We're excited to be back at the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair at Smorgasburg in Williamsburg on Saturday. Hope to see you there! There's lots of great live music ahead around the world from John Adams in San Francisco, Sam Amidon in Latvia, Attacca Quartet in Japan, Devendra Banhart in New Mexico, The Black Keys in Ohio, Jeremy Denk in Scotland, Emmylou Harris in Indiana, Hurray for the Riff Raff in London and Brighton, Gabriel Kahane in Houston and Austin, Lake Street Dive at Radio City Music Hall, The Magnetic Fields in Lisbon and Amsterdam, Makaya McCraven and Jeff Parker are in Raleigh, Molly Tuttle touring the South, and Wilco in the Midwest.

The New York Philharmonic has announced the lineups for the first two installments of The 65th Street Session, a NY Phil presentation curated by Chris Thile, its 2022–23 Creative Partner, in the Wu Tsai Theater of Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall: Thile with Brad Mehldau and Tune-Yards on October 11 and with Punch Brothers, Watchhouse, and Sarah Jarosz, as part of their American Acoustic Tour, on December 6. Fan pre-sale is on now with code 65THSTREET. General on-sale begins September 13. Lineups and ticket info for the final two performances, February 14 and March 28, 2023, will be announced at a later date.

Happy Labor Day weekend! While it may signal the unofficial end of summer here, it also brings with it lots of great live music around the world, including the final nights of Brad Mehldau’s weeklong residency at the Village Vanguard in NYC ... The Magnetic Fields and Hurray for the Riff Raff at the End of the Road Festival and on tour in the UK ... Attacca Quartet on tour in Japan ... The Black Keys in Cincinnati ... Tigran Hamasyan in Armenia ... Emmylou Harris at Ravinia Festival ... Cécile McLorin Salvant at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island ... Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway on tour in North Carolina and Virginia ...

Punch Brothers and Molly Tuttle are at Sacred Rose festival outside Chicago ... Punch Brothers are also in Wisconsin, and Tuttle is in Chicago ... Emmylou Harris and Wilco are in Martha's Vineyard ... Harris is also at Wolf Trap, while Wilco is in New Haven ... The Black Keys are in Georgia and Alabama ... Hurray for the Riff Raff launches EU/UK tour in Turin and London ...

Hurray for the Riff Raff kicks off a tour of Europe and the UK featuring songs from their Nonesuch debut album, LIFE ON EARTH, this weekend with sets at Todays Festival in Turin and All Points East in London. The tour continues with concerts in Northampton, Dublin, Glasgow, Leeds, Wiltshire, Cardiff, Manchester, Birmingham, London, Brighton, and Paris. 

Cécile McLorin Salvant is at Tanglewood  ... Emmylou Harris returns to Blackberry Farm in TN ... Hurray for the Riff Raff plays Pitchfork concert in Queens ... Lake Street Dive, Rachael & Vilray perform in Portland, ME ... Punch Brothers are at Philadelphia Folk Festival and Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots Festival ... Joshua Redman plays Ellington, Monk, and Shorter in Houston ... Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are in Oak Ridge, TN ... Wilco plays Montreal and Cooperstown ...

Rhiannon Giddens was on CBS Sunday Morning to discuss Omar, the opera she wrote with Michael Abels, based on the life and autobiography of enslaved Muslim scholar Omar Ibn Said, who was forcefully brought to Charleston, SC from Africa in 1807. “We need to know their stories,” says Giddens, “and then we know more about who we are now.” You can watch their conversation here.

After spending nearly 30 years showcasing their music across the globe, Wilco will make its Iceland debut April 6–8, 2023, at Reykjavík’s Eldborg Hall at Harpa. Tickets go on sale August 16. A new, previously unreleased track from the upcoming Yankee Hotel Foxtrot super deluxe and deluxe editions—a live, in-the-studio version of “Ashes of American Flags” from a 2001 session on WXRT Radio’s Sound Opinions—is out today.

Hurray for the Riff Raff kicks off a tour of the Pacific Northwest with two sets at Pickathon in Oregon this weekend. There's more great live music ahead around the world from John Adams, Lake Street Dive, Punch Brothers, and Molly Tuttle.

The Newport Jazz Festival features performances from Cécile McLorin Salvant, Sam Gendel, and Makaya McCraven, who also performs at SummerStage in NYC's Central Park. There's more great live music ahead around the world from The Black Keys, Rhiannon Giddens, Punch Brothers, Steve Reich, Tyondai Braxton, Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion, and Molly Tuttle.

Punch Brothers, Watchhouse, and Sarah Jarosz join forces for the second American Acoustic US tour starting tonight, with dates in Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, New Haven, and more. Chris Thile says: “It took five years, but I’m elated to announce the second traveling edition of American Acoustic for this summer. Joining my fellow Punch Brothers and me in front of a pair of large condenser microphones will be our dear friends, Watchhouse and Sarah Jarosz, for a collaborative evening of music that traverses our respective catalogues and celebrates being together.” They've released a preview of what's to come with a cover of Sufjan Stevens' "Mystery of Love" performed live from Telluride; you can watch it here.

The Newport Folk Festival features performances from Rhiannon Giddens, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Natalie Merchant, Taj Mahal, and two-thirds of Mountain Man ... Laurie Anderson performs at the Hirschhorn in DC ... The Black Keys are in NY, NJ ... Kronos Quartet are at Rancho Nicasio in California ... Brad Mehldau, Ian Bostridge perform at Verbier Festival ... Rachael & Vilray are in upstate NY ... Cécile McLorin Salvant plays festivals in Switzerland and France ... Molly Tuttle is in Oregon ...