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2021 release. Good Woman was written and recorded in a time of tremendous turmoil and change forthe band, between theending of relationships, thedeath oftheir beloved mother, andthebirth of Emily's... more

SKY BLUE SKY is as eloquently straightforward as Wilco's last studio recording, the Grammy-winning a GHOST IS BORN, was daringly experimental. Tweedy's lyrics deal forthrightly with romantic... more

The first collaboration between the always compelling Ms. Anderson and groundbreaking ensemble the Kronos Quartet was inspired by the East Coast devastation of 2012's Hurricane Sandy. Laurie's vivid,... more

Talk about "long awaited"! Here' the first new Black Keys album in five years, available here on CD or vinyl. This is an immensely pleasing return to the blues-powered rocking of their earliest days... more

Amaryllis is a six-song suite performed by a newly formed sextet of master improvisers, including Halvorson, Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Jacob Garchik... more

Ohio duo The Black Keys release their fourth album MAGIC POTION which is full of compelling, hurt-beyond-their-years vocals, lead guitar that is wildly expressive and utterly succinct, with anchoring... more

2022 release. Belladonnais a set of five compositions written for Halvorson on guitar plus The Mivos Quartet: Olivia de Prato (violin), Maya Bennardo (violin), Victor Lowrie Tafoya (viola), and Tyler... more

2019 release. David Byrne's sold out international tour in support of his first-ever chart-topping album, American Utopia, was the most critically-lauded tour of 2018, with fans and critics comparing... more

Produced by Joe Henry, recorded in Dublin and featuring primarily just Rhiannon and Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, Giddens' new album takes us from Africa and the Arabic world to... more

This 1992 album introduced the Nash Ramblers to the world, and this 2017 reissue introduces the album on vinyl for the first time! There's a little bit of everything on this album, but it definitely... more

2017 release. Freedom Highway is Grammy Award-winner and 2017 Grammy nominee Rhiannon Giddens' follow-up to her highly praised debut album Tomorrow Is My Turn. The record includes nine original songs... more

Three CD set. Box set containing three albums from the great Argentine composer, bandleader, and bandoneón player Astor Piazzolla-originally released by American Clavé Records in the 1980s and... more

2019 release. On Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw's album Orange, Attacca Quartet performs six of her pieces for string quartet. The string quartet form "has existed for hundreds of... more

2022 release. Nonesuch Records releases the first recordings of Steve Reich's Runner (2016) and Music for Ensemble and Orchestra (2018), performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conducted by... more

This 40-CD Box Set is an unprecedented comprehensive set that includes all of the composers recorded works spanning 4 decades through 2020. The release includes two extensive booklets containing new... more

2022 release. The Nonesuch debut of Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra) is a departure for the Bronx-born, New Orleans-based singer/songwriter. It's eleven new "nature punk" tracks on the... more

2021 release. On Jeremy Denk's Mozart Piano Concertos, Denk is joined by The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra for two Mozart concertos-No. 25 in C Major, K. 503 and No. 20 in D minor, K. 466-bookending... more

2021 release, an album of songs written and performed by Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion, Let the Soil Play It's Simple Part. The musicians, who have known each other since their student days, were... more

Narrow Sea was written for Sō Percussion, Dawn Upshaw, and Gil Kalish in 2017. The piece combines my previous explorations of folk song with a sonic universe that includes ceramic bowls, humming, a... more

2019 release. Pianist Jeremy Denk's c. 1300-c. 2000 presents a centuries-long story of constantly emerging possibilities and styles of musical expression, an evolution drawn in a single arc by the... more

2020 release. Nonesuch Records releases I Still Play, an album comprising eleven new solo piano compositions written by artists who have recorded for the label. The pieces were written in honor of... more

2020 release. Though he invited in collaborators for this project, Parker is very much a solo artist on Suite for Max Brown. He constructs a digital bed of beats and samples; lays down tracks of his... more

2022 release. Created during the pandemic lockdown, The Trouble with Fever, co-produced with her husband, Patrick Carney (The Black Keys), is Branch's fourth solo album and follows her critically... more

Hell on Church Street, Punch Brothers' newest album, due January 14, 2022 on Nonesuch Records, is the band's reimagining of, and homage to, the late bluegrass great Tony Rice's landmark solo album... more

Talk about "what the world needs now"! For the past year, Byrne has been collecting stories, news and ideas that inspire optimism. But this new album is no Pollyanna—it fully recognizes the darkness... more