The original cast recording of the Tony Award-winning Broadway show Illinoise: A New Musical is now available in a two-LP vinyl set, following its recent streaming, download, and CD release. The new work features music and lyrics by Sufjan Stevens based on his album Illinois, a book by Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury, and direction and choreography by Peck, with new arrangements by Timo Andres and music supervision and direction by Nathan Koci. The New York Times exclaims: "The vocalists do not seem to sing so much as pour emotion into our ears."

Laurie Anderson, whose new album, Amelia, is due August 30, has shared music videos from the archives for two of her projects from the 1980s, originally released on Warner Records, on the Nonesuch Records YouTube channel, joining her previously posted "O Superman" video: "Sharkey's Day," from her 1984 album, Mister Heartbreak, and "Language Is a Virus," from her 1986 film, Home of the Brave. You can watch them both here.

“Senso Comune," from Caroline Shaw's original score for Ken Burns's new two-part documentary, LEONARDO da VINCI, is out now, along with a music video you can watch here. The album, with new compositions by Shaw and performances by Attacca Quartet, Sō Percussion, Roomful of Teeth, and John Patitucci, is due October 25; the documentary airs on November 18 and 19 at 8pm ET on PBS, PBS.org, and the PBS App. Shaw wrote and recorded new music for LEONARDO da VINCI, marking the first time a Ken Burns film has featured an entirely original score.

The Staves have released a new song, "Waiting for the Joy," and have announced a US acoustic tour for this fall, celebrating their spring 2024 album, All Now. Dates begin November 6 in Philadelphia and continue into Thanksgiving week, with stops in Brooklyn, Nashville, Austin, and more. "The song began in the throes of the first lockdown when the feeling of isolation was so prominent," the Staves' Jessica and Camilla Staveley say of the new song, which was recorded during the All Now sessions with producer John Congleton. "Everyone seemed so inspired, and we were worried that we weren't inspired by music in general anymore."

Composer/guitarist Yasmin Williams returns to Aquarium Drunkard's Transmissions podcast to talk with host Jason P. Woodbury about her upcoming Nonesuch debut album, Acadia. "It's beautiful—a showcase for a one-of-a-kind artist. And while the focus remains Williams' fluid and lyrical guitar work, she's joined by a roster of ringers to help fill out the corners," says the show. You can hear their conversation here.

Composer/guitarist Yasmin Williams 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 Makaya McCraven, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Tigran Hamasyan, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Sam Amidon.

Congratulations to singer and composer Nathalie Joachim, whom the Museum of Modern Art in New York has named to its 2024–25 MoMA Scholars in Residence cohort. The program invites three acclaimed, inspiring thinkers to join the Museum for a one-year term to pursue projects and research initiatives that contribute to new understandings of modern and contemporary art.

Laurie Anderson has released “India And On Down to Australia,” a track featuring Anohni, from her new album, Amelia, due August 30, about renowned female aviator Amelia Earhart’s tragic last flight. "The rhythm was from an unreleased song called ‘Rumba Club’ that I always wanted to use as something,” Anderson says of the new track. “It was recorded during pandemic times. And so the orchestra [Filharmonie Brno, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies] recorded their part, and then it came to me to put the electronics and voice on it. And I thought, ‘I need to make the story a little bit bigger,' so I’m going to find a bridge between the electronic viola that I’m playing and the orchestra, so that became percussion by Kenny Wollesen, bass by Tony Scherr, viola by Martha Mooke—a little string trio that was organized by Rob Moose, with Nadia Sirota playing as well. And then Marc Ribot doing some groove parts and of course Anohni. So it became this big romantic orchestral thing.”

Lianne La Havas, Makaya McCraven, and Jeff Parker perform at Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, while Richard Goode, Rhiannon Giddens, and Jeremy Denk perform at Caramoor outside NYC. Giddens is also in upstate NY and PA. Hurray for the Riff Raff's tour with Norah Jones concludes in San Francisco, while Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway's tour with The Infamous Stringdusters begins in Seattle and Montana.

Molly Tuttle is the inaugural guest on photographer Fletcher Moore's new video series My Day With. They get ready for the day in Nashville, paint while listening to Emmylou Harris, rate taco trucks, and talk about life and music. Tuttle also performs a cover of The Cranberries' "Dreams" and a solo version of "When My Race Is Run," from City of Gold, her 2023 GRAMMY-winning album with her band Golden Highway. You can watch it here.

Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway's new six-song EP, Into the Wild, is due September 20 on Nonesuch. The EP, a follow-up to their acclaimed Grammy-winning album City of Gold, features three new songs—including the title track, available now—as well as previously released covers of Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” and Olivia Rodrigo’s “good 4 u,” and an alternate version of the City of Gold track “Stranger Things.” They have announced new US dates in November, with stops in North Carolina, Virginia, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, and more.

Composer/guitarist Yasmin Williams's Nonesuch debut album, Acadia, is due October 4. The album, her most sonically expansive to date, is nine original, mostly instrumental tracks written and produced by Williams, with her on various guitars, banjo, calabash drum, tap shoes, and kora. She is joined by an eclectic cast of collaborators—including Immanuel Wilkins, Dom Flemons, Aoife O’Donovan, William Tyler, Darlingside, and others—creating a folk music that reflects the wide range of musical influences that have inspired her throughout her life. Album tracks “Virga” and "Dawning" can be heard now. Williams tours North America with Brittany Howard and Michael Kiwanuka this fall and plays London's Pitchfork Music Festival. "Yasmin Williams treats her guitar like a playground," says NPR Music, noting the “joy and possibility she brings to the guitar.” Songlines calls her “an original, a genuine trailblazer, one of those rare musicians who challenges your preconceptions about the possible.”