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  • Friday,July 30,2010

    The Low Anthem and Punch Brothers are set to play the famed Newport Folk Festival this weekend. NPR will provide complete coverage of the weekend's events online at NPR.org. Newport Now describes The Low Anthem's live set as “a mix of ecstatic and contemplative energies.” Punch Brothers are also due to be featured on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday.

    Journal Topics: On TourArtist News
  • Friday,July 30,2010

    Stephen Sondheim celebrated his 80th birthday in March in a Lincoln Center concert that will be broadcast on PBS this fall. The festivities continue this weekend as Sondheim is the focus of two concerts on the same day, nearly 4,000 miles apart: at the Ravinia Festival Pavilion outside Chicago and at London's Royal Albert Hall for BBC Proms Saturday night. Sondheim is the BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week.

    Journal Topics: On TourArtist News
  • Wednesday,July 28,2010

    Nonesuch Records is set to release violinist Gidon Kremer’s De Profundis, featuring the Kremerata Baltica chamber orchestra, on September 14. The album’s 12 pieces, selected from Kremer’s performing repertoire, span nearly two centuries, from Schubert to Schnittke—artists who sought to "sustain humans by appealing to their profoundest emotions," says Kremer. De Profundis is available for pre-order in the Nonesuch Store.

    Journal Topics: Album ReleaseArtist News
  • Wednesday,July 28,2010

    Natalie Merchant's tour resumes in the US next week following a stop in the UK for the Cambridge Folk Festival this weekend. Fans on both sides of the Atlantic can now pick up an iTunes Session from Merchant with reimagined original music and cover songs. The Grand Rapids Press gives 3.5 of 4 stars to a recent show, full of "compelling songs, tight musicianship and Merchant's strong vocals."

    Journal Topics: On TourArtist News
  • Monday,July 26,2010

    There's one month to go before the August 31 Nonesuch release of Philip Selway's solo debut album, Familial, now available for pre-order. Selway spoke with Pitchfork about the new project, which it describes as "10 hushed folk songs in the shadowy tradition of Nick Drake. The album is quiet, but there's an unnerving sense of dread that connects the material to his main gig; it's music for a foreboding twilight."

    Journal Topics: Artist News
  • Monday,July 26,2010

    With Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music back on Broadway, and the legendary Elaine Stritch having joined the cast as Madame Armfeldt, the New York Times looks at the women to have taken on the iconic role; the Times also profiles the small London theater where this revival began. The San Jose Mercury News calls the cast album "extra-clear and intimate." The BBC Proms celebrates Sondheim's music this Saturday; The Times of London calls him "the man who has revolutionised the musical ... sardonic, jaded—and touched with genius."

    Journal Topics: Artist NewsReviews
  • Monday,July 26,2010

    Christina Courtin recently performed a number of songs off her Nonesuch debut album for a Daytrotter Session, now available online. The session features the songs "Green Jay," "Foreign Country," "Jackson," "Bundah," and "Hedonistic Paradise." Says Daytrotter: "There's sadness in her pretty voice, but there's also this kind of big-eyed wonder in it."

    Journal Topics: Artist NewsWeb
  • Friday,July 23,2010

    Laurie Anderson will be among the jury members of YouTube Play, a video biennial from YouTube and the Guggenheim Museum meant to search for and showcase talent in online video. Other jury members include Animal Collective, Darren Aronofsky, Takashi Murakami, Shirin Neshat, and Stefan Sagmeister. The deadline for submissions is July 31. The jury's selections will be presented at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in October.

    Journal Topics: Artist News
  • Thursday,July 22,2010

    The Black Keys' Tonight Show performance of "Tighten Up," off their album Brothers, is now at nbc.com. With their US tour set to start tomorrow, Time Out New York selects the three New York City concerts the Top Live Show (or, rather, shows) for the week.Time Out says "there’s a realness to what the Black Keys do, along with a lack of pretension that sets them apart from pretty much every other act in Billboard’s top ten (Brothers entered the chart at No. 3)."

    Journal Topics: On TourArtist News
  • Wednesday,July 21,2010

    Laurie Anderson will be signing copies of her latest Nonesuch release, Homeland, at New York's Other Music record store tonight at 8 PM. Tonight's event will feature a performance from Fenway Bergamot, Anderson's male alter ego, plus a raffle for tickets to Anderson's performance at BAM this fall. VenusZine says: "To call her a legend is to understate the obvious."

    Journal Topics: Artist News
  • Monday,July 19,2010

    Audra McDonald follows her stellar Tanglewood performance with a trip to Washington, DC, to perform at A Broadway Celebration, hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House, tonight. Tune in to a live web stream of tonight's event starting at 7 PM EDT on whitehouse.gov. The show will be broadcast on PBS stations across the US starting October 20.

    Journal Topics: Artist News
  • Friday,July 16,2010

    News of the engagement of Bristol Palin (Sarah Palin's daughter) and Levi Johnston comes on the heels of the forthcoming Nonesuch release of the Ben Folds and Nick Hornby album Lonely Avenue, featuring the track "Levi Johnston's Blues," which Folds and Hornby were inspired to write after the young couple's introduction to the world at the 2008 Republican National Convention. The Huffington Post calls Lonely Avenue "one of the most interesting collaborations of the year." Listen to the album track and read the lyrics here.

    Journal Topics: Artist News

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