Hurray for the Riff Raff (hurray for the riff raff) x Bumbershoot Arts & Music Festival!

A sneak peak of the world premiere of my piano concerto, ATLAS, with pianist jeremydenk and the Dallas Symphony led by Fabio Luisi. Enjoy! The complete performance is available on YouTube. youtu.be/FrrmYgmbTqo

TUNE IN: The Black Keys will be performing live on The Voice Finale tonight. 9/8c on NBC and streaming on Peacock

Mary Halvorson is JJA Jazz News' guitarist of the year! Congratulations to her, her Amaryllis sextet, and Nonesuch Records. Her album #Cloudward - which hit Number 1 at NACC Chart Jazz and Earshot Jazz - is at radio now!

amanaplanacanal.com/2024/05/15/jja…

youtu.be/cbhW2gUE-Pk

🤞

Tomorrow night

.@RachaelnVilray are on the latest episode of PBS's Poetry In America, focused on Frank O'Hara's 'Steps,' an ode to NYC art and dance, from his 'Lunch Poems.' You can watch the episode, which also features original music performed by Vilray and band, at nonesuch.com/journal/watch-…

'I cannot recommend this album highly enough.' —Pwyll ap Siôn on @TimoAndres's album 'The Blind Banister,' performed by the composer, @MetroEnsemble, and Inbal Segev, named one of 'The Best Classical Music Albums of 2024 (So Far)' by Gramophone gramophone.co.uk/features/artic…

'A powerful piece...a vital addition to the art form.' — Gramophone on John Adams' 'Girls of the Golden West'—on which he conducts LA Phil w/Los Angeles Master Chorale, Davóne, Julia Bullock & more—one of 'The Best Classical Music Albums of 2024 (So Far)' gramophone.co.uk/features/artic…

Yodeling and hiding from the Texas heat 🥵⭐️ come hang with us!
5/21 Fort Worth
5/23 Houston
5/24 New Braunfels - sold out
5/26 Cedar Park

'Flux Feelings' is my fave on this five-star album (per DownBeat Magazine) ambroseakinmusire.bandcamp.com/track/flux-fue…

20 years ago today Nels and Pat joined Wilco, completing the band we know and love. ❤️

Stay tuned, more memories to follow.

And hear night two with this lineup at Otto's in Dekalb
on nugs.net here: nugs.net/live-download-…

#OTD 10 years ago: @ConorOberst's Nonesuch debut album, 'Upside Down Mountain'—featuring friends like producer Jonathan Wilson, engineer Andy LeMaster, bassist Macey Taylor, Blake Mills, and First Aid Kit—was released.

🔊conoroberst.lnk.to/UpsideDownMoun…

#OTD 15 years ago: @KronosQuartet's 'Floodplain'—exploring vintage pop from Egypt, folk from Azerbaijan, electronica from a Palestinian music collective, and an ambitious piece from Serbian-American composer Aleksandra Vrebalov—was released.

🔊 kronosquartet.lnk.to/Floodplain

JAZZ:
Ya tengo los nuevos CD de Brad Mehldau. Tengo su discografía al completo y estos no podían faltar.

Música culta con mezcla de improvisación y toda ella a piano solo. Cóctel perfecto.

💿 CD Brad Mehldau, 'After Bach II'
💿 CD Brad Mehldau, 'Après Fauré'.

#BradMehldau

Mehldau's sample of Nonesuch Records recordings, on @Qobuz (6 tracks, 54'): open.qobuz.com/playlist/21730…

Quite possibly (along with Walter’s and Ferrier’s Das Lied) my favorite recording of all time ❤️

Rhythm Nation: how music gives Haiti hope amid the chaos theguardian.com/music/article/…