Mary Halvorson and her Amaryllis sextet bring music from their new album, About Ghosts, to Europe on tour starting October 23, with shows in Gdansk, Padova, Bologna, Stockholm, Oslo, Tampere, Berlin, Hamburg, Ulm, Köln, Dortmund, Amsterdam, and De Oosterpoort
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Following a successful US tour, guitar/composer Mary Halvorson and her Amaryllis sextet will bring music from their new album, About Ghosts, to Europe starting later this month. Halvorson and the band—Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Jacob Garchik (trombone), and Adam O’Farrill (trumpet)—kick off the tour at Club Zak in Gdansk, Poland, on October 23, with shows in Padova, Bologna, Stockholm, Oslo, Tampere (Finland), Berlin, Hamburg, Ulm, Köln, Dortmund, and Amsterdam, culminating at De Oosterpoort in Groningen on November 8. See below for details and tickets; for all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
About Ghosts features eight new compositions by Halvorson, performed with the sextet, with saxophonists Immanuel Wilkins and Brian Settles joining the ensemble on five tunes, and Halvorson adding Pocket Piano synthesizer overdubs on a number of tracks. The album was produced and mixed by Deerhoof's John Dieterich. Halvorson was once again named Guitarist of the Year in the 2025 DownBeat Critics Poll, and Amaryllis was named Group of the Year. You can get the album and hear it here.
Mary Halvorson to Bring 'About Ghosts' Tour to Europe with Amaryllis Sextet
Following a successful US tour, guitar/composer Mary Halvorson and her Amaryllis sextet will bring music from their new album, About Ghosts, to Europe starting later this month. Halvorson and the band—Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Jacob Garchik (trombone), and Adam O’Farrill (trumpet)—kick off the tour at Club Zak in Gdansk, Poland, on October 23, with shows in Padova, Bologna, Stockholm, Oslo, Tampere (Finland), Berlin, Hamburg, Ulm, Köln, Dortmund, and Amsterdam, culminating at De Oosterpoort in Groningen on November 8. See below for details and tickets; for all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
About Ghosts features eight new compositions by Halvorson, performed with the sextet, with saxophonists Immanuel Wilkins and Brian Settles joining the ensemble on five tunes, and Halvorson adding Pocket Piano synthesizer overdubs on a number of tracks. The album was produced and mixed by Deerhoof's John Dieterich. Halvorson was once again named Guitarist of the Year in the 2025 DownBeat Critics Poll, and Amaryllis was named Group of the Year. You can get the album and hear it here.
Mary Halvorson to Bring 'About Ghosts' Tour to Europe with Amaryllis Sextet
Following a successful US tour, guitar/composer Mary Halvorson and her Amaryllis sextet will bring music from their new album, About Ghosts, to Europe starting later this month. Halvorson and the band—Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Jacob Garchik (trombone), and Adam O’Farrill (trumpet)—kick off the tour at Club Zak in Gdansk, Poland, on October 23, with shows in Padova, Bologna, Stockholm, Oslo, Tampere (Finland), Berlin, Hamburg, Ulm, Köln, Dortmund, and Amsterdam, culminating at De Oosterpoort in Groningen on November 8. See below for details and tickets; for all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
About Ghosts features eight new compositions by Halvorson, performed with the sextet, with saxophonists Immanuel Wilkins and Brian Settles joining the ensemble on five tunes, and Halvorson adding Pocket Piano synthesizer overdubs on a number of tracks. The album was produced and mixed by Deerhoof's John Dieterich. Halvorson was once again named Guitarist of the Year in the 2025 DownBeat Critics Poll, and Amaryllis was named Group of the Year. You can get the album and hear it here.
Laurie Anderson with Sexmob's Let X=X is due May 8, 2026, on Nonesuch Records. This triple-LP / double-CD set was recorded live during a 2023 tour by Anderson and the jazz band Sexmob—Steven Bernstein on brass, Kenny Wollesen on drums and percussion, Douglas Wieselman on winds and guitar, Briggan Krauss on saxophone and guitar, and Tony Scherr on bass. The album features 23 songs, including many favorites from throughout Anderson’s career, performed in new arrangements—plus one by Lou Reed and Metallica, “Junior Dad.” Nonesuch Store orders include an exclusive print autographed by Laurie Anderson, while they last. The title track, from Anderson’s landmark 1982 album, Big Science, along with a visualizer, can be seen and heard here. Anderson and Sexmob play more US and international dates this spring and summer.
Punch Brothers have announced an extensive spring and summer US tour, with shows in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Colorado, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, New York, Massachusetts, and Maine. Pre-sale and VIP tickets for most newly announced shows begin this Wednesday, March 4, at 10am local time via punchbrothers.com. General on-sale will follow this Friday. More shows will be announced soon.
