Brad Mehldau brings Three Pieces After Bach to Italy … Laurie Anderson is in East Hampton … Dan Auerbach brings Easy Eye Revue to California … Rhiannon Giddens plays free concert at Mississippi Museum of Art … Tigran Hamasyan performs in Vancouver, Portland … Gabriel Kahane brings new work to New York … Kronos Quartet is in Abu Dhabi … Robert Plant continues sold-out tour in Boston, Toronto … Rostam takes Half-Light tour out West …

The 2018 Tanglewood season has been announced, and among the artists slated to perform at the Lenox, MA, venue this summer are Emmylou Harris and Ry Cooder on a double bill, Chris Thile with Live From Here, Jeremy Denk in a solo recital, and Audra McDonald with the Boston Pops.

Robert Plant, who begins a sold-out US tour with his band the Sensational Space Shifters tonight, has released a video of their performance of "Carry Fire," the title song to his new album, at the O2 Apollo in Manchester, England, on their sold-out UK tour last November. You can watch it here.

Rhiannon Giddens plays three nights of sold-out shows with Dirk Powell in NYC … Sam Amidon tours Italy … Laurie Anderson brings The Language of the Future to Wisconsin … Dan Auerbach begins Easy Eye Revue tour ... Audra McDonald joins Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra … Robert Plant begins sold-out US tour … Joshua Redman plays in Miami … Rostam takes Half-Light tour to Midwest … and more …

Kronos Quartet, Timo Andres perform works by Philip Glass in San Francisco … Sam Amidon is in Glasgow … Jeremy Denk performs Ives in Texas … Gabriel Kahane brings 8980: Book of Travelers to Ann Arbor … Rostam takes Half-Light tour to Philadelphia, Boston … and Phantom Thread opens in cinemas in the UK, Europe, Australia ...

Rostam, who kicked off a month-long North American tour with a sold-out show in Atlanta last night, has added new dates on the flip side of the tour in late March. The spring shows include stops across the US, Europe, and the UK. Also today comes the release of a new, official video for "Bike Dream," from his album Half-Light, directed by Rostam and filmed in Paris, Berlin, and Copenhagen. You can watch it here.

Rhiannon Giddens has announced sixteen new headlining dates on her Freedom Highway tour. The new tour stops include shows in Baltimore, Tampa, and Cincinnati and are part of several months of touring across the US. Tickets for the new dates go on sale this Friday, February 2.

Emmylou Harris, Olivia Chaney are in NYC for the Grammy Awards, at which Harris will perform … David Byrne brings Reasons to be Cheerful to Milan, Amsterdam … Timo Andres is in San Francisco … Jeremy Denk performs Ives in Boston and Stanford … Nico Muhly, Teitur perform Confessions in Hamburg … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here on the radio via Austin … and more ...

Carnegie Hall has announced, with its 2018–19 concert season, that Chris Thile will hold the Debs Composer's Chair for the season. His residency includes Live From Here Songs of the Week; intimate recitals of a new piece and works by Bach; a multi-artist evening of traditional Scots, Irish, and American folk music; and the first-ever double bill of Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers.You can watch a video previewing the events here. 

David Byrne begins a five-city European tour of his Reasons To Be Cheerful project at the Copenhagen Main Library, followed by stops in Berlin, Milan, Amsterdam, and London. At the free events, Byrne presents hopeful writings, photos, music, and lectures he has curated over time, as he did at the presentation he gave at The New School in NYC earlier this month introducing his new album, American Utopia, and tour.

Kronos Quartet gives the opening concert of Carnegie Hall’s The ’60s: The Years that Changed America festival … Jeremy Denk performs Ives at Duke University … Fleet Foxes are in Japan … Natalie Merchant joins The Klezmatics in NYC … Colin Currie Group performs Steve Reich in London ... Chris Thile hosts Live From Here on the radio via New Orleans …

David Byrne has announced an extensive tour in support of his forthcoming solo record, American Utopia. He will perform songs from the new album, due March 9, as well as classics from his solo career and his days with Talking Heads. A twelve-piece band will also join Byrne on stage for a choreographed concert that he has called “the most ambitious show I’ve done since the shows that were filmed for Stop Making Sense.”