Mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile has released a video of him performing Bach's Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: I. Allemanda live at Reservoir Studios in New York City. He also performs the piece on his new album, Bach: Sonatas & Partitas, Vol. 2, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Traditional Classical Albums chart on  its release on Nonesuch last month. You can watch the video, directed by Matthew Edginton, here.

Nonesuch Records releases a fifteenth anniversary edition of Carolina Chocolate Drops' 2010 Grammy Award-winning album Genuine Negro Jig on January 23, 2026. The reissue, featuring founding band members Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, and Justin Robinson, includes the original Joe Henry–produced album and nine bonus tracks: seven previously unreleased tracks plus a 2025 remaster of “City of Refuge” and a 2025 mix of “Memphis Shakedown.” This release marks the album’s first time on vinyl since its original pressing in 2010. You can hear the bonus track "Here Rattler" now.

Robert Plant with Saving Grace and Suzi Dian announce a spring tour in the US from March 14-April 7, 2026, in celebration of their critically acclaimed recent album, Saving Grace. The band, who completed a sold-out US tour just before Thanksgiving, performs in the country’s south and southwest before heading to the northeast, with stops in Austin, at Nashville’s legendary Ryman Auditorium, in Knoxville for the Big Ears Festival, and in Philadelphia, before ending at New York City’s iconic Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Spring Fever 2026 artist presales begin Wednesday, December 10, at noon ET with general sales beginning Friday, December 12.

Congratulations to composer Jonny Greenwood, whose score for Paul Thomas Anderson's film One Battle After Another has earned Best Score nominations from the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards. The film has been nominated for a total of nine Golden Globes and fourteen Critics Choice Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for both. One Battle After Another has won Best Film from the National Board of Review Awards, Gotham Awards, and the New York and Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards, and was named the year's best film in the Sight and Sound critics poll.

Robert Plant is on the latest episode of NPR's World Cafe to talk with host Raina Douris about his new band, Saving Grace, and their new album, Saving Grace. He and the band also perform three songs from the album live: "It's a Beautiful Day Today," "As I Roved Out," and "Everybody's Song." You can hear it here.

Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider’s fifth full-length LP, a new, all-orchestral album Forward Into Light, produced by Silas Brown and recorded by Metropolis Ensemble led by artistic director/conductor Andrew Cyr, is due February 27 on New Amsterdam / Nonesuch Records. It features Forward Into Light, inspired by the American women’s suffrage movement; the string orchestra and harp (Noël Wan) version of Drink the Wild Ayre; Eye of Mnemosyne, a work on memory, innovation, and culture; and Something for the Dark, a meditation on resilience. Snider says: “I chose to create an album of these four works because they share themes of perseverance, alliance, and evolution through dark and light—concepts that have been at the forefront of my mind in recent years."

Laurie Anderson has announced a series of 2026 European tour dates with the band Sexmob. The Republic of Love tour starts April 5 in Copenhagen, with shows in Helsinki, Brussels, Paris, Zagreb, Harleen, and Munich. This follows performances at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN, in March, and a January show in Reykjavik.

After a nearly five-decade career as one of his generation’s defining rock bassists, time and space have finally allowed Flea to work with a dream band of modern jazz visionaries, returning to his first instrument and musical love, the trumpet, for a new album to be released in 2026 on Nonesuch. A preview, Flea’s original song “A Plea,” is out now. Written and performed by Flea, “A Plea” urges listeners to “build a bridge, shine a light, make something beautiful and see somebody, give it to somebody.” Featuring Flea on electric bass, vocals, and trumpet, the ensemble also includes double bassist Anna Butterss and guitarist Jeff Parker, as well as drummer Deantoni Parks, percussionist Mauro Refosco, alto flutist Rickey Washington, and trombonist Vikram Devasthali. Chris Warren joins on vocals, as does the song’s producer Josh Johnson, who also plays alto saxophone. Also out today: a music video, directed by Clara Balzary and featuring choreography by Sadie Wilking.

Robert Plant was on CBS Saturday Morning to talk with Robert Costa and perform a Saturday Sessions set with Saving Grace from the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. They perform three songs from their new album, Saving Grace—"Higher Rock," "It's a Beautiful Day Today," and "Everybody's Song." You can watch it all here.

Robert Plant and Saving Grace stopped by the NPR offices in Washington, DC, to perform a Tiny Desk Concert of four songs from their new album, Saving Grace: "Gospel Plough," "Higher Rock," "Everybody's Song," and "It's a Beautiful Day Today"—followed by "Gallows Pole." You can watch it here.

Chris Thile was on NPR's All Things Considered to talk with Derek Operle from NPR member station WKMS in Murray, Kentucky, about his new album, Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 2, which he recorded in multiple locations of personal significance, including in Murray. "Interacting with this body of work made by a fellow human being, albeit a long time ago, makes me proud to be human," Thile tells Operle. "Like, look at this beauty that a human being is capable of making." You can hear their conversation here.

Robert Plant, whose debut album with Saving Grace, Saving Grace, was released on Nonesuch in September, stopped by for the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists visit the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. He chose recordings by Kronos Quartet, The Low Anthem, Neba Solo & Benego Diakité, Bulgarian State Television Female Choir, Viktor Krauss, and Charlie Feathers.