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Music on TV this week: St. Vincent; Noname; Wu-Tang Clan; Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; Anderson East

St. Vincent performs her song, 'New York,' on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
St. Vincent performs her song, 'New York,' on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'Randy Holmes/ABC

by Luke Taylor

October 15, 2018

Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on TV programs, and we've gathered the listings in one convenient place for you. We'll also post videos of performances as the week progresses.

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This week's schedule

This week's music offerings are a bit on the lighter side, but significant highights include St. Vincent, NoName, Wu-Tang Clan and Anderson East.

Notable reruns this week include Lenny Kravitz on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Here's the complete rundown. Check your local listings for broadcast times.*

Monday, Oct. 15

Sting and Shaggy, The Talk (CBS) | Brian Oake interviews Sting, Sept. 24, 2018
Tom Odell, Late Night with Seth Meyers; note: rerun from Sept. 18 (NBC)

Tuesday, Oct. 16

St. Vincent, Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) | Album review: St. Vincent, Masseduction, by Jade, Oct. 20, 2017

The Record Company, Last Call with Carson Daly; note: rerun from Sept. 19 (NBC) | Watch the Record Company perform a MicroShow at Icehouse in Minneapolis, July 9, 2018

Wednesday, Oct. 17

Noname, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Cardi B. (interview only) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) | Cardi B: hip hop's missing female voice, article by Jeffrey Bissoy-Mattis, April 24, 2018
Lenny Kravitz, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; note: rerun from Sept. 17
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Late Night with Seth Meyers; note: rerun from Oct. 3 (NBC) | watch Rateliff and company's Microshow at the Turf Club, recorded Aug. 6, 2018

Thursday, Oct. 18

The Revivalists, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS)

Friday, Oct. 19

Wu-Tang Clan, Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)

Gaz Coombes, The Late Late Show with James Corden; note: rerun from Sept. 19 (CBS)

Deafheaven, Last Call with Carson Daly; note: rerun from Sept. 3 (NBC)

Carpool Karaoke: Weird Al Yankovic and The Lonely Island

Saturday, Oct. 20

The Milk Carton Kids, CBS This Morning: Saturday Sessions (CBS)

Kanye West, Saturday Night Live; note: rerun from Sept. 29 (NBC)
Sam Smith; Anderson East, Austin City Limits (PBS)

Anderson East in studio at The Current, September 2017

*Schedule subject to change.

Watch again: See last week's highlights.

The Talk - CBS
Jimmy Kimmel Live! - ABC
Last Call with Carson Daly - NBC
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - CBS
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - NBC
Late Night with Seth Meyers - NBC
The Late Late Show with James Corden - CBS
CBS This Morning - CBS
Saturday Night Live - NBC
Austin City Limits - PBS

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