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Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau perform their song "The Old Shade Tree," from their 2017 self-titled debut duo album. They performed the song at The Bowery Ballroom in December 2015. Video directed by Alex Chaloff.
Watch This VideoRhiannon Giddens performs "At the Purchaser's Option," one of nine original songs she wrote or co-wrote on her 2017 album, Freedom Highway. "Last year I came across an advertisement from the 1830s for a young woman," Giddens says of the new song. "Thinking about her, and how she had to maintain her humanity against horrific odds inspired this song named for the end of the ad: 'She has with her a 9-month old baby, who is at the purchaser's option.'"
Watch This VideoChris Thile & Brad Mehldau perform Elliott Smith's "Independence Day," from their 2017 self-titled debut duo album. They performed the song at The Bowery Ballroom in December 2015. Video directed by Alex Chaloff.
Watch This VideoWe look back at all the great, diverse music made by Nonesuch artists in 2016. Many have made music critics' year-end best lists, and we hope yours too. To see—and hear—the full year in review, click here.
Music: Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 4, Lake Street Dive's "Call Off Your Dogs" from Side Pony, Allen Toussaint on "Big Chief" from American Tunes, Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau on "Old West" from Nearness, and Devendra Banhart's "Fig in Leather" from Ape in Pink Marble.
Watch This VideoTigran Hamasyan gives a live performance of "Fides Tua," from his 2017 album, An Ancient Observer.
Watch This VideoThe Magnetic Fields perform "'74 No" from 50 Song Memoir, chronicling the 50 years of songwriter Stephin Merritt's life with one song per year, due March 10, 2017.
Watch This VideoThe Magnetic Fields perform "'86 How I Failed Ethics" from 50 Song Memoir, chronicling the 50 years of songwriter Stephin Merritt's life with one song per year, due March 3, 2017.
Watch This VideoThe Magnetic Fields perform "'93 Me and Fred and Dave and Ted" from 50 Song Memoir, chronicling the 50 years of songwriter Stephin Merritt's life with one song per year, due March 3, 2017.
Watch This VideoThe Magnetic Fields perform "'02 Be True to Your Bar" from 50 Song Memoir, chronicling the 50 years of songwriter Stephin Merritt's life with one song per year, due March 3, 2017.
Watch This VideoThe Magnetic Fields perform "'13 Big Enough for Both of Us" from 50 Song Memoir, chronicling the 50 years of songwriter Stephin Merritt's life with one song per year, due March 3, 2017.
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