Cécile McLorin Salvant, who was recently named Female Vocalist of the Year in DownBeat's Critics Poll once again, has released the video for her performance of Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns," from her new album, With Every Breath I Take. The video was made by and stars drag artist X. You can watch it here. The album, Salvant's first with orchestra, features The Netherlands’ Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley performing timeless songs newly arranged by Darcy James Argue.

Composer Donnacha Dennehy has released an excerpt from his Violin Concerto's second movement, performed by National Symphony Orchestra Ireland, conductor Ryan McAdams, and violinist Stephen Waarts, from the upcoming album Limina. You can hear the five-minute excerpt of the second movement, “Tranquil and spacious,” and watch the video, made by Laura Sheeran during the album's recording at National Concert Hall, Dublin. The new album, due August 28, also includes the orchestra and McAdams performing Dennehy’s piano concerto Limina with pianist Eliza McCarthy.

Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer—whose album with Henry Threadgill and Dafnis Prieto, Fifteen, is due August 21 on Nonesuch—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 Ramnad Krishnan, Laurie Anderson, Julius Hemphill, Kronos Quartet, and Cécile McLorin Salvant, and from the Nonesuch Explorer Series.

The collective trio of saxophonist and flutist Henry Threadgill, pianist Vijay Iyer, and drummer Dafnis Prieto have shared "Gently Trapped," a Prieto-penned tune from their upcoming album Fifteen, due August 21. You can watch the video, made during the recording session, here. Fifteen is the Nonesuch debut for all three musicians. 

Flea performed an NPR Tiny Desk Concert of songs from his debut solo album, Honora, with the musicians on the record—album producer saxophonist Josh Johnson, guitarist Jeff Parker, bassist Anna Butterss, and drummer Deantoni Parks: "Traffic Lights," "Morning Cry," and "A Plea." "Working with the musicians that I've worked with has been the most exciting part," Flea told NPR's Kara Frame after the performance, "just jamming, connecting and feeling who they are." You can watch it here.

Natalie Merchant’s Cabinet of Wonder—a digital collection of 17 songs and accompanying videos from her collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Chicago Children’s Theatre (CCT)—is due August 21 on Nonesuch Records. Cabinet of Wonder reimagines Mother Goose and her rhymes for a new generation of young children through modern interpretations of the classic children’s canon and three originals by Merchant—performed by her, musicians from the CSO and special guests—in orchestral arrangements by Megan Gould. Two songs from the album, “Little Miss Muffet” and “Peter Pumpkin Eater,” along with their videos, are available today. Cabinet of Wonder represents three years of behind-the-scenes work among the project’s collaborators and the culmination of Merchant's four decades of involvement in children’s arts and education. 

Flea, who performs with his Honora band at North Sea Jazz in Rotterdam this Saturday, is on the latest episode of Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud to talk about his album Honora, his childhood, finding freedom in music, and more. You can watch their conversation on YouTube and listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts here.

Punch Brothers were on CBS Saturday Morning's Fourth of July episode to perform Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" as well as two songs from their upcoming instrumental album, The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers, out July 24: "New Bike" and "Song of the Water Kelpie (unsung)." You can watch all three performances, filmed at beautiful Bridal Veil Falls in Telluride, Colorado, here.

Emmylou Harris 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. She chose recordings by Bulgarian State Television Female Choir, Laurie Anderson, Nonesuch Explorer Series, Ry Cooder, The Low Anthem, and Kate & Anna McGarrigle. 

Cécile McLorin Salvant’s album With Every Breath I Take, her first with orchestra, featuring The Netherlands’ Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley, is out now. Salvant and the ensemble perform timeless songs—by Coleman, Coward, Ellington, Sondheim, Strayhorn, and Salvant—newly arranged by composer and bandleader Darcy James Argue. “It is a rare opportunity to be able to make an album at this scale, which has been a dream of mine for many years,” she says. “Darcy James Argue wrote stunning arrangements and the Metropole Orkest, conducted by the extraordinary Jules Buckley, gave these stories a cinematic dimension ... I am so incredibly proud to share it."

Punch Brothers have shared “Found in a Frozen Fog," the third track to be released from their upcoming album, The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers, due July 24. You can hear it here and watch a performance video, directed by Josh Goleman, here. The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers is the seventh album from the Grammy-winning band—and its first comprising all instrumental tunes. The band is on its most extensive tour since 2019.

Laurie Anderson and the jazz band Sexmob perform “From the Air” live at Ravenna Festival in 2023 in a new video. Their new triple-LP / double-CD set, Let X=X, released last month on Nonesuch, was recorded live on the 2023 tour and features 23 songs, including “From the Air” and many other favorites from throughout Laurie’s career, performed in new arrangements. They perform at NYC's Central Park for SummerStage on June 26 and just announced new dates for September in Ojai, LA, Santa Cruz, and Chicago.