American Railroad, the new album from the Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens, is out now. It is the culmination of four years of research, collaboration, and music-making, having brought Silkroad artists all across the US to uncover and uplift stories of those who built the transcontinental railroad and connecting railways across North America. "The result is a tapestry of stories, traditions, and music that have shaped our multifaceted cultural identity, and that must be heard and recognized," Giddens says. Also out now are a performance video of the track "Mahk Jchi" and the first episode of the American Railroad podcast series. The US fall tour continues to November 23.

Cécile McLorin Salvant inaugurates four-part Carnegie Hall concert series. John Adams conducts NY Phil at David Geffen Hall. Laurie Anderson continues premiere of new piece in Manchester. Rhiannon Giddens and Silkroad Ensemble take American Railroad to Georgia. Mary Halvorson plays Elbphilharmonie's Marc Ribot festival in Hamburg. Hurray for the Riff Raff plays Mexico City's Corona Capital Festival. Kronos Quartet performs at Bozar in Brussels. Mandy Patinkin performs in Charleston. Caroline Shaw and Gabriel Kahane are in Oregon. The Staves are in Atlanta and Birmingham. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway tour the East Coast.

Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Marcus Gilmore will tour the US in April—with concerts in California, Texas, Indiana, Michigan, and Massachusetts—then head to Hong Kong and Japan for five shows in May. Prior to that, Mehldau will play several solo sets across Europe, including those with music from his new album Après Fauré, in Madrid, Barcelona, London, Lyon, Paris, Grenoble, Bordeaux, Rome, and Vienna.

Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra), who performs at the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City this Sunday, announces new tour dates across the US South, supporting Bright Eyes, beginning February 26, 2025, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and continuing through March 22 in St. Louis, with shows in Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Oklahoma. Segarra toured with the band in 2022; Conor Oberst can be heard on "The World Is Dangerous," from Hurray for the Riff Raff's album The Past Is Still Alive.

The Staves take their acoustic tour to Hamden, CT, and Williamsburg. John Adams conducts Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Ambrose Akinmusire performs new piece in the Netherlands and Austria. Rhiannon Giddens and Silkroad Ensemble perform American Railroad in Ann Arbor and Nashville. Emmylou Harris is in New Orleans. Mandy Patinkin and family chat in Glen Ellyn, IL. Cécile McLorin Salvant tours Germany. Caroline Shaw, Gabriel Kahane, and Roomful of Teeth are in Denver.

Jeremy Denk and friends perform Fauré at Wigmore Hall in London. John Adams is performed in London and Paris. Mary Halvorson is in Colorado. Hurray for the Riff Raff is in the Netherlands. The Magnetic Fields performs 69 Love Songs in Seattle. Natalie Merchant helps get out the vote in Ithaca. Mandy Patinkin and family chat in Concord, NH. Cécile McLorin Salvant tours Germany. Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered is performed in Bakersfield, CA. Chris Thile joins Greensboro Symphony in NC. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are in Arizona and Florida.

Makaya McCraven returns to his hometown of Amherst to celebrate Max Roach. John Adams is performed in Zurich and Atlanta. Jeremy Denk performs Ives at Yale. Kronos Quartet is in Vancouver. The Magnetic Fields play 69 Love Songs in Boulder. Steve Reich is performed in NYC. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Germany and Denmark. Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion, and Ringdown tour Vermont. Chris Thile performs in West Virginia. Yasmin Williams is in Michigan.

The Staves have released an acoustic cover of The Beatles' "She's Leaving Home" ahead of their return to the US to tour in November. "This song is one we’ve known forever and have loved, partly because of its vivid storytelling but also the incredible string arrangement," the Staves' Jessica and Camilla Staveley say. "We realized that there are actually no harmonies on this song, only the two voices of Lennon and McCartney singing—it felt like a sign." You can watch the video here.

Composer/guitarist Yasmin Williams has announced a US winter headline tour behind her critically acclaimed new album, Acadia. The dates begin with four shows in California in December, before picking back up on the East Coast in February with shows in Baltimore, NYC, Northampton, Philadelphia, and more. Williams also plays Pitchfork Music Festival in London in November and Brandi Carlile's Girls Just Wanna Weekend in Mexico in January. 

Rhiannon Giddens has announced the launch of her first-ever festival, Biscuits & Banjos, a celebration of Black music, art, and culture to take place April 25–27, 2025, in downtown Durham, in her home state of North Carolina. The event commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Black Banjo Gathering, which launched Giddens' career and led to the formation of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, who will reunite to headline the festival. A portion of both ticket sales and merchandise income will go to Hurricane Helene relief efforts.

Jeremy Denk celebrates his new album, Ives Denk, and Ives's 150th birthday in Maine. Timo Andres performs Philip Glass in Stamford. Hurray for the Riff Raff is in Chicago. The Magnetic Fields perform 69 Love Songs in DC. Mariza is at Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA. Makaya McCraven is in Brooklyn, Princeton, and DC. Brad Mehldau is in Brussels. Mandy Patinkin and his wife Kathryn Grody chat in Texas. Cécile McLorin Salvant sings in Leipzig and Stockholm. Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion, and Ringdown are in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Vagabon heads to El Paso. Yasmin Williams plays the Greek in LA.

Jeremy Denk plays solo in St. Paul. Hurray for the Riff Raff concludes Australia tour. Gabriel Kahane’s Book of Travelers / Magnificent Bird conclude in NYC. Makaya McCraven is in Santa Cruz. Brad Mehldau plays Istanbul, Athens. Gustavo Santaolalla celebrates Ronroco in London. Caroline Shaw is in Amsterdam. Chris Thile joins Colorado Symphony in Denver. Davóne Tines joins A Far Cry in Boston. Vagabon tours Texas with Crumb. Yasmin Williams plays Pacific Northwest with Michael Kiwanuka, Brittany Howard.