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  • Wednesday, December 7, 2011

    Director Tran Anh Hung’s film adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood, featuring a score by Jonny Greenwood, will be released in the US in January. There will be a special early screening at the Japan Society next Wednesday, December 14, along with a Q&A with the director and actress Rinko Kikuchi. Nonesuch is giving away tickets to the event along with signed film posters and copies of the film's soundtrack. Enter to win by Friday, December 9, at 3 PM ET.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Film
  • Wednesday, December 7, 2011

    In January 2012, Kronos Quartet heads to the Barbican in London for an unprecedented week-long residency entitled Awakenings. Kronos performs three concerts in three different venues, gives the world premiere of a major new work by Valentin Silvestrov, collaborates with two London choirs, and engages with young musicians and the public in a series of creative learning events. Integral to Kronos’s work is a series of long-running, in-depth collaborations with many of the world’s foremost composers; these collaborations will take center stage throughout the concerts and events. 

    Journal Topics: On Tour, Artist News
  • Tuesday, December 6, 2011

    The Black Keys' new album, El Camino, is out now. The band celebrates with performances on The Colbert Report tonight and the Late Show with David Letterman Wednesday. "It feels a little funny to gush so outwardly about a record," says the Los Angeles Times in a four-star review. "But sometimes, a CD scratches an itch you didn't even know you had, and El Camino is that record ... Really, the only question is whether, this late in the year, this constitutes the best rock album of 2011 or 2012. It'll probably be both." Rolling Stone says "This is Their Moment," calling El Camino "the best record they've ever made." USA Today, in its four-star review, says the band's "talents coalesce with a fiery brilliance." Paste says that "by the time the record ends, there’s a good chance you’ll find yourself immediately wanting to start over again from the beginning." TIME says: "The album is packed so tightly with gems that it’s hard to pick out a favorite track."

    Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News
  • Tuesday, December 6, 2011

    Brad Mehldau’s seven-disc box set The Art of the Trio Recordings: 1996–2001 is out now on Nonesuch. The set includes the five original Art of the Trio albums (the fifth volume includes two CDs), released over a prolific four year period from 1997 to 2001; a seventh disc of previously unreleased material from shows at the Village Vanguard completes the box. These recordings feature Mehldau’s longtime trio with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy. All About Jazz says the set helps confirm that "Mehldau will, no doubt, take a well-deserved place ... as one of the most important pianists of any generation."

    Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News
  • Monday, December 5, 2011

    The Black Keys, whose new album, El Camino, is just one day away, were featured on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, talking with host Audie Cornish about the new album. The Black Keys were musical guests on Saturday Night Live this weekend, performing two songs off of El Camino: "Lonely Boy" and "Gold on the Ceiling." Watch the performances here. The Evening Standard gives the album four stars, calling it “fiery, raucous and ferocious fun.” "The Black Keys have grown into one of the most exciting rock bands of our time," exclaims the Independent on Sunday. "Too late for those album of the year polls?"

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Video, Television, Radio
  • Monday, December 5, 2011

    Donnacha Dennehy's Nonesuch debut album, Grá agus Bás, has made NPR Music's list of its 50 Favorite Albums of 2011. "Dennehy infuses hallowed Irish texts, from the esoteric sean-nós vocal tradition to the plaintive poetry of fellow countryman W.B. Yeats, with a shimmering and kaleidoscopic array of minimalist colorations," says NPR. "The result, masterfully performed by Crash Ensemble under Alan Pierson and featuring vocalists Iarla Ó Lionáird and Dawn Upshaw, is a compelling, meditative walk through time and terrain. It studies an Ireland rooted in reverence for its past, but which also brims with curiosity for its future."

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Radio
  • Friday, December 2, 2011

    Carolina Chocolate Drops and Luminescent Orchestrii come together for "a night full of high-energy and feet-stomping music" at Duke ... Laurie Anderson, Steve Reich celebrate WNYC host John Schaefer ... The Black Keys play Saturday Night Live ... Shawn Colvin is in the Midwest ... Richard Goode is in Oregon ... Kronos Quartet performs Reich in Northern California ... Jessica Lea Mayfield begins Ryan Adams tour in Philly ... Brad Mehldau joins Joe Henry in London, Jorge Rossy in Bilbao ... Pat Metheny Trio concludes Europe tour in Athens ... Randy Newman joins the Cleveland Orchestra ... and more ...

    Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend Events
  • Friday, December 2, 2011

    The Black Keys will embark on the first leg of their North American tour this March, with shows in arenas like New York’s Madison Square Garden, Boston’s TD Garden, and Chicago’s United Center. The shows are in support of their new album, El Camino, out this Tuesday, December 6. Concert ticket and album packages will be available via the band’s site. The band will perform on Saturday Night Live tomorrow, The Colbert Report on Tuesday, and the Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday. MTV Hive will livestream their album release show at New York’s Webster Hall on Monday.

    Journal Topics: Album Release, On Tour, Artist News, Web
  • Friday, December 2, 2011

    The Black Keys are featured in a cover story in this Sunday's New York Times Arts & Leisure section and in the Times' Popcast, which look at the band's new album, El Camino, and their rise to fame. A Guardian profile also examines how the band has "become a global pop phenomenon." The Guardian gives El Camino a perfect fives stars: "They sound like a band who think they've made the year's best rock 'n' roll album, probably because that's exactly what they've done."

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Web, Radio
  • Friday, December 2, 2011

    Malian singer-songwriter Fatoumata Diawara, whose debut EP, Kanou, was released earlier this year, performed one of the songs on the EP, “Clandestin,” for the latest in the Guardian’s series “How I wrote …” Diawara discusses the various influences behind her music including jazz, blues, rock, and her native Wassoulou, and the inspiration for “Clandestin” in particular, before performing the song. Watch the performance here.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Web
  • Thursday, December 1, 2011

    Congratulations to all the Nonesuch artists who were nominated for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards: Ry Cooder and Emmylou Harris for Best Americana Album, Pat Metheny for Best New Age Album, Chris Thile & Michael Daves for Best Bluegrass Album, and World Circuit / Nonesuch Records artists AfroCubism for Best World Music Album. You can hear music from all the nominated albums on the new Nonesuch Radio channel "2011 Grammy Nominees."

    Journal Topics: Artist News
  • Wednesday, November 30, 2011

    There's still more than a month to go before 2011 comes to a close, but already the music magazines have begun to weigh in on the year's best music. American Songwriter, Paste, Uncut, Q, and Mojo have all published their lists of the Top 50 Albums of the Year, and included among them are a number of Nonesuch releases: the latest albums from Björk, Ry Cooder, Jessica Lea Mayfield, and The Low Anthem, as well as the soon-to-be-released album from The Black Keys, due out next week.

    Journal Topics: Artist News