Rhiannon Giddens begins a week of Bay Area performances … Sam Amidon concludes Netherlands run … Devendra Banhart, Gabriel Kahane tour Europe … Daughter of Swords kicks off tour in Virginia … Jeremy Denk performs Bach in upstate New York … Richard Goode gives solo recital in London … Randy Newman performs on Academy Awards … Mandy Patinkin plays Ohio … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from NYC; plays solo in Wyoming … Yola tours Texas …

Early James plays the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles ... Devendra Banhart performs from Ma in the Netherlands ... Lake Street Dive and Yola are at Brandi Carlile's Girls Just Wanna Weekend 2 in Mexico ... Brad Mehldau joins NDR Radiophilharmonie for his Piano Concerto and Bach in Germany ... Mandy Patinkin is in Schenectady ... Joshua Redman brings Still Dreaming to Illinois ...

This Grammy weekend, Yola performs at the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute concert, AmericanaFest Willie Nelson salute, and Grammy Premiere ceremony ... Giddens performs at the Nelson salute and gives the Folk Alliance keynote in New Orleans … Kronos Quartet performs Riley and Reich at Carnegie Hall … Sam Amidon is in Spain, Portugal … Laurie Anderson leads SFJAZZ residency … Devendra Banhart tours Europe … Jeremy Denk is in Santa Fe … Emmylou Harris is in North Carolina … Mandy Patinkin performs in New Haven …

Mountain Man holds a three-day Cosmic Prom in Durham ... John Adams leads LA Phil in Naive and Sentimental Music ... Laurie Anderson is in Toronto ... The Black Keys play Vegas ... Jeremy Denk plays Ives in Durham ... Rhiannon Giddens, Francesco Turrisi perform in his hometown of Turin ... Kronos Quartet has three concerts in Arizona ... Gaby Moreno is in Nashville ... Mandy Patinkin tours South ... Joshua Redman is in Germany, Netherlands ... Yola tours US Midwest ... 

Yola brings Walk Through Fire tour to DC, Boston, Toronto … John Adams’s Scheherazade.2 is performed by Oregon Symphony, violinist Leila Josefowicz … Emmylou Harris joins Sheryl Crow, Steve Earle for The Lantern Tour II in Nashville … Gabriel Kahane performs with Louisville Orchestra … Mandy Patinkin is in Cleveland … Joshua Redman plays Brussels Jazz Festival …

As 2019 draws to a close, and the Nonesuch Journal takes a bit of a hiatus till the start of 2020, it's time to take a look back and remember all of the great and diverse music made by Nonesuch artists over the past year. Many Nonesuch artists and their recent Nonesuch releases have made music critics' and fans' year-end best lists. Here, in words and music and in chronological order, is a look back at the year in Nonesuch music.

Rachael & Vilray conclude US tour in Philadelphia, Brooklyn … Devendra Banhart hosts pop-up experience in Los Angeles … Olivia Chaney tours UK … Jeremy Denk is at 92Y in NYC … Emmylou Harris plays tribute concert in DC … Caroline Shaw joins Roomful of Teeth at the Guggenheim in NYC … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from NYC … Vagabon concludes US tour with Angel Olsen … Yola rings in the New Year in Nashville …

Natalie Merchant leads John Lennon Tribute in NYC with guest Sam Amidon and others … Devendra Banhart concludes North American tour … Daughter of Swords tours Midwest … Jeremy Denk is in St. Louis … Rhiannon Giddens continues European tour … Gabriel Kahane joins Oregon Symphony … The Magnetic Fields perform in Brooklyn … Gaby Moreno joins NSO, Ben Folds in DC … Mandy Patinkin performs in New York … Rachael & Vilray head West … Steve Reich curates Lincoln Center Nightcap … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from NYC … Vagabon plays Oakland … The McGarrigle Christmas tradition continues in London ...

Composer and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Parker releases a vinyl 7” single featuring parts one and two of his song “Max Brown” today, via a newly formed partnership between International Anthem and Nonesuch Records. A video for the track can be seen here. The song is a sneak peek of Parker’s new album, the first to be released via this partnership. International Anthem and Nonesuch will join forces to release at least six albums over the next three years.

As the US celebrates Thanksgiving over the next few days, there’s great live music being made around the world: Sam Amidon begins a US tour in New England, Devendra Banhart performs in Detroit and Toronto, Daughter of Swords plays a full band concert in North Carolina, Rhiannon Giddens continues her tour of the UK, Tigran Hamasyan plays solo in Switzerland and Belgium, Mandy Patinkin performs in Washington, DC, the Joshua Redman Quartet is in Mozambique, and Yola tours Europe.

Vagabon plays Brooklyn Steel, performs on Chris Thile’s Live From Here … Sam Amidon, Jeremy Denk, Rhiannon Giddens all tour UK … Devendra Banhart performs Ma in Mexico … The Black Keys conclude “Let’s Rock” tour … William Britelle, Metropolis Ensemble play Eaux Claires Hiver … Tigran Hamasyan joins Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg … Emmylou Harris joins The Last Waltz Nashville … Gabriel Kahane is in Seattle … Kronos Quartet is in the Netherlands … Brad Mehldau plays solo in France … Pat Metheny, Yola tour Italy … Gaby Moreno concludes Roots Rising! tour … Mandy Patinkin, Joshua Redman tour California … and more …

Congratulations to all of the Nonesuch nominees for the 62nd Grammy Awards: Yola with four nominations, including Best New Artist and her album Walk Through Fire; Dan Auerbach for Producer of the Year; Rhiannon Giddens for "I'm on My Way" from her album with Francesco Turrisi, there is no Other; Brad Mehldau's Finding Gabriel, Joshua Redman Quartet's Come What May, Caroline Shaw and Attacca Quartet's Orange; and Kronos Quartet for Terry Riley's Sun Rings.