Makaya McCraven concludes his North American fall tour in Albuquerque, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. Richard Goode performs Beethoven at London's Wigmore Hall. Kronos Quartet celebrates Philip Glass’s 85th birthday in the Rainbow Room in NYC. Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade perform at Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. Chris Thile is in Lyon and Luxembourg. Molly Tuttle, Golden Highway celebrate Halloween in Florida.

“You want to talk about amazing live musicians: the guest on today’s show, Chris Thile,” guitarist Cory Wong says of the guest on the latest episode of his Premier Guitar podcast Wong Notes. “Oh my gosh, this dude is insane. One of my absolute favorite musicians of all time. One of my favorite musicians to ever play with. One of my favorite thinkers, creative minds. This guy is incredible.” You can hear their conversation here.

The Magnetic Fields will tour the US next spring following a four-city tour of Latin America this December. The band closes out 2022 with concerts in Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina. The spring run of US shows starts with two nights in Denver, March 17 and 18, followed by dates in Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Austin, St. Louis (two nights), Cleveland, and Pittsburgh (two nights), culminating at City Winery Hudson Valley on April 3.

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade begin their European tour in Switzerland, Germany, and Luxembourg. Sam Amidon, Marc Ribot are in Newport and NYC. Timo Andres celebrates Ingram Marshall in NYC. Joachim Cooder performs the Dead in Vancouver. Emmylou Harris is in Texas. Kronos Quartet is in Irvine CA. Makaya McCraven plays in Portland and San Francisco. Cécile McLorin Salvant tours France and Spain. Caroline Shaw, Roomful of Teeth join NY Phil at David Geffen Hall. Chris Thile is in Budapest and Vienna. Molly Tuttle returns to Grass Valley, CA.

Rhiannon Giddens is joined by Allison Russell in conversation in Hartford then kicks off her Carnegie Hall Perspectives series in Weill Recital Hall with Francesco Turrisi. John Adams is performed by NY Phil in David Geffen Hall and by Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. The Black Keys are in Houston. Jeremy Denk plays Brahms with Fairfax Symphony Orchestra. Gabriel Kahane joins St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Kronos Quartet is in Oakland. Mariza sings at SFJAZZ. Makaya McCraven kicks off his tour in Vancouver. Punch Brothers play festivals in Georgia and Florida. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in France and Belgium. Vagabon is in Toronto and joins Jason Isbell at the Ryman in Nashville.

Hurray for the Riff Raff will join Bright Eyes as special guest on six shows of their North American fall tour. After having toured together earlier this year, they reunite in November for shows in Illinois, Michigan, Toronto, Montreal, Providence, and at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn. Hurray for the Riff Raff also performs at Moonstone Fest in Birmingham this month and NPR Music’s 15th anniversary celebration at the 9:30 Club in DC in November.

Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway are in New England for a show in Newburyport and the three-day Flannel Jam in Marshfield, Portland, and Nantucket. The Black Keys tour California. Jeremy Denk plays in Sleepy Hollow, NY. Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi are in Connecticut and New Jersey. Gabriel Kahane is in Seattle. Mandy Patinkin performs in Oregon. Cécile McLorin Salvant tours France. Wilco closes out its tour in Missouri.

Cécile McLorin Salvant’s concert at Salle Poirel in Nancy, France, for the Nancy Jazz Pulsations festival was broadcast live via ARTE. She was joined by guitarist Marvin Sewell, bassist Paul Sikivie, and percussionist Keita Ogawa—all of whom perform on her Nonesuch debut album, Ghost Song—and pianist Glenn Zaleski. You can watch the set here. Salvant was on BBC Radio 4's Kate Bush: The Power of Stranger Things hosted by Ann Powers. She talks about "Wuthering Heights" and why she chose to record it on Ghost Song. 

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass returns to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, where both Emmylou Harris and Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi perform Sunday. Also doubling up at festivals this weekend are The Black Keys and Wilco, both at Mempho Music Festival in Memphis, and Hurray for the Riff Raff and Conor Oberst at Felice Country Fair in upstate NY. Punch Brothers join others to pay tribute to Bob Dylan at The Town Hall in NYC. Devendra Banhart is in Kyoto, Japan. Jeremy Denk and Tigran Hamasyan each give solo piano recitals—in Carmel, CA, and Florence, Italy, respectively.

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade tour California, at SFJAZZ, Monterey Jazz Festival, and Blue Note Napa. Timo Andres is in Brooklyn. The Black Keys play the iHeart Radio Festival in Vegas. Michelle Branch is at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Joachim Cooder is in Georgia.. Cécile McLorin Salvant concludes her Blue Note NYC residency. Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion perform Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part at Skidmore. Molly Tuttle is in Minnesota and Tennessee. Wilco is in Calgary and Montana. 

Michelle Branch's fourth solo album, The Trouble With Fever, is out now. Also out today is the video for the album's second single, "Not My Lover," directed by Alexa Stone and Stephen Kinigopoulos at a local karaoke bar in Nashville. You can watch it here. "This song is about the mistakes we make and trying to learn from them instead of letting them burn you down,” Branch says. "You have the power to change your own narrative." Branch's tour began in Boston last night and continues in Philadelphia, NYC, DC, Chicago, San Francisco, and LA. Her sold-out show at the Troubadour in LA September 27 will stream live.

Michelle Branch tours Philadelphia and NYC ... John Adams's Anthony and Cleopatra streams live from SF Opera ... Timo Andres celebrates Philip Glass’s 85th birthday in upstate NY ... Jeremy Denk joins Royal Northern Sinfonia in Gateshead ... Emmylou Harris is in Colorado ... Gabriel Kahane is in New Mexico ... The Magnetic Fields close out tour in Germany and Copenhagen ... Molly Tuttle is in Louisville ... Wilco tours California ...