Composer, pianist, and singer Gabriel Kahane's Nonesuch Records debut album, Book of Travelers, released on CD and digitally last month, is now available on vinyl. To pick up a copy, head to your local independent record store, Bandcamp, Amazon, and the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout. Book of Travelers is also available to download on iTunes and to stream at Apple Music and Spotify Kahane begins an international tour in Philadelphia tonight; dates and ticket links are below and at nonesuch.com/on-tour.

Book of Travelers comprises a ten-song musical travelogue Kahane wrote after the journey he embarked upon the day after the 2016 Presidential election: a looping, 8,980-mile railway journey through the United States. He left behind his cell phone and other internet-connected devices, spending the next two weeks with dozens of strangers whose stories are woven into the cycle.

"[An] articulate, musically far-reaching travelogue," says Uncut. "Exquisitely crafted songs … full of affection for their inhabitants … Musically fascinating and hauntingly empathetic." "A generous, beautiful snapshot of America," says the San Francisco Chronicle. "Extraordinary ... vivid and wholly original ... The range on display is astonishing ... A stirring, subtly delineated dispatch from a nation in turmoil."Rolling Stone calls it a "stunning portrait of a singular moment in America."

"It is the rare piece of art that aims... not merely to suggest that political art is personal art but to interlock those categories inextricably," writes Pitchfork . "Like his frequent collaborator Sufjan Stevens, Kahane has the rare ability to turn arcane information into winning tunes ... That he's able to do this with nothing more than a few keyboards, subtle effects, and his sensitive voice makes Kahane's melodies and performances here all the more remarkable; there are no gilded strings or cascading choirs to sweep you along, just stories translated into exquisite little songs."

You can watch five videos of songs from the album here:

GABRIEL KAHANE ON TOUR

* w/Andrew Bird & National Symphony
** 8980: Book of Travelers