from the press release, edited by Ben Hogwood

Nonesuch Records releases pianist and composer Brad Mehldau’s Ride into the Sun – a songbook record of music by the late singer, songwriter, and guitarist Elliott Smith – on 29 August.

Featured musicians include singer/guitarist Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear); singer/mandolinist Chris Thile (Punch Brothers, Nickel Creek); bassists Felix Moseholm (Brad Mehldau Trio, Samara Joy) and John Davis (who also engineered and mixed the album); drummer Matt Chamberlain (Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Randy Newman); and a chamber orchestra led by Dan Coleman, who also conducted on Mehldau’s 2010 album Highway Rider.

Two album tracks, Tomorrow Tomorrow and Better Be Quiet Now, are available and can be watched below, together with an in-the-studio video of the musicians recording, directed by Matthew Edginton:

Published post no.2,549 – Friday 30 May 2025