Staves, Molly Tuttle, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Vagabon, Carminho, Brad Mehldau, 'LongGone' News and More
Staves tour * Molly Tuttle video * Vagabon on 'Sheroes' * Carminho in 'PopMatters' * Brad Mehldau, Cécile McLorin Salvant, 'LongGone' among 'DownBeat' best * and more
News from the Nonesuch Journal
The Staves to Tour in April
The Staves have announced their first North American tour since 2017, in celebration of their new album, All Now, due March 22. The tour begins April 7 in Washington, DC, with shows in New York City, Cambridge, Toronto, Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
Watch: Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway's "Down Home Dispensary" Video
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway have released an animated video for "Down Home Dispensary," from their critically acclaimed and Grammy-nominated new album, City of Gold. Tuttle says: "Too much politickin’ and not enough tokin’? Check out our animated 'Down Home Dispensary' video!"
Watch: Cécile McLorin Salvant on The Gould Standard
"What I find most compelling about her is her musical adventurousness, her willingness to voyage across centuries and make the music of different times, cultures, and mindscapes uniquely her own," Brian Levine says of Cécile McLorin Salvant, his guest on The Gould Standard, the Glenn Gould Foundation podcast. "Cécile's questing spirit is fully on display in her newest album, Mélusine, and its predecessor, Ghost Song." The first of a two-part conversation is out now.
Listen: Vagabon on Sheroes
"The multi-instrumentalist, producer, and singer-songwriter Lætitia Tamko even surprised herself when many of the songs she wrote in the wake of the loss of her best friend and closest collaborator were rhythmic electropop gems," Sheroes host Carmel Holt says of her guest, Vagabon. "A feeling of celebrating life and giving herself the gift of solace and fun in the music she was creating came together on a new collection of songs for her third full-length album, Sorry I Haven't Called."
DownBeat Top Jazz Albums
DownBeat's Top 10 Jazz Albums of the Year include Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade's LongGone ("A breathtaking reunion of four of the brightest stars in jazz."); Mehldau's Your Mother Should Know ("The music of The Beatles channeled through the mind of one of our greatest living pianists."); and Cécile McLorin Salvant's Mélusine ("The leading lady of jazz vocals creates a masterpiece of thoughtful, adventurous music.").
Carminho Talks with PopMatters
"Carminho grabs listeners by the soul," says PopMatters' Marty Lipp. "As a singer of Portuguese fado, her cultural imperative is to stop listeners in their tracks so they experience the emotions embedded in each song. One of the leading ambassadors of the traditional genre, Carminho has been surrounded by fado since before she was born."
Nonesuch Events for the Weekend
Brad Mehldau concludes his four-night residency at Smoke Jazz Club in NYC, where Punch Brothers continue their acoustic variety show at the Minetta Lane Theatre, and Makaya McCraven plays Pioneer Works in Brooklyn. In Florida, The Black Keys headline Riptide Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale and Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are at Orange Blossom Revue in Lake Wales. Shara Nova performs The Blue Hour in Ann Arbor. In California, Yussef Dayes is at The UC Theatre in Berkeley and Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, where Alarm Will Sound is joined by Nathalie Joachim and Alyssa Pyper at The Nimoy.