Natalie Merchant sits down for an in-depth conversation about her 2014 self-titled album and the "intimate portraits" she creates in its songs. "I remember reading that Virginia Woolf thought that Mrs. Dalloway was the first novel that she ever wrote after she had found her voice," she says in the interview. "And she was 43. You can't find your voice until you've lived for a long time."

The video for Natalie Merchant's "Ladybird," off her 2014 self-titled album, was directed by Dan Winters. Rolling Stone, which premiered the video, says: "A lilting lullaby for happier times, the song is vintage Merchant."

The video for Natalie Merchant's "Giving Up Everything," off her 2014 self-titled album, was directed by Dan Winters and premiered on NPR. "Rarely is an artist as honest and revealing as Natalie Merchant in her new video and song," says NPR Music. "Watch the video, let it settle in your bones, and watch again."

Mehliana, the electric duo featuring Brad Mehldau and drummer Mark Guiliana, performs "Sleeping Giant" off their 2014 Nonesuch album, Mehliana: Taming the Dragon, live at Largo in Los Angeles in October 2013. Mehldau performs on Fender Rhodes and an arsenal of vintage synthesizers while Guiliana accompanies on drums and effects. Video directed/recorded by Alex Chaloff.

Mehliana, the electric duo featuring Brad Mehldau and drummer Mark Guiliana, performs "Just Call Me Nige" off their 2014 Nonesuch album, Mehliana: Taming the Dragon, live at Largo in Los Angeles in October 2013. Mehldau performs on Fender Rhodes and an arsenal of vintage synthesizers while Guiliana accompanies on drums and effects. Video directed/recorded by Alex Chaloff.

On 2012's Grammy-winning album Unity Band, Pat Metheny recorded with a band that highlighted tenor saxophone for the first time since 1980, featuring Chris Potter on sax and bass clarinet, Antonio Sanchez on drums, and Ben Williams on bass. With Kin (←→), out February 2014, Metheny has added multi-instrumentalist Giulio Carmassi and christened the ensemble Pat Metheny Unity Group. Watch a preview, set to various songs from the album, here.

Mehliana, the electric duo featuring Brad Mehldau and drummer Mark Guiliana, performs "Hungry Ghost" off their 2014 Nonesuch album, Mehliana: Taming the Dragon, live at Largo in Los Angeles in October 2013. Mehldau performs on Fender Rhodes and an arsenal of vintage synthesizers while Guiliana accompanies on drums and effects. Video directed/recorded by Alex Chaloff.

On Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 1, mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile performs three Bach works written for solo violin: Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; and Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003. Here he performs the G minor sonata live, in full.

The official music video for "Leslie," from How I Knew Her, the Nonesuch debut album from Nataly Dawn of Pomplamoose, was directed by Eric Kallevig, who "did something magical to my sad song," Dawn tells American Songwriter: "he cast light on the story behind the lyrics, without sacrificing any of the mystery."

Inside Llweyn Davis follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles—some of them of his own making. Directors: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. Writers: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Producers: Scott Rudin, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Cast: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Justin Timberlake.