Rhiannon Giddens, Natalie Merchant, Molly Tuttle, Ry Cooder, Laurie Anderson News and More
Rhiannon Giddens on 'The Daily Show' and WNYC * Natalie Merchant on 'Songcraft' * Rolling Stone 250 Greatest Guitarists * Laurie Anderson @ BAM * and more
News from the Nonesuch Journal
Watch: Rhiannon Giddens on The Daily Show
Rhiannon Giddens was on The Daily Show to talk with guest host Michael Kosta about her career, winning the Pulitzer Prize in Music, and her song "Another Wasted Life," from her new album, You're the One, which she also performed on the show. The song aims to raise awareness for the stories and voices of those who have experienced the injustices of the criminal legal system. She partnered with the Pennsylvania Innocence Project on a fundraising initiative and a music video for the song featuring 22 wrongfully convicted people, clients of the organization, who collectively spent more than 500 years in prison for crimes they did not commit.
Listen: Natalie Merchant Talks with Songcraft
Natalie Merchant is on Songcraft, the podcast "about the creators of lyrics and music that stand the test of time." She joins hosts Scott B. Bomar and Paul Duncan for an extensive conversation about her new album, Keep Your Courage, and music from throughout her career.
Listen: Rhiannon Giddens on WNYC's All of It
Rhiannon Giddens was on WNYC's All of It with Alison Stewart to talk about and share songs from her new album, You're the One. This Saturday, Giddens—who won this year's Pulitzer Prize in Music for her opera Omar with Michael Abels and hosts the Aria Code podcast from WQXR and The Metropolitan Opera—will host The Met Opera’s Live in HD broadcast of the opera Dead Man Walking, based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir.
"The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" Per Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone has published a list of "The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time," including Molly Tuttle, Rokia Traore, Bill Frisell, Wilco's Nels Cline, Pat Metheny, and Ry Cooder.
Laurie Anderson at BAM Next Wave Festival
Laurie Anderson and the band Sexmob "revisited vintage and recent songs with a grooving spirit" (New York Times), including her 1982 debut album, Big Science, in their Let X=X show at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for the 40th anniversary Next Wave Festival on Tuesday—having performed at the first Next Wave in 1983. She joins Kronos Quartet at Carnegie Hall on November 3 and brings Let X=X to the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville in March.
Nonesuch Events for the Weekend
Vagabon kicks off North American tour in Chicago, Detroit, and Toronto. Ambrose Akinmusire and his Owl Song trio—Bill Frisell, Herlin Riley—are in Carmel, IN. Sam Amidon is in Stroud, England. Michelle Branch is in Las Vegas. Richard Goode performs in Perth, Scotland. Mary Halvorson is in North Macedonia and in Germany, where Tigran Hamasyan tours. Hurray for the Riff Raff performs in Tulsa for the Bob Dylan Center. Gabriel Kahane and Attacca Quartet are at UCLA. Kronos Quartet performs at the Barbican. Mandy Patinkin is in New Brunswick, NJ. Sarah Kirkland Snider's Mass for the Endangered is performed in Oslo. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway tour Colorado. Yasmin Williams is in Hot Springs, VA.