Composer William Brittelle’s Spiritual America, due May 3, is, at its heart, a bedroom recording—intimate, ruminative, highly personal—but one of decidedly monumental proportions. Here, Brittelle speaks with writer Michael Hill about Spiritual America, on which electric guitars and haunting electronics are as integral as orchestra and choir.

Brad Mehldau's Finding Gabriel will be released on Nonesuch on May 17, 2019. The album comprises nine thematically related songs by Mehldau and features performances by him on piano, synthesizers, percussion, Fender Rhodes, and vocals. Guest musicians include Ambrose Akinmusire, Sara Caswell, Kurt Elling, Joel Frahm, Mark Guiliana, Gabriel Kahane, Becca Stevens, and others. Nonesuch Store pre-orders include an instant download of the opening track, "The Garden," the video for which can be seen here, and an exclusive, limited-edition print.

Gabriel Kahane has brought music from his Nonesuch debut album, Book of Travelers, to Europe on tour. The tour begins with performances of the complete 8980: Book of Travelers work from which the album was drawn in Paris and Lyon this week, followed by concerts in London, Dublin, Glasgow, Genk, Amsterdam, Brussels, The Hague, Berlin, and Nantes.

Joshua Redman Quartet’s new album, Come What May, is out now on Nonesuch Records. This is the first recording in almost two decades for this group of musicians: the saxophonist and his longtime friends and colleagues pianist Aaron Goldberg, bassist Reuben Rogers, and drummer Gregory Hutchinson. "Nothing beats the cool confidence of a band who have spent years on the road,” says the four-star Times review. “It also helps that the seven Redman tunes here are so good ... Four men playing as one." The Quartet tours throughout this spring and summer.

Punch Brothers, Gabriel Kahane conclude US tour in Florida; Punch Brothers play Savannah Music Festival in Georgia ... David Byrne inducts Radiohead into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ... Olivia Chaney concludes tour in Belfast … Jeremy Denk joins Hungarian National Philharmonic in Budapest … Mountain Man plays Virginia … Joshua Redman Quartet begins two-week tour in Albany and Massachusetts …

Yola was on Le Figaro's Live Musique to discuss and perform songs from her debut album, Walk Through Fire: "Ride Out in the Country" and "Faraway Look." Yola, whom Le Figaro calls "le souffle puissant de l'americana," also offered her take on Sheryl Crow's song "A Change Will Do You Good." You can watch the performance and interview here.

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.