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  • Shawn Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpenter
    Thursday, February 21, 2013
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    Shawn Colvin & Mary Chapin Carpenter Launch North American Duo Tour

    Shawn Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpenter launch a North American tour together with a performance in Charlotte, North Carolina, tonight. These longtime friends will share the stage as an intimate duo, performing material spanning their vast catalogs as well as some of their favorite songs. This first leg of the tour includes an additonal stop in North Carolina and shows through the South. Following Colvin's residency at the Dakota in Minneapolis and a tour of Australia, the duo tour picks up again in April, making stops across the Pacific Northwest, into Canada, and down to the US Northeast.

  • Iron and Wine by Craig Kief
    Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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    Iron and Wine Announces US Spring Tour Dates

    Iron and Wine, the pen name of singer-songwriter Sam Beam, has announced a series of US tour dates this spring, performing at the BottleRock Festival in Napa, California, on May 11, followed by a run along the East Coast in support of the new album Ghost on Ghost, due out April 16 in the US on Nonesuch Records. Tickets are on sale this week. 

  • Bonnaroo 2013: Björk, Amadou & Mariam, Bombino, Fatoumata Diawara
    Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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    Bonnaroo to Include Sets from Björk, Amadou & Mariam, Bombino, Fatoumata Diawara

    The line-up for the 2013 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has been announced, and included among this year's performers are four artists familiar to readers of the Nonesuch Journal: Björk, Amadou & Mariam, Bombino, and Fatoumata Diawara. The four-day festival takes place in Manchester, Tennessee, and runs June 13–16. Tickets go on sale Saturday, February 23, at noon EST.

  • Punch Brothers 2012 by Danny Clinch
    Friday, February 15, 2013
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    Nonesuch Events for the Long Weekend of February 15–18

    Punch Brothers close out their 2013 touring with three performances in New England ... John Adams celebrates his birthday with St. Louis Symphony performances of his City Noir ... Sérgio & Odair Assad, Carolina Chocolate Drops perform at 7 Days of Opening Nights Festival in Tallahassee ... Shawn Colvin plays NYC Rainforest Action Network hosted by Chris Noth and Whoopie Goldberg ... Brad Mehldau, Kevin Hays play Modern Music in Vienna and Zagreb ... Natalie Merchant joins Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra ... and more ...

  • Brad Mehldau, Kevin Hays
    Thursday, February 14, 2013
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    Brad Mehldau Launches European Duo Tour with Kevin Hays; Dates to Follow with Mehliana, Chris Thile

    Brad Mehldau launches a ten-day, seven-city European tour with fellow pianist and longtime friend Kevin Hays, featuring music from Modern Music, their 2011 collaborative album with composer Patrick Zimmerli, in Manchester, England, tonight. The tour includes stops in Vienna, Zagreb, Zurich, Birmingham, Paris, and Porto. In March, Mehldau is joined by drummer Mark Guiliana for a month-long tour of their duo project, Mehliana, then returns to the US for a run of duo dates with Chris Thile in April. 

  • The Black Keys 2012 live by Reid Long c
    Friday, February 8, 2013
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    Nonesuch Events for the Weekend of February 8–10

    The Black Keys, nominated for five Grammy Awards, and Dr. John, up for Best Blues Album, perform on the Grammy telecast Sunday night; theirs are among the 14 nominations for Nonesuch artists ... Emmylou Harris honors MusicCares Person of the Year Bruce Springsteen, duets with Rodney Crowell in LA ... Carolina Chocolate Drops welcome Vusi Mahlasela to North Carolina ... Jeremy Denk performs, leads master class at Westminster Choir College ... Punch Brothers play DC, NPR's Mountain Stage ... Joshua Redman Trio leads DC residency ... Allen Toussaint is in Oakland ... and more ...

  • Fatoumata Diawara by Youri Lenquette c2
    Wednesday, February 6, 2013
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    Fatoumata Diawara Announces US Spring Tour

    Fatoumata Diawara has announced a month-long US tour starting at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, California, on March 30. The 12-city tour, featuring music from her critically acclaimed debut album, Fatou, includes a two-night run in Seattle; shows in Chicago, Minneapolis, Albuquerque, El Paso, New Orleans; and sets at the Houston and Louisiana International Festivals. Diawara has become an outspoken advocate for peace in her home country of Mali; she has gathered over 40 of Mali’s most renowned musicians to record a song and video, "Mali-ko (Peace / La Paix)," calling for peace.

  • Adam Guettel 2013
    Wednesday, February 6, 2013
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    Adam Guettel to Perform Five-Night Residency at New York's 54 Below

    Composer/lyricist Adam Guettel will return to the New York stage for a five-night, seven-set residency at 54 Below, starting Tuesday, February 19. The program will include both new songs and favorites from throughout Guettel's career. He will be joined by band leader Kim Grigsby and singers Steven Pasquale and Whitney Bashor. Guettel has released three recordings on Nonesuch Records: The Light in the Piazza, Myths and Hymns, and Floyd Collins. 

  • Sara Watkins 2012 h-cr by Aaron Redfield
    Tuesday, February 5, 2013
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    Sara Watkins Announces US Tour Dates for March

    Sara Watkins, who closes out her tour of the UK and Ireland this week, has announced a three-week US tour for March. The 15-city tour starts in Duluth, Georgia, and includes stops in Louisville, Cincinnati, Ann Arbor, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and more. Additionally, Watkins will join her brother Sean and special guests for the latest installment of the Watkins Family Hour at Largo in Los Angeles on February 28. 

  • Nataly Dawn 2012h by Jeffrey Marini
    Friday, February 1, 2013
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    Nonesuch Events for the Weekend of February 1–3

    Nataly Dawn continues her western US tour, opening for Clint Black in Napa, California, and Ben Folds Five in Reno, Nevada ... Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet premiere a new piece in Maryland ... Shawn Colvin plays outside Chicago and in NYC ... Jeremy Denk joins Steven Isserlis for a family concert of Saint-Saëns in NYC ... Dr. John and his new band play four-show run in Seattle ... Punch Brothers set sail from Miami with Mountain Song at Sea ... Steve Reich is celebrated in Winnipeg ... Sara Watkins tours Ireland and teaches the Guardian to fiddle ... and more ...

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