Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider has released Eye of Mnemosyne: III. Mori: "Memory of the Dead," a new track from her upcoming album, Forward Into Light, as well as a video for it by Deborah Johnson / CandyStations; you can watch it here. Produced by Silas Brown and recorded by Metropolis Ensemble and artistic director/conductor Andrew Cyr, Forward Into Light is due February 27. Eye of Mnemosyne is a multimedia orchestral work on memory, innovation, and culture as refracted through the lens of photography.

After a nearly five-decade career as one of his generation’s defining rock bassists, Flea releases his first full-length solo album, Honora, March 27, on Nonesuch.Flea composed and arranged the music and plays trumpet and bass throughout, joined by an elite crew of modern jazz visionaries: album producer and saxophonist Josh Johnson, guitarist Jeff Parker, bassist Anna Butterss, and drummer Deantoni Parks. The record features vocals from Flea, as well as friends Thom Yorke and Nick Cave. Mauro Refosco and Nate Walcott, among others, also join the band. Honora comprises six original songs, plus interpretations of tunes by George Clinton and Eddie Hazel, Jimmy Webb, Frank Ocean and Shea Taylor, and Ann Ronell. The track “Traffic Lights,” co-written with Thom Yorke and Josh Johnson and featuring vocals, piano, and synth from Yorke, is out now; you can watch a visualizer by nespy5euro here. Flea and the Honora band embark on an international tour, playing intimate venues in select cities, this May.