Allen Toussaint is set to make his long-awaited debut on the PBS series Austin City Limits this Saturday, January 9. The hour-long episode kicks off a string of new shows for the award-winning concert series. Toussaint and his band perform interpretations of jazz classics from his Grammy-nominated Nonesuch debut, The Bright Mississippi, as well as beloved Toussaint originals like “Working in the Coalmine” and “Southern Nights.”

Wilco will play a run of 16 concerts in Eastern US cities beginning in Miami on March 22 and culminating in Pittsburgh on April 11. The concerts are presented as An Evening with Wilco and will feature extended, varied sets exploring material from each of the accomplished Chicago sextet’s seven studio albums. The tour includes concerts in Clearwater, Savannah, Atlanta, Durham, Richmond, Bethesda, Montclair, Providence, Boston, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh.

Over the past month or so, as most of the major publications, music magazines, and NPR programs have taken the occasion of the decade's end to look back at the best music of this year and the nine before it, the Nonesuch Journal has been making note as dozens of these best-of lists have included Nonesuch artists and albums. Now, as we prepare for our holiday break, and wish you a very happy holiday, we recap these accolades in this year- and decade-end review, and, in the image at left, remember all of the Nonesuch albums of the '00s.

Anne Midgette, the classical music critic for the Washington Post, has already named Alarm Will Sound's a/rhythmia among the year's best albums, and, for WNYC's Soundcheck, included John Adams's Dharma at Big Sur among the decade's best. Now, on her Post blog, she says of Adams, "if there was a composer to whom the decade belonged, I'd say it was him." Audiophile Audition gives his latest, Doctor Atomic Symphony, four stars.

Earlier this year, Elvis Costello was a guest performer at Allen Toussaint's Village Vanguard performances in celebration of his Nonesuch debut, The Bright Mississippi. Tonight, Toussaint returns the favor as he joins Nick Lowe, Richard Thompson, and Levon Helm for a once-in-a-lifetime jam session on Costello's Sundance Channel interview and performance show, Spectacle: Elvis Costello with ...

Two New York Times music critics have Nonesuch albums on their Top Ten lists: Rokia Traoré's Tchamantché and Oumou Sangare's Seya. The Washington Post has Alarm Will Sound's a/rhythmia in its Top Ten classical albums; the Denver Post has Richard Goode and John Adams. Two Boston Globe critics have Wilco (the album) on their lists, while others there add BlakRoc and Seya. MTV includes Wilco plus Amadou & Mariam's Welcome to Mali. PopMatters and American Songwriter cite Wilco as well, while the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle lists Allen Toussaint's The Bright Mississippi.

Today is the final day to order from the Nonesuch Store and take advantage of our Second Anniversary Sale—33 1/3% off the standard retail price on CDs, LPs, DVDs—before the holiday. Order today, December 21, by 9 PT EST, using rush shipping, to be sure your order arrives on time. Even after the holiday, the celebration continues, as we've extended the Anniversary Sale to last through New Year's.

The Wall Street Journal sees Allen Toussaint's The Bright Mississippi as an example of "cause for optimism" in music this year. The Sunday Times places Amadou & Mariam's Dimanche à Bamako among the best pop/rock music of the '00s. Time Out includes Oumou Sangare's Seya and Christina Courtin's debut among the year's best albums and NYC performances by Toumani Diabaté and Wilco among the year's best shows. In "a phenomenal decade for world music," says WNYC, Ali Farka Touré's Savane is among the decade's best, with Youssou N'Dour's Egypt at No. 1.

The Low Anthem's Nonesuch debut, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, has been named to the No. 4 spot on Paste's 25 Best Albums of 2009, with label mates Wilco on the list at No. 21. The album is "gorgeous chamber folk," says Paste. "[T]hese 12 songs are exquisite." Baeble names the video for "Charlie Darwin" the year's best. In a year that's brought such acclaim, the band's Ben Knox Miller reflects on all that's happened and looks forward to what's ahead.

The Carolina Chocolate Drops' Nonesuch debut, Genuine Negro Jig, is due out this coming February, and the trio is set to hit the road just after the New Year. Now, the band offers up a video preview of the new album, with live performances, interviews with the band, and a few words from the album's producer, Joe Henry. You'll find the video at nonesuch.com/media.

Pat Metheny Radio offered fans an exclusive first listen to a track from Orchestrion, Pat Metheny's forthcoming Nonesuch release, late last week. Starting today, you can catch another tune off the album, "Spirit of the Air," on the station at patmetheny.com. The album is due out on CD January 26; the vinyl release is now slated for early March. You can pre-order the album with a limited-edition 9" x 12" print signed by Pat only at nonesuch.com.

When President Barack Obama was in Oslo last week to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, he took time to meet Malian duo Amadou & Mariam. The couple went on to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo Friday night. "We were proud to represent Africa during the Nobel Peace Prize celebrations," they say, "and it was a great honor to have met President Barack Obama." The Philadelphia Inquirer names the couple's "deliriously ebullient" Welcome to Mali among the year's best; TIME names the album opener, "Sabali," one of the year's best songs.