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  • Friday, June 29, 2018

    Chris Thile, Punch Brothers, Lake Street Dive are on Live From Here from Tanglewood; Emmylou Harris, Ry Cooder perform there too … David Byrne brings American Utopia to the Netherlands … Rhiannon Giddens plays ROMP fest … Kronos Quartet is at Caramoor … Pat Metheny continues quartet tour in Portugal … Robert Plant takes Carry Fire tour to Vancouver … Joshua Redman plays Still Dreaming in Midwest … Rokia Traoré performs in France …

    Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend Events
  • Thursday, June 28, 2018

    Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, and the Rajasthan Express, who begin a North American tour of music from their album Junun as guests of Radiohead next week, will take part in a screening of Paul Thomas Anderson's 2015 film Junun documenting the recording of the album. They will be at a screening and Q&A at the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn on July 9, simulcast at Alamo Drafthouse theaters across the US. While Junun is on tour, the film can also be seen at theaters in Houston, Chicago, Columbus, and Boston.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Film
  • Wednesday, June 27, 2018

    Lake Street Dive stopped by the Spotify Studios in NYC to perform "Good Kisser," from the album Free Yourself Up, and to offer a new spin on the Annie Lennox song "Walking on Broken Glass." Both are available now as exclusive Spotify Singles, which you can hear here. Lake Street Dive has begun the summer leg of its tour and will perform on the season finale of Live From Here with host Chris Thile and fellow guests Punch Brothers at Tanglewood on Saturday.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Web
  • Tuesday, June 26, 2018

    Punch Brothers performed "Three Dots and a Dash," from their forthcoming album, All Ashore, at Nashville's Layman Drug Company for a new video made by Alex Chaloff; watch it here. Get the album track now, along with the song "It's All Part of the Plan," when you pre-order the album. The band performs on the season finale of Live From Here, along with Lake Street Dive, this Saturday, and kicks off a summer tour on July 12.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Video
  • Monday, June 25, 2018

    Artist Shepard Fairey has shared a video featuring Robert Plant's song "New World," from his new album, Carry Fire, and images by Fairey and fellow artist Ernesto Yerena inspired by photographs by Aaron Huey. Watch the video and read what Plant had to say about it here.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Video
  • Friday, June 22, 2018

    Emmylou Harris and Punch Brothers return to Telluride Bluegrass Festival, where Chris Thile also hosts Live From Here … Laurie Anderson is artist in residence in Surfers Paradise, Australia … Tyondai Braxton is in Calgary … David Byrne brings American Utopia to Prague … Rhiannon Giddens brings Freedom Highway to New England … Lake Street Dive plays Ottawa Jazz Fest … The Magnetic Fields take 50 Song Memoir to Toronto … Robert Plant, Joshua Redman are out West …

    Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend Events
  • Friday, June 22, 2018

    Robert Plant was on CBC's Q. He spoke with host Tom Power about his new album, Carry Fire, traveling the world, his beloved Wolverhampton Wanderers football club, musical influences, eight-year-old drummer Yoyoka Soma's take on Led Zeppelin's "Good Times Bad Times," and more. Watch the conversation here. Plant's North American tour continues out West this weekend and heads to the Pacific Northwest next week.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Radio
  • Thursday, June 21, 2018

    David Byrne's American Utopia tour made its way to the UK for a week of sold-out shows, all met with rave reviews, starting with the NME's declaration: "The American Utopia tour may just be the best live show of all time." "An unforgettably unique, imaginative, and kaleidoscopically entrancing spectacle of music, dance, and theatre," exclaims the Telegraph. "This was something special." "One of the most mind-blowingly meticulous and awe-inspiring productions you could ever hope to see," says the Independent. "Perfection." "Daringly ambitious and full of joy," says the Evening Standard. "Mass exposure to his glorious, life-affirming American Utopia show alone would make the world a better place," says the Scotsman. "An extraordinary, ecstatic show."

    Journal Topics: Artist News, On Tour, Reviews
  • Tuesday, June 19, 2018

    Composer, pianist, and singer Gabriel Kahane makes his Nonesuch debut with the release of Book of Travelers on August 24, 2018; vinyl September 7. The album comprises his ten-song musical travelogue about the looping railway journey across the US he embarked upon the day after the 2016 Presidential election. He left behind his cell phone and other internet-connected devices, spending two weeks with dozens of strangers whose stories are woven into the cycle. Pre-order to download the track "November" now and get a limited-edition signed print. Kahane tours this fall and winter.

    Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News, Video
  • Tuesday, June 19, 2018

    Robert Plant, currently touring North America with his band the Sensational Space Shifters, was a guest on House of Strombo while in Toronto for the tour. The show welcomes 100 fans to the home of host George Stroumboulopoulos for an intimate conversation. Plant talks about his latest album, Carry Fire, performing Led Zeppelin songs on tour, watching the World Cup, and life on the road. "You've got to subscribe to nonsense," he says. Watch the conversation here.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Video
  • Monday, June 18, 2018

    Happy Pride! We're celebrating with an eclectic playlist of new and classic Nonesuch recordings by LGBTQ+ composers, performers, and allies, including The Magnetic Fields, k.d. lang, Rostam, Nico Muhly, Jeremy Denk, Fred Hersch, and more. Listen here via Spotify and Apple Music.

    Journal Topics: Web
  • Monday, June 18, 2018

    Joshua Redman, Brian Blade, Scott Colley, and Ron Miles, whose new album, Still Dreaming, was released in May, performed at Jazz in Marciac last year. They have now shared a video from that performance of the non-album track "Walls-Bridges"; you can watch it here. The band will tour North America this year with shows in Cleveland, Minneapolis, Iowa City, Newport, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, and more to come. Another group of which Redman is a part, James Farm, will tour Europe in October.

    Journal Topics: On Tour, Video