Brad Mehldau brought music from his album After Bach to the Philharmonie de Paris this spring for a full concert that can be seen here via ARTE. "Brad Mehldau is one of the most influential jazzmen of the last twenty years," says the Philharmonie. "For this exceptional program, he departs from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier to develop his own compositions ... This offering by Mehldau is unlike any other."

Punch Brothers play NYC's Beacon Theatre, CBS This Morning Saturday … John Adams's Doctor Atomic is performed at Santa Fe Opera … David Byrne, Fleet Foxes play Panorama NYC Music Festival … Olivia Chaney tours Boston, New York … Rhiannon Giddens is in Virginia … Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, Rajasthan Express perform Junun in Boston … Brad Mehldau Trio concludes European tour in Marciac … Natalie Merchant continues sold-out UK tour … Robert Plant plays Italy, Germany … Joshua Redman is in Belgium … Rostam plays Newport Folk Fest … and more …

Olivia Chaney has shared a video for the title track to her new album, Shelter, as she begins a three-week tour of North America. The video was filmed by Gavin Elder in the rustic cottage in the hills of the North Yorkshire Moors where she wrote the songs on the album. Watch it here. The tour begins in Decatur, Georgia, tonight and includes headline shows across the US and Canada, plus sets as special guest of Patty Griffin and Bruce Hornsby.

Emmylou Harris will take part in The Lantern Tour: Concerts for Migrant and Refugee Families with Jackson Browne, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, Lila Downs, Steve Earle, and Graham Nash in support of families seeking safety at the US–Mexico border. Proceeds will go to the Women's Refugee Commission. The tour begins in Nashville on October 23 and includes shows in Washington, DC; Collingswood, NJ; Boston; and NYC. 

The Gospel at Colonus, Bob Telson and Lee Breuer's groundbreaking retelling of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus, will be given six free performances at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, September 4–9, presented by The Public Theater and the Onassis Foundation USA. The musical, for which Nonesuch released the 1985 original cast recording, returns to NYC for the first time since 2004 to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the original production. Set in the context of a black Pentecostal service, it celebrates the myth of Oedipus' redemption with a rousing gospel and blues score, featuring more than forty voices including The Blind Boys of Alabama as Oedipus.

Gabriel Kahane, Timo Andres perform in picturesque Fishtail, Montana … Sam Amidon plays UK's Folk Forest fest … David Byrne brings American Utopia to Italy … Fleet Foxes play Pitchfork Fest in Chicago … Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, Rajasthan Express perform Junun in Toronto, Detroit … Lake Street Dive is in Texas … Brad Mehldau Trio tours Italy … Natalie Merchant continues sold-out UK tour … Robert Plant, Joshua Redman are in France … Punch Brothers play the Ryman … and more …

Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters will return to tour the US this fall. The tour starts with a set at LouFest in St. Louis in September and continues throughout the month in Kansas City, Santa Fe, Telluride, Del Mar, Tucson, Tulsa, Louisville, Dallas, and Lubbock, culminating at Austin City Limits Live at Moody Theater on September 29. Seth Lakeman is special guest in Kansas City, Sante Fe, Tucson, and Tulsa; Lucinda Williams is special guest in Texas.

John Adams's Doctor Atomic is performed at Santa Fe Opera … David Byrne brings American Utopia to Spain … Rhiannon Giddens is in Wyoming … Tigran Hamasyan plays at Ravello … Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, Rajasthan Express perform Junun at MSG in NYC … Kronos Quartet plays Celebrate Brooklyn! … Brad Mehldau Trio tours Europe … Natalie Merchant begins sold-out UK tour … Lake Street Dive is in Atlanta … Punch Brothers tour US Southeast … Joshua Redman plays Portugal, Netherlands … 

Natalie Merchant begins her sold-out A Summer Evening With… tour of intimate, historic venues across the UK. This 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." She will then tour Ireland as special guest of Lúnasa.

Punch Brothers, whose new album, All Ashore, is out next Friday, July 20, kick off an extensive US summer tour at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina. There are some forty shows to follow across the country through September, from Charlotte to Chicago, New Orleans to New York City, Buffalo to Boise to Boston to Baton Rouge. Watch the band perform "Three Dots and a Dash" from Live From Here here.

David Byrne, Fleet Foxes play Roskilde, Rock Werchter festivals … Sam Amidon performs in Belgium as well … Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, Rajasthan Express begin Junun tour with Radiohead in Chicago … Kronos Quartet is in Slovakia … Lake Street Dive returns to New England … Brad Mehldau Trio, Pat Metheny, Joshua Redman tour Europe ... Gaby Moreno hosts benefit concert in Brooklyn; Chris Thile performs … Rokia Traoré performs in France, Copenhagen …

Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, and the Rajasthan Express begin a month-long North American tour performing music from their album Junun as special guests of Radiohead with two nights of sold-out shows at the United Center in Chicago tonight and Saturday. The tour continues with four sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden in NYC; two nights each in Montreal and Toronto; shows in Detroit, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh; and two nights each in Boston and Philadelphia.