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 was in the Austin area to perform songs from its new album, Magic Ship, at NPR Music's SXSW Tiny Desk Family Hour, Willie Nelson's Luck Reunion, and South x San José. WFUV captured the trio's South x San José set, from which you can watch the trio perform "Moon" and "Baby Where You Are," here and listen to the complete set at wfuv.org.

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.

The Black Keys have confirmed an extensive, thirty-one-date arena tour of North America. The "Let's Rock" Tour will hit cities including Chicago, Nashville, New York, Los Angeles, and Austin. Special guests Modest Mouse will provide support on all dates, and Shannon & The Clams, *repeat repeat, and Jessy Wilson will each open select shows on the tour. The band also headlines 2019's Life Is Beautiful festival in Las Vegas on September 21.

Punch Brothers begin a US tour in Ithaca, NY, on Thursday, with label mate Gabriel Kahane joining as special guest along the way for all but two festival dates. The tour, featuring music from its Grammy-winning album All Ashore, includes shows all along the East Coast and into the Midwest, culminating at the Savannah Music Festival on March 30. Punch Brothers also have a sold-out show at Carnegie Hall in May with Nickel Creek and festival sets at Big Ears, Savannah, Spoleto, Telluride, and RockyGrass ahead. Gabriel Kahane is also at Big Ears and The Kennedy Center this month, and heads to Europe in April.

Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi spoke with RTÉ Lyric FM's Culture File about their current tour of Ireland, the many instruments they've brought along, and the repertoire they're performing, including some classical tunes that Giddens has adapted for the folk idiom. Hear the conversation here.

Mountain Man resumes its first US tour in six years in Texas this week, with sets at South x San José in Austin today and Willie Nelson's Luck Reunion on Thursday, and a headline concert at the Heights Theater in Houston on Saturday. The trio takes music from its new album, Magic Ship, to venues across the country this spring and festivals including Big Ears next week and Newport Folk and Pickathon this summer. 

The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2019–20 season, and featured among the performers taking the esteemed venue's stages are a number of artists familiar to readers of the Nonesuch Journal, including Laurie Anderson, Rokia Traoré, Kronos Quartet, and Pat Metheny, as well as works by Steve Reich.