Grammy Award winner Molly Tuttle, who has just been nominated for Grammy Awards for Best Americana Album for her critically acclaimed album So Long Little Miss Sunshine and Best Americana Performance for the track “That’s Gonna Leave A Mark,” has announced a new tour for February: Molly x Marty: Guitars on Fire—The Cosmic Twang Tour, featuring the Molly Tuttle Trio with Marty Stuart & His Famous Superlatives, with shows in Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. Tuttle's “The Highway Knows Tour,” supporting the Grammy-nominated So Long Little Miss Sunshine. The run concludes December 13 in San Francisco, with a stop at The Fonda in Los Angeles just before, on December 11.

Congratulations to all of the Nonesuch nominees for the 68th Grammy Awards: Molly Tuttle for Best Americana Album for So Long Little Miss Sunshine and Best Americana Performance for the album track "That's Gonna Leave a Mark," Alarm Will Sound for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for Donnacha Dennehy's Land of Winter, Donnacha Dennehy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Land of Winter, Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson for Best Folk Album for What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, Ambrose Akinmusire for Best Alternative Jazz Album for honey from a winter stone, Brad Mehldau for Alternative Jazz Album for Ride into the Sun, and Bob Mehr for Best Album Notes for Wilco's A Ghost Is Born (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition).

Chris Thile's Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 2—on which he performs Bach's Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005; and Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006—is out now. For his second recording of Bach Violin Sonatas and Partitas, 12 years after the first volume, the mandolin virtuoso opted for a more personal approach, allowing himself to take liberties with the scores, which he recorded in multiple, somewhat untraditional, locations of personal significance. Nonesuch Store orders include an autographed print while they last. Thile kicks off his European tour tonight and resumes his US tour in January.

Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra) has released a cherry-colored, carbon-neutral Eco-Mix vinyl edition of their acclaimed 2024 album The Past Is Still Alive, made from 100% recycled vinyl. "Segarra has created an epic tale of life on the road, a nearly mythic version of their own life story that stands alongside other great American musical travelogues," exclaims NPR Music. "Career-defining."

Chris Thile kicks off his European tour in France and Italy, where John Adams conducts. Laurie Anderson and Sexmob play Pitchfork Music Festival London. Jeremy Denk is at Northwestern. Mary Halvorson concludes About Ghosts tour in the Netherlands. Emmylou Harris is in Louisiana. Natalie Merchant takes her tour to Connecticut. Mandy Patinkin is in New Jersey. Jeff Parker plays in Brooklyn. Robert Plant and Saving Grace perform in Port Chester, NY. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Paris and Spain, where Gustavo Santaolalla performs Ronroco. Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion are in Prague. Sarah Kirkland Snider’s new opera premieres in LA.

Robert Plant was on The Late Show to talk with host Stephen Colbert about coming together with the new band of distinguished players to create Saving Grace and their new album, Saving Grace. The conversation then turns to Tolkien and talk of life in the West Midlands. You can watch it here.

Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway are joined by Ketch Secor to offer their take on The Pogues' 1987 holiday classic with Kirsty MacColl, "Fairytale of New York." You can hear it here.

Tortoise's Jeff Parker and John McEntire were on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday to talk with host Ayesha Rascoe about the band's new album, Touch, and their upcoming concert with Chicago Philharmonic at The Auditorium on November 11. You can hear their conversation here.

Drummer, producer, and sonic collagist Makaya McCraven releases four distinct yet interconnected EPs—Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop—today. All four are compiled on the two-disc Off the Record, released October 17. Built from live, improvised performances, the music is later reshaped by McCraven via extensive editing, overdubs, and post-production at his home studio. Each EP is drawn from moments of pure improvisation, recorded live in performance, shaped as much by the room and audience as by the musicians themselves, including Ben LaMar Gay, Theon Cross, Junius Paul, Marquis Hill, Joel Ross, Jeremiah Chiu, Jeff Parker, Josh Johnson, Justefan, and Benjamin J. Shepherd.

John Adams takes part in the Hallé's festival of his music in Manchester, UK. Timo Andres celebrates Halloween with Kronos Quartet in San Francisco, including a new piece by Gabriel Kahane, who is at 92NY in NYC, where Davóne Tines is at the Frick. Mary Halvorson and Amaryllis play About Ghosts in Finland and Berlin. Natalie Merchant kicks off a tour in Western MA and upstate NY. Robert Plant and Saving Grace are in Charlottesville. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Boston and Philadelphia. Gustavo Santaolalla brings Ronroco to Hamburg and Oslo. Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered is performed in Baltimore. Molly Tuttle is at Suwannee Hulaween in Florida.

Molly Tuttle has released a video for her take on Icona Pop & Charli xcx's song "I Love It," from her new album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine. You can watch the video, directed by Fletcher Moore, here.

Cécile McLorin Salvant has released a lyric video for "I am a volcano," the opening track to her new album, Oh Snap. You can watch it here. It comes on the heels of a six-part Q&A series in which she reveals, among other things, a discomfort with frogs, such as those featured in the new video.