Robert Plant and his band the Sensational Space Shifters begin a month-long, sold-out tour of the UK, with music from his new album, Carry Fire, at Plymouth Pavilions tonight, followed by shows across England, Scotland, and Wales, including London’s Royal Albert Hall. Plant and the band tour North America starting in February and Australia in March.

Pat Metheny, Chris Thile, Brad Mehldau perform at EFG London Jazz Festival … Dan Auerbach joins John Prine in DC and Richmond … Fleet Foxes are in Milan, Hamburg … Rhiannon Giddens joins Cincinnati Pops Orchestra … Richard Goode gives a recital in San Diego … Tigran Hamasyan returns home to Armenia … Lake Street Dive plays St. Paul with Bruce Hornsby … Mariza performs in Boston … Randy Newman is in Charleston … Rostam takes Half-Light to Amsterdam … and more …

Mandolinist/singer Chris Thile and pianist Brad Mehldau begin a nine-city European tour, performing songs from their 2017 debut duo album, Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau, at Teatro dal Verme in Milan, Italy, tonight. The duo stays in Italy for a performance at Teatro Zancanaro in Sacile on Thursday, before heading to Amsterdam, London, Paris, Munich, Leverkusen (Germany), and Zürich. The tour concludes with a concert at Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna.

Fleet Foxes begin European Crack-Up tour at Iceland Airwaves … Sam Amidon brings The Following Mountain to Germany, Brussels, Amsterdam … Jeremy Denk gives recital in Chicago … Rhiannon Giddens joins Louisville Orchestra … Richard Goode performs in Wisconsin … Emmylou Harris heads South … Kronos Quartet is in Washington state … Mariza sings in New Jersey … Audra McDonald performs in Ohio … Pat Metheny continues European quartet tour … Joshua Redman is in Bulgaria, Poland … Rostam tours Half-Light in Germany … Chris Thile reunites with Nickel Creek on A Prairie Home Companion in San Diego … and more ...

Fleet Foxes have released a new behind-the-scenes (and from-the-stage) video of their recent US tour of songs from their new album, Crack-Up. You can take a look at life on the road in the video, directed by Sean Pecknold, here. The band begins a European tour at Iceland Airwaves this Saturday, followed by shows in Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, UK, Sweden, and Norway. These performances will be the band's first European headline shows in six years. 

Rostam plays The Growlers Six in LA, as does Dan Auerbach, who is also on A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile … Sam Amidon, Devendra Banhart, Pat Metheny all tour Germany … Jeremy Denk is in Baltimore … Rhiannon Giddens tours California … Richard Goode is in Maine … Tigran Hamasyan tours Europe … Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass score Bay Area Dracula screenings … Mariza is at SFJAZZ … Brad Mehldau plays West Coast … Conor Oberst concludes Salutations tour in Midwest … Joshua Redman is in Romania, Serbia …

Portuguese singer Mariza has returned to the US to give a number of intimate concerts, going back to her roots to perform special acoustic sets of stripped-down traditional Fado as it would be heard in a small club in Lisbon. The tour includes a four-night, eight-show residency at SFJAZZ Center's Joe Henderson Lab, and concerts in Brooklyn, DC, New Jersey, Chicago, Boston, and New York. Songlines has named her Artist of the Year and called her album Mundo "an unalloyed triumph."

Randy Newman is on A Prairie Home Companion, hosted by Chris Thile …. Sam Amidon brings The Following Mountain to Europe … Laurie Anderson returns to Chile … Jeremy Denk is in Belgium … Richard Goode gives recital in Richmond ... Tigran Hamasyan performs in Germany … The Magnetic Fields bring 50 Song Memoir to Melbourne Fest … Pat Metheny continues quartet tour in Germany … Conor Oberst takes Salutations to Florida … Joshua Redman is in Asia …

Sam Amidon begins a European tour of music from his new album, The Following Mountain, at Scalateatern Källare in Stockholm, followed by shows in Norway, Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the UK, and Ireland.

Rostam has announced his first North American tour, beginning in Atlanta on January 29, 2018. The tour, featuring music from Rostam's recently released debut album, Half-Light, continues through February, with stops in Nashville, DC, Chicago, Seattle, and more, culminating at El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on February 24. Watch Rostam's performance of the album's title track at KEXP here.

Jeremy Denk hosts a day-long event in London as Milton Court Artist in Residence … Sam Amidon concludes North American tour … Tigran Hamasyan is in France … Emmylou Harris is in Washington state … Kronos Quartet joins Calgary Philharmonic … Pat Metheny begins European tour … Randy Newman is on PBS … Conor Oberst takes Salutations South … Joshua Redman is in Ohio … The Staves play Festifeel in London … Chris Thile hosts A Prairie Home Companion, joined by Lake Street Dive’s Rachael Price … and more ...

Conor Oberst, Emmylou Harris, Randy Newman, Dan Auerbach play free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass fest in San Francisco … Sam Amidon takes The Following Mountain tour to the Northeast … Laurie Anderson performs at Philip Glass fest in California … Jeremy Denk joins New Jersey Symphony … Tigran Hamasysan launches tour in Greece … Kronos Quartet is in San Francisco … Chris Thile begins new season of A Prairie Home Companion in Saint Paul … and more …