Olivia Chaney follows her 2015 Nonesuch debut, The Longest River, with Shelter, due June 15, 2018, on Nonesuch. The album, produced by Thomas Bartlett, is eight original songs plus Chaney's takes on Purcell's "O Solitude" and Frank Harford & Tex Ritter's "Long Time Gone," first recorded by the Everly Brothers. Pre-order to download the track "IOU" now and get an exclusive autographed print. Watch the "IOU" video here.

David Byrne has begun his North American American Utopia tour, with shows in San Diego, Arizona, and Las Vegas and sets at Coachella in the week ahead, and across the US and Canada in the months ahead. The tour includes songs from the new album as well as classics from his solo career and Talking Heads. A twelve-piece band joins Byrne on stage for an Annie-B Parson–choreographed concert that he has called "the most ambitious show I’ve done since Stop Making Sense."

The Brad Mehldau Trio launches a tour ahead of the release of the new album Seymour Reads the Constitution!, due May 18. The tour begins in Baton Rouge, followed by shows in Texas, Colorado, Utah, New York, and Massachusetts, including a three-night residency at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston. The group heads to Europe in May for shows in Berlin, Dublin, Amsterdam, Rome, Prague, and more.

Fleet Foxes launch their spring US Crack-Up tour at McDonald Theatre in Eugene, Oregon, tonight, making multiple stops in California—including sets at Coachella—and across the country, from Albuquerque to Atlanta, San Antonio, TX, to South Burlington, VT. There are summer dates on the books in the US and Europe as well.

Paul Thomas Anderson's Academy Award–winning film Phantom Thread, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, and Vicky Krieps, is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD in the US, following its recent digital release. The Guardian says there is "such pure delicious pleasure in this film"; Financial Times says Anderson "gets everything right here." The soundtrack, featuring Jonny Greenwood's Oscar-nominated score, is available on CD and digitally now, on vinyl April 20.

Olivia Chaney gave a special performance of Nick Drake's "River Man" at last week's BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, on his induction into the Folk Awards Hall of Fame. You can watch the performance here. Chaney tours the UK and Europe with Alela Diane starting Thursday at Union Chapel in London.

Congratulations to Rhiannon Giddens, nominated for her first Songlines Music Award, for her latest album, Freedom Highway, in the Americas category. The winners will be announced in the June issue of the magazine, on sale May 11. Songlines gave Freedom Highway four stars when it was released, calling the title track "the closing triumph to a wonderful set," and featured Giddens on the cover of the magazine later in the year.

Laurie Anderson is the Artist in Focus at Rewire Fest in The Hague … David Byrne brings American Utopia to Mexico … Michael Daves & Chris Eldridge play guitar at Brooklyn Folk Fest ... Richard Goode plays solo in St. Paul … Kronos Quartet is in Stanford … Audra McDonald performs at Savannah Music Fest … Robert Plant closes Australia tour in Perth … Rostam concludes spring Half-Light tour in Texas … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Minneapolis …

Laurie Anderson was on the BBC Radio 6 Music morning show with guest host Tom Ravenscroft, sitting in for Lauren Laverne, to discuss Landfall, her new album with Kronos Quartet, and All the Things I Lost in the Flood, her new book. You can hear the conversation here. Anderson discusses the book at the London Review Bookshop tonight and is the Rewire Festival Artist in Focus in The Hague this weekend.

Dan Auerbach returned to NPR’s Tiny Desk to bring in the Easy Eye Sound Revue, what host Bob Boilen calls “an explosion of talent.” The set includes the title track to Auerbach’s album Waiting on a Song and album tracks “Never in My Wildest Dreams” and “Shine on Me,” plus a special appearance from “powerhouse” Robert Finley on “Get It While You Can,” the opening track to Finley’s Auerbach-produced Easy Eye Sound release Goin’ Platinum!. Watch it here.

Lake Street Dive has shared an intimate video for the emotionally charged new song "I Can Change" from their forthcoming album, Free Yourself Up, due May 4. The video was created by Claire Marie Vogel. The band also announced more North American stops on their international tour of now more than fifty additional performances, included newly added shows in Cleveland, Portland, Atlanta, Austin, Memphis, Chicago, and more. Tickets go on sale on Friday, April 6.

The Staves and yMusic performed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in December to celebrate the release of their new album The Way Is Read. A video of their performance of the title track at the Walker is now available. Watch it here.