Devendra Banhart begins a seven-city tour of Asia with a performance at the Guro Arts Valley Theatre in Seoul tonight. The tour, a series of duo performances with his longtime collaborator Noah Georgeson, continues with concerts in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, and Kyoto. 

David Byrne brings American Utopia to Chicago for three nights … Sam Amidon performs in the UK, Ireland … Tigran Hamasyan is in the UK … Lake Street Dive takes Free Yourself Up tour out West … Rostam plays All Points East in London … and more …

This Memorial Day weekend, David Byrne and Rostam are at the Sasquatch! Music Festival in Washington … Jeremy Denk joins Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra … Fleet Foxes tour US Northeast … Lake Street Dive takes Free Yourself Up tour to California … Robert Plant is in the UK … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Virginia …

Devendra Banhart has been named a curator of and performer at the 2018 Le Guess Who? festival. Le Guess Who? is a celebration of sound in the city of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Dedicated to boundary-crossing music from across the globe, the twelfth edition of the festival takes place November 8–11, 2018. The artists Banhart welcomes to the festival include Vashti Bunyan, Ghanaian Highlife musician Ebo Taylor, Japanese singer-songwriter Shintaro Sakamoto, and several others. This year's other curators are Asia Argento, Shabaka Hutchings, and Moor Mother.

Olivia Chaney performs in Jimi Hendrix's bedroom in London … Timo Andres plays in Brooklyn … Devendra Banhart headlines LTDOMX in Mexico … David Byrne, Fleet Foxes, Rhiannon Giddens, Lake Street Dive continue US tours … Richard Goode plays solo in London … Emmylou Harris is in Austin … Tigran Hamasyan performs in Italy … Kronos Quartet performs in UK … Audra McDonald is in California … Brad Mehldau Trio concludes European tour … Joshua Redman joins Brooklyn Rider … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Atlanta … and more ...

Brad Mehldau Trio tours Europe … Sam Amidon, Rhiannon Giddens play Fiddle Fair in Ireland … David Byrne brings American Utopia tour Northeast … Fleet Foxes play Southwest … Richard Goode joins Netherlands Philharmonic … Tigran Hamasyan, Kronos Quartet perform in France … Gabriel Kahane premieres new work in Portland … Lake Street Dive takes Free Yourself Up to Pennsylvania … Audra McDonald is in California … Stephin Merritt plays Bang on a Can Marathon in NYC … Nico Muhly makes Singapore debut … and more …

Rostam has released a visualizer for the song "Sumer," off his album Half-Light, which you can watch here. He performs at Brooklyn Steel and at the Sasquatch Music Festival later this month. Rostam begins a European tour at Primavera Sound on May 31, with stops in France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and Ireland, and UK shows in London and Brighton.

Lake Street Dive's new album, Free Yourself Up, is out now. Today also marks the start of an extensive Free Yourself Up tour, which begins with an intimate show at The Sinclair in the band's original home of Boston tonight. And Lake Street Dive has released the official music video for the album track "Good Kisser," directed by Bianca Giaever, which you can watch here. The band will perform on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday, May 7.

Devendra Banhart will lead a six-city tour of duo performances with his longtime collaborator Noah Georgeson in Asia this June, starting in Seoul on June 6, with concerts in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Singapore and culminating in Bangkok on June 16. Banhart will also headline the LTDOMX festival in Silao, Mexico, on May 19.

David Byrne takes his American Utopia tour down South … Sam Amidon performs in the UK … Fleet Foxes play Shaky Knees in Atlanta … Lake Street Dive launches Free Yourself Up tour in Boston … Audra McDonald is in Missouri … Nico Muhly, Teitur perform Confessions in Germany … Joshua Redman leads DC residency … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from the Ryman in Nashville … and more …

Punch Brothers have announced a two-week tour of Europe this autumn, starting at Pumpehuset in Copenhagen on November 5. The tour includes concerts at the Barbican in London, Le Trianon in Paris, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, and many more.

Kronos Quartet hosts its fourth-annual hometown festival at SFJAZZ … Sam Amidon brings The Following Mountain to Cincinnati, Chicago … Timo Andres performs at Milton Court in London … David Byrne takes American Utopia tour to Texas, New Orleans Jazz Fest … Jeremy Denk plays solo in California … Rhiannon Giddens is in the Carolinas … Audra McDonald performs in Princeton … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from NYC … and more …