Fleet Foxes launch Crack-Up European tour … Devendra Banhart is in Rome … Rhiannon Giddens, Lake Street Dive, The Staves perform at Funhouse Fest … Emmylou Harris is in Florida … Shye Ben Tzur, Rajasthan Express perform Junun in Leeds … Punch Brothers conclude tour in Kentucky, Tennessee … Joshua Redman plays Twin Cities Jazz Festival … Rokia Traoré performs in Poland … and more …

Devendra Banhart begins a European summer tour, featuring music from his new album, Ape in Pink Marble, at Columbiahalle in Berlin tonight. The tour continues with shows in Copenhagen, Milan, Brussels, Rome, Vienna, Munich, London, and Paris, and festival sets in Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, and Finland.

Sam Amidon, The Staves are artists in residence at Eaux Claires Festival … Timo Andres performs Shy and Mighty in Brooklyn … Emmylou Harris is in California … Shye Ben Tzur, Rajasthan Express, Jonny Greenwood perform Junun at Best Kept Secret … Lake Street Dive tour US Northeast … Audra McDonald takes Lady Day to London ... Punch Brothers close out Telluride Bluegrass Festival … and more …

Pat Metheny takes quartet tour to NYC, Boston … Rhiannon Giddens plays Spoleto, Chicago fests … Tigran Hamasyan concludes world tour in Germany … Shye Ben Tzur, Rajasthan Express perform Junun in Stockholm, London … Kronos Quartet is in California … Lake Street Dive opens for Jack Johnson … Randy Newman performs at Riverfest … Punch Brothers play across Midwest … Joshua Redman performs in Germany … The Staves close out tour in London … 

Punch Brothers begin a US tour with a performance at ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin tonight. The two-week tour includes concerts in Dallas, Kansas City, Boulder, Denver, and Nashville, as well as festival sets at Blue Ox, Telluride Bluegrass, and more. The band will join forces with I'm With Her (Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan) and guitarist Julian Lage for the American Acoustic tour in July and August.

Conor Oberst will extend his Salutations tour into the fall with a month of concerts in the US West and South. The newly added dates start at the Eccles Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 1 and include stops in Nashville, Athens, Charlotte, Charleston; five cities in Florida; and shows in Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Oberst, backed by The Felice Brothers, begins the summer tour in Denver on June 30, plays across the US through July, heads to Europe in August, and returns to the States to play in September and October.

The Magnetic Fields bring 50 Song Memoir to Primavera Sound in Barcelona, where Shye Ben Tzur and the Rajasthan Express perform Junun …. Tigran Hamasyan is in Australia … Emmylou Harris headlines Nelsonville Music Festival … Lake Street Dive takes US tour down South … Pat Metheny concludes European tour … Conor Oberst brings Salutations South … Joshua Redman Trio tours Germany … The Staves are in Ireland … 

Shye Ben Tzur and the Rajasthan Express will perform music from their 2015 album, Junun, which the Times of London called "one of the most inspired releases of the year ," on tour across Europe, starting with two nights in Italy: at the Locus Festival in Bari tonight, and Ravenna Festival on Friday. Jonny Greenwood will join the group for both shows. Ben Tzur and the Rajasthan Express will open for Radiohead in select cities in addition to their own tour stops.

Lake Street Dive begins an extensive US summer tour at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville tonight. The cross-country tour continues with headline and festival sets, as well as three shows supporting Jack Johnson and four with Amos Lee. The band also heads to Los Angeles for a special performance at the Hollywood Bowl for the Jazz at the Bowl series.

The Staves begin a nine-city tour across the UK and Ireland with a sold-out show at Gorilla in Manchester tonight. The tour includes additional headline shows at venues in Belfast, Galway, Limerick, Glasgow, Barrow in Furness, and Brighton, as well as sets at the Forbidden Fruit Festival in Dublin and Bushstock Festival in London.

This Memorial Day weekend, Fleet Foxes lead four-night run at Sydney Opera House … Jeremy Denk joins Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra … Richard Goode gives solo recital at Bath Festival … Tigran Hamasyan tours Japan … Berg's Lulu is performed in Rome … Audra McDonald is in Bethesda, Westhampton … Pat Metheny continues quartet tour in France, Spain … The Staves are at BottleRock Napa … Chris Thile concludes US duo tour with Béla Fleck …

Fleet Foxes, who launched their Crack-Up world tour in the Pacific Northwest this week, have announced that the last of their four consecutive nights of shows at the Sydney Opera House in Australia will stream live via the band's Facebook page. Fans around the world can tune in live on Monday, May 29, at 8 PM in Sydney, 11 AM in London, 6 AM on the US East Coast, and bright and early (late?) at 3 AM on the West Coast, or watch it again after the concert is complete. The Fleet Foxes' shows at the Sydney Opera House, May 26–29, are part of the Vivid LIVE celebration at the iconic venue.