Natalie Merchant has announced A Summer Evening With… summer tour of intimate, historic venues across the UK. The tour, from St Ives on July 13 to Oxford on July 30, is her most far-reaching of the country to date and includes songs from throughout her career. "There's so much of Britain I've never seen," says Merchant. "I expect this summer's tour will satisfy my desire to explore those historic and scenic regions while meeting up with my fans who live there."

Sam Amidon, Rhiannon Giddens, and Rostam are at Big Ears in Knoxville … Dan Auerbach takes Easy Eye Revue to Northeast US … David Byrne brings American Utopia to Brazil … Jeremy Denk performs Ives in upstate New York .. Tigran Hamasyan tours France, Latvia … k.d. lang takes Ingénue tour to Pennsylvania, Maryland … Audra McDonald joins Utah Symphony … Robert Plant launches Australia tour in Sydney … Joshua Redman is in Chicago … and Nonesuch is at MoMA PS1 ...

Sam Amidon has announced a UK tour for October, with shows in Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh, Sheffield, and Newcastle, in addition to previously announced summer festival sets. He begins a North American spring tour at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville this Friday, with shows in Lexington, Philadelphia, NYC, Brattleboro, Cambridge, Montreal, Toronto, Ann Arbor, and Chicago, plus sets at the MusicNow festival in Cincinnati.

Rhiannon Giddens, the Guest Curator of the 2018 Cambridge Folk Festival, has selected the performers she has invited to Cherry Hinton Hall this August 2–5: Peggy Seeger, Kaia Kater, Birds of Chicago, Amythyst Kiah, and Yola Carter will be introduced by Giddens before each takes the stage. Giddens will also perform at the Festival. She will give the keynote address at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville this Saturday.

Rostam, who resumes his US Half-Light tour at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville on Sunday, announced two new headline shows: at Brooklyn Steel in NYC on May 24 and the Fonda Theatre in LA on September 14. The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh has released a video of Rostam with a string quartet performing "Gwan," from Half-Light, and a cover of Nick Drake's "Pink Moon," made as part of The Warhol's Silver Studio Sessions series. You can watch it here.

David Byrne brings American Utopia to Lollapalooza in South America … Jeremy Denk gives recital at Cornell … Tigran Hamasyan performs in Amsterdam … k.d. lang takes Ingénue tour to Midwest … Audra McDonald is in Florida … Joshua Redman plays Luxembourg, France … and more …

David Byrne presents American Utopia: Detroit, a video for "Everybody's Coming To My House" from his new album, American Utopia, featuring a performance of the song by Detroit School of Arts (DSA) Vocal Jazz Ensemble students. The video, which includes personal perspectives and interpretations from the students, was filmed in part by their classmates from the school's Radio & Television Department. You can see it here, along with Byrne's conversation about the video and more with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show. Byrne has also added new US shows with special guest Tune-Yards on his world tour.

Fleet Foxes have added new dates to their North American tour this spring and summer, including a headline slot at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago and a Shaky Knees side performance at Variety Playhouse in Atlanta. Newly announced headline stops include Cincinnati's Taft Theatre, Cleveland's Agora Theatre, and Montreal's Corona Theatre.

Emmylou Harris performs at Country to Country festival in UK, Ireland … Timo Andres is in Brooklyn … David Byrne brings American Utopia to Northeast … Fleet Foxes tour South … Rhiannon Giddens returns to Carnegie Hall … Richard Goode plays solo in Portugal … Kronos Quartet is in LA … k.d. lang brings Ingénue out West … Audra McDonald performs in Florida … Joshua Redman is in Germany … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Arizona … Rokia Traoré performs in France …

David Byrne has added two NYC dates to his extensive American Utopia world tour. For the first time since 1983, during the Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense tour, Byrne will play Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, on September 15. He has also added a show at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on September 17. Tune-Yards will open both shows. Byrne will be on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert this Friday.

Robert Plant has announced a new series of North American headline dates on his Carry Fire tour in June. Special guests include Sheryl Crow, Jim James, Lucinda Williams, Los Lobos, Elle King, Jon Langford, and Seth Lakeman. Watch a new video of Plant and his band the Sensational Space Shifters performing "New World" live from Manchester's 02 Apollo here.

Rhiannon Giddens, Stephin Merritt play Tibet House Benefit at Carnegie Hall … David Byrne previews American Utopia in Northeast … Jeremy Denk is in UK … Fleet Foxes take Crack-Up to Florida … Richard Goode joins BBC Philharmonic … Jonny Greenwood is up for an Oscar ... Tigran Hamasyan performs in NYC … Kronos Quartet is in Berkeley … k.d. lang brings Ingénue to California … Audra McDonald performs in Atlanta … Brad Mehldau plays solo in Germany … Pat Metheny duets in Connecticut … Robert Plant is in LA … The Staves are in New Zealand … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Saint Paul, performs at Oscars … and more …