News, VideoThursday, January 31, 2019Joshua Redman Quartet’s new album, Come What May, is due March 29 on Nonesuch Records. This is the first recording in almost two decades for this group of musicians—the recently Grammy-nominated saxophonist and his longtime friends and colleagues pianist Aaron Goldberg, bassist Reuben Rogers, and drummer Gregory Hutchinson—and features seven Redman tunes. The Quartet tours internationally throughout this year. Pre-order in the Nonesuch Store to download the album track "How We Do" now and get an exclusive, limited-edition print autographed by the group while supplies last.
Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist NewsThursday, January 31, 2019Pianist Jeremy Denk's new album, c. 1300–c. 2000, out next Friday, February 8, is streaming in full till then as an NPR First Listen. The new album presents a centuries-long story of musical expression, an evolution drawn in a single arc by the music of twenty-four different composers, from Guillaume de Machaut to György Ligeti. "Life, of course, runs in cycles," NPR's Tom Huizenga concludes in his First Listen review, "and Denk's c.1300–c.2000 lets us know that music—with its special powers of creation, expiration and restoration—does, too."
Journal Topics: Artist News, WebWednesday, January 30, 2019Carnegie Hall has announced its 2019–20 concert season, and featured among the performers taking the esteemed hall's stages are Brad Mehldau, Kronos Quartet, Jeremy Denk, Timo Andres, and Ry Cooder, as well as the New York premiere of a new work by John Adams.
Journal Topics: Artist News, On TourTuesday, January 29, 2019New Amsterdam and Nonesuch Records will join forces to release about three albums a year over an initial three-year period. The two labels, each committed to supporting the work of several generations of American composers, will combine resources to share newly-recorded music with a wider audience. The first three releases will be by composers Caroline Shaw, William Brittelle, and Daniel Wohl.
Journal Topics: Artist News, NewsMonday, January 28, 2019Gaby Moreno once again sat in with the band on public radio's Live From Here with Chris Thile from Chicago this past weekend, joining Thile and guest Jason Isbell on vocals for a number of songs. She also performed a new song called "Nobody's Wrong," which you can watch here.
Journal Topics: Artist News, Radio, VideoFriday, January 25, 2019Kronos Quartet showcases Fifty for the Future with Bay Area students in Berkeley … Sam Amidon is in Norway ... Laurie Anderson gives climate action event keynote in Houston ... Jeremy Denk plays solo in North Carolina and New York … Tigran Hamasyan tours UK … Gabriel Kahane brings Book of Travelers to San Francisco … Lake Street Dive concludes current US tour in New Orleans … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Chicago with Gaby Moreno …
Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend EventsFriday, January 18, 2019Jonny Greenwood's acclaimed score to Paul Thomas Anderson's Academy Award–winning film There Will Be Blood, first released on Nonesuch in 2007, is now available on vinyl worldwide for the first time. Indiewire named it one of the 25 Best Movie Scores of the 21st Century. The LP was mastered for vinyl at Abbey Road Studios and pressed at Record Industry in the Netherlands with two additional tracks, and housed in an old-style gatefold jacket. The album is also available as an HD digital download for the first time.
Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist NewsFriday, January 18, 2019Lake Street Dive will join The Avett Brothers as special guests on their US tour this summer, with shows in Kansas City, Salt Lake City, and Red Rocks in July, and out West in August with concerts in Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and California, including the Greek theaters in Berkeley and LA. Lake Street Dive is currently leading its own US headline tour and begins a European tour in April.
Journal Topics: Artist News, On TourFriday, January 18, 2019Gabriel Kahane brings Book of Travelers out West … Sam Amidon, Nico Muhly join Aurora Orchestra in London … Jeremy Denk is in Cleveland, Pittsburgh … Rhiannon Giddens is in Turin … Tigran Hamasyan joins Brussels Philharmonic, plays solo in Manchester … Lake Street Dive, Joshua Redman are in Florida … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Durham …
Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend EventsFriday, January 18, 2019British rising country soul star Yola's debut solo album, Walk Through Fire, produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, will be released February 22, 2019, on Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound label, distributed by Nonesuch Records. "The moment I met Yola I was impressed," says Auerbach. "Her spirit fills the room, just like her voice … she has the ability to sing in a full roar or barely a whisper and that is a true gift." Videos for two songs from the album, "Faraway Look" and "Ride Out in the Country," can be seen here.
Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News