Laurie Anderson’s Amelia comprises twenty-two tracks about renowned female aviator Amelia Earhart’s tragic last flight. Anderson wrote the music and lyrics for this subjective narrative piece. On the album, she is joined by the Czech orchestra Filharmonie Brno, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, and Anohni, Gabriel Cabezas, Rob Moose, Ryan Kelly, Martha Mooke, Marc Ribot, Tony Scherr, Nadia Sirota, and Kenny Wollesen. “I spend a lot of time in the studio by myself doing stuff ... with a bunch of instrument panels, and I felt like I was making something that was gonna go somewhere somehow, so I had a feel for her,” Anderson tells author and journalist Jonathan Cott in a conversation about the project and her connection to Earhart. You can see what else she had to say in that conversation and one with Dennis Russell Davies, as well as archival photographs and film, and songs from the album, in this video on the making of Amelia, made by Robert Edridge-Waks.

As part of the year-long celebration of Nonesuch Records' 60th anniversary, composer and guitarist Yasmin Williams joins the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists stop by the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. Williams stopped by and chose recordings by Makaya McCraven, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Tigran Hamasyan, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Sam Amidon.

“Senso Comune,” from Caroline Shaw's original score for the Ken Burns film LEONARDO da VINCI. The album features performances by the composer’s longtime collaborators Attacca Quartet, Sō Percussion, and Roomful of Teeth as well as John Patitucci. Shaw wrote and recorded new music for Leonardo da Vinci, marking the first time a Ken Burns film has featured an entirely original score.

A video for The Staves’ "Waiting for the Joy," a track recorded during the sessions for the band’s 2024 album, All Now. “The song began in the throes of the first lockdown when the feeling of isolation was so prominent," the duo’s Jessica and Camilla Staveley say. “Everyone seemed so inspired, and we were worried that we weren't inspired by music in general anymore.”

DAVÓNE TINES & THE TRUTH’s “THE HOUSE I LIVE IN” from ROBESON, Tines’ solo recording debut. On the album, the musician grapples with the legacy of a hero. Exploding the musical repertoire of Paul Robeson, Tines and his band the Truth—pianist John Bitoy and sound artist Khari Lucas—take listeners on a trip from the stage of Carnegie Hall to the floor of a Moscow hotel room in an attempt to understand an icon not through aspiring to his monumentality, but through connecting to his vulnerability. The video is directed by Davóne Tines with cinematography and editing by Derrick Belcham.

“Intentions of the Mind,” from Caroline Shaw's original score for the Ken Burns film LEONARDO da VINCI. The album features performances by the composer’s longtime collaborators Attacca Quartet, Sō Percussion, and Roomful of Teeth as well as John Patitucci. Shaw wrote and recorded new music for Leonardo da Vinci, marking the first time a Ken Burns film has featured an entirely original score.

As part of the year-long celebration of Nonesuch Records' 60th anniversary, Kronos Quartet founder, artistic director, and violinist David Harrington joins the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists stop by the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. Harrington stopped by and chose recordings by Carlos Paredes, Dumisani Abraham Maraire, Astor Piazzolla, and Steve Reich.

Ringdown—the cinematic pop duo of creator-musicians Caroline Shaw and Danni Lee Parpan—share a music video for “Ghost,” its second single on Nonesuch Records. The footage is filmed by Ringdown, except performance footage from the band's April 2024 concert at Public Records in Brooklyn filmed by Four/Ten Media.

As part of the year-long celebration of Nonesuch Records' 60th anniversary, Laurie Anderson joins the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists stop by the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. Anderson stopped by and chose recordings by Randy Newman, Steve Reich, Conor Oberst, Philip Glass, Bill Frisell, John Adams, and Rhys Chatham.

The video for “Sing On,” from Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion's 2024 album, Rectangles and Circumstance. Directed by Evan Chapman and Kevin Eikenberg for Four/Ten Media.