Punch Brothers take their new album, The Phosphorescent Blues, to the UK, with shows in Glasgow and London ... Olivia Chaney performs in London too ... Rhiannon Giddens is on BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends ... Richard Goode plays Mozart with Milwaukee Symphony ... Gidon Kremer closes out US tour at Carnegie Hall ... Audra McDonald joins Naples Philharmonic in Florida ... Brad Mehldau plays solo in Lisbon ... Conor Oberst plays Todos Santos Music Festival in Mexico ... Joshua Redman tours Germany with WDR Big Band ... 

Due to a serious shoulder injury to Patrick Carney, The Black Keys’ forthcoming European concerts, part of their Turn Blue World Tour, have been cancelled up until March 10. Regrettably, due to prior scheduled commitments and venue availability, efforts to reschedule the original dates were unsuccessful; therefore all tickets will be refunded in full at their point of purchase. At this time, it is not expected that any dates after March 10 will be cancelled.

John Adams's Second Quartet receives its world premiere with the St. Lawrence String Quartet at Stanford ... Devendra Banhart begins dublab radio show ... Boyhood returns to theaters ... Richard Goode joins St. Louis Symphony for Mozart ... Gidon Kremer performs Mozart and more in Detroit, Baltimore ... Kronos Quartet, Wu Man perform Terry Riley in Berkeley ... Audra McDonald sings with Rochester Philharmonic ... Randy Newman joins Louisiana Philharmonic in New Orleans ... Joshua Redman joins Umphrey's McGee in New York ... and more ... 

The line-up for the 2015 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has been announced, and included are three artists familiar to readers of the Nonesuch Journal: Robert Plant, Punch Brothers, and Rhiannon Giddens. The four-day festival takes place in Manchester, Tennessee, and runs June 11–14. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, January 17, at noon ET.

Emmylou Harris is being honored in concert in Washington, DC, by musicians including Rodney Crowell, Conor Oberst, Iron & Wine, Shawn Colvin, Sara Watkins, and many more ... Timo Andres performs with North Carolina Symphony and plays solo in DC ... Olivia Chaney continues Australia tour with Sydney Festival set ... Jacob Cooper music is in Carmina Slovenica choir show in Brooklyn ... Paul Thomas Anderson's film Inherent Vice opens across US ... Gidon Kremer joins the Naples Philharmonic in Florida ...

London-based singer-songwriter Olivia Chaney, who is currently touring Australia, will soon take the tour to North America. Chaney will visit select cities in the US and Canada in advance of the release of her Nonesuch Records debut album, starting at the World Café Live in Philadelphia on February 4, followed by stops in New York City, Brooklyn, Cambridge, Toronto, Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle, and Los Angeles. Stay tuned for details of Olivia Chaney’s forthcoming Nonesuch Records debut album and pre-order information coming soon.

The 2015 line-up for the Governors Ball Music Festival has been announced, including a headline set from The Black Keys and performances from Conor Oberst and Björk. The Governors Ball will take place on Randall's Island in New York City from June 5 to 7. Tickets go on sale this Friday, January 9. 

Punch Brothers, Rhiannon Giddens, and the duo of Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer will be among the performers at the 42nd annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, taking place June 18–21, 2015, the weekend of the summer solstice. The preliminary lineup for the much-loved Colorado event was announced earlier today, just before the winter solstice. Among the other performers are Thile's fellow Punch Brother Noam Pikelny, who will perform with fiddler Stuart Duncan.​

Paul Thomas Anderson’s film Inherent Vice opens in NYC and LA theaters, featuring music by Jonny Greenwood ... The Black Keys take their Turn Blue tour to the Carolinas ... Brad Mehldau Trio rounds out its US fall tour in the Northeast ... Natalie Merchant performs on Long Island ... Conor Oberst plays KCSN benefit in LA with Ryan Adams and David Gray ...

Olivia Chaney, whose Nonesuch Records debut album is due in 2015, will welcome in the new year with a two-week tour of Australia, starting at the Woodford Folk Festival in Brisbane on New Year's Eve and including shows in Melbourne and Perth and two sets as part of the Sydney Festival. Click for details and tickets.

Wilco kicks off a six-night, sold-out residency—Wilco Winterlude—at Chicago's Riviera Theatre; Sam Amidon opens Saturday ... John Adams leads his Saxophone Concerto in Miami ... Nonesuch President Bob Hurwitz talks with Peter Sellars in LA ... Timo Andres, Nico Muhly join Philip Glass at BAM ... The Black Keys tour South ... Boyhood cast does Q&As in LA ... Richard Goode leads master class at Bard ... Emmylou Harris is in DC ... Iron and Wine plays Portland, Seattle ... Kronos Quartet is in Brazil ... Audra McDonald tours California, as does Brad Mehldau Trio ... Pat Metheny Unity Group concludes Kin (←→) tour in NYC ... 

Audra McDonald launches her extensive 2014–15 concert season with a performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA tonight. The season includes shows in more than 30 cities in 18 different states across the US, among them five cities in California and five in Florida; three each in New Jersey and upstate New York; dates in Indianapolis, Charlotte, Boston, Chapel Hill, and Tucson; and a return to Carnegie Hall. McDonald won a record-breaking sixth Tony Award for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill earlier this year and released her latest solo album, Go Back Home, in 2013.