Journal
- Tuesday, April 16, 2024
The Black Keys have secured the No. 1 Current Rock Album and No. 1 Current Alternative Album in US sales following the release of their new album, Ohio Players, last week. The album also is the highest debut of the week on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums Chart and Top Alternative Albums Chart, at No. 5 on both charts, and has reached No. 4 on Overall Current Album sales and No. 26 on the Billboard 200. Internationally, Ohio Players is the band’s sixth consecutive top 20 album in the UK, as well as top 20 in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, and Switzerland, among others.
Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News, Reviews
- Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Lake Street Dive has added several new headlining shows to its spring and summer tour schedule, as well as several co-headlining concerts with The Wood Brothers. The new dates begin in Raleigh on June 7 and include shows in Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Colorado, Idaho, and Nevada. They follow Lake Street Dive's European tour in April and come before and after the band's shows with The Avett Brothers.
Journal Topics: Artist News, On TourMonday, February 11, 2019
Congratulations to Punch Brothers, Laurie Anderson, and Kronos Quartet, all of whom won Grammy Awards on Sunday! Punch Brothers' new album, All Ashore, won the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album, the band's first Grammy Award. Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet's collaboration Landfall won the Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance, Anderson's first Grammy Award.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsMonday, February 11, 2019
Gabriel Kahane will bring music from his Nonesuch debut album, Book of Travelers, to Europe on tour this April. The tour begins with performances of the complete 8980: Book of Travelers work from which the album was drawn in Paris and Lyon, followed by concerts in London, Dublin, Glasgow, Genk, Amsterdam, Brussels, The Hague, Berlin, and Nantes. Before then, Kahane has shows in the US and tours as special guest of Punch Brothers.
Journal Topics: Artist News, On TourFriday, February 8, 2019
Jeremy Denk's new album, c.1300–c.2000, is out now. The double album presents a centuries-long story of constantly emerging possibilities and styles 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. "A piano recital covering 700 years of music: by most accepted definitions, that ought to be not just an oxymoron but an impossibility," says the Telegraph. "But the usual barriers fall whenever Jeremy Denk is at the keyboard ... Quite exhilarating." "Full of contrast and surprise," says the Observer, "this is a richly personal gallery of sound."
Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist NewsFriday, February 8, 2019
Rhiannon Giddens performs her score for Nashville Ballet’s Attitude: Lucy Negro Redux premiere … Sam Amidon continues UK tour with Laura Veirs … Robert Ashley's Improvement is performed in NYC ... Emmylou Harris performs on Cayamo cruise … Kronos Quartet brings Music for Change: The Banned Countries to Carnegie Hall … k.d. lang performs on Americana Honors & Awards highlights show on PBS ...
Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend EventsThursday, February 7, 2019
Yola stopped by the Paste Studios in NYC for a live session ahead of her concert at Rockwood Music Hall yesterday. She performed the three songs that are out now from her forthcoming album, Walk Through Fire: “Ride Out in the Country,” “Love All Night (Work All Day),” and “Faraway Look.” You can watch the session here.
Journal Topics: Artist News, VideoTuesday, February 5, 2019
The singer Sanford Sylvan passed away at his home in New York City at the age of 65 last week. Nonesuch Chairman Emeritus Bob Hurwitz, who was the label's longtime president, brought Sandy to Nonesuch and served as executive producer on his recordings. He offers this remembrance.
Journal Topics: Artist News, StaffTuesday, February 5, 2019
Mountain Man will resume its first US tour in six years with performances throughout next month and into the summer. For a preview of what’s to come, the trio has shared a new video of a performance of Fiona Apple's "Hot Knife" from a sold-out hometown show at the Haw River Ballroom in North Carolina from late last year, which you can watch here.
Journal Topics:Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Chris Thile had a few familiar faces—and voices—join him as guests on Live From Here broadcast from Los Angeles last weekend. Nickel Creek—Thile, Sara Watkins, and Sean Watkins—reunited to perform "21st of May" and Sam Phillips's "Where Is Love Now?" from their album A Dotted Line, plus the instrumental "Scotch and Chocolate." You can watch all three performances here.
Journal Topics: Artist News, Radio, VideoMonday, February 4, 2019
Sam Amidon begins a tour of England, as special guest of singer-songwriter Laura Veirs, at the Norwich Arts Center tonight. The tour continues in Nottingham, York, Liverpool, Birmingham, and Winchester, culminating at The Bullingdom in Oxford on February 11.
Journal Topics: Artist News, On TourFriday, February 1, 2019
Yola'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, VideoFriday, 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 Events
