Portuguese singer Mariza has returned to the US to give a number of intimate concerts, going back to her roots to perform special acoustic sets of stripped-down traditional Fado as it would be heard in a small club in Lisbon. The tour includes a four-night, eight-show residency at SFJAZZ Center's Joe Henderson Lab, and concerts in Brooklyn, DC, New Jersey, Chicago, Boston, and New York. Songlines has named her Artist of the Year and called her album Mundo "an unalloyed triumph."

Randy Newman is on A Prairie Home Companion, hosted by Chris Thile …. Sam Amidon brings The Following Mountain to Europe … Laurie Anderson returns to Chile … Jeremy Denk is in Belgium … Richard Goode gives recital in Richmond ... Tigran Hamasyan performs in Germany … The Magnetic Fields bring 50 Song Memoir to Melbourne Fest … Pat Metheny continues quartet tour in Germany … Conor Oberst takes Salutations to Florida … Joshua Redman is in Asia …

Sam Amidon begins a European tour of music from his new album, The Following Mountain, at Scalateatern Källare in Stockholm, followed by shows in Norway, Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the UK, and Ireland.

Rostam has announced his first North American tour, beginning in Atlanta on January 29, 2018. The tour, featuring music from Rostam's recently released debut album, Half-Light, continues through February, with stops in Nashville, DC, Chicago, Seattle, and more, culminating at El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on February 24. Watch Rostam's performance of the album's title track at KEXP here.

Jeremy Denk hosts a day-long event in London as Milton Court Artist in Residence … Sam Amidon concludes North American tour … Tigran Hamasyan is in France … Emmylou Harris is in Washington state … Kronos Quartet joins Calgary Philharmonic … Pat Metheny begins European tour … Randy Newman is on PBS … Conor Oberst takes Salutations South … Joshua Redman is in Ohio … The Staves play Festifeel in London … Chris Thile hosts A Prairie Home Companion, joined by Lake Street Dive’s Rachael Price … and more ...

Conor Oberst, Emmylou Harris, Randy Newman, Dan Auerbach play free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass fest in San Francisco … Sam Amidon takes The Following Mountain tour to the Northeast … Laurie Anderson performs at Philip Glass fest in California … Jeremy Denk joins New Jersey Symphony … Tigran Hamasysan launches tour in Greece … Kronos Quartet is in San Francisco … Chris Thile begins new season of A Prairie Home Companion in Saint Paul … and more …

Tigran Hamasyan launches a European tour, with music from his new album, An Ancient Observer, in Athens, Greece, on Saturday, making stops in France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Armenia. Hamasyan has released a video giving an inside look at the first leg of his tour earlier this year. Watch the video, made by Elena Hamasyan, here.

Richard Goode joins London Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall … Sam Amidon takes The Following Mountain to the Rockies … Fleet Foxes are in Omaha and St. Paul … Rhiannon Giddens tours the South … Emmylou Harris performs across the Midwest … Kronos Quartet is in Brooklyn … Conor Oberst heads West … Joshua Redman plays Johannesburg … and more …

Fleet Foxes will head to Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Malaysia in late December and early January, after touring Europe. The band is in Australia for Falls Festival sets and a Melbourne concert; plays two shows in New Zealand, in Auckland and Wellington; and heads to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. The Australian described their shows at Sydney Opera House earlier this year as "spellbinding." Robin Pecknold and Skyler Skjelset share some of their favorite records for Diggin' in the Crates on Cool Accidents, which you can watch here.

Robert Plant has announced the first North American headline dates on his world tour celebrating his new album, Carry Fire, due October 13. The album track "Bluebirds Over the Mountain," with special guest Chrissie Hynde joining Plant on vocals, is also available today, as is a striking companion visual, which you can see here. The song was written by rockabilly legend Ersel Hickey and recorded by both Richie Valens and The Beach Boys. The live dates begin February 9 at Raleigh's Memorial Auditorium and continue through early March. Carry Fire is available to pre-order with instant downloads of the tracks "The May Queen," "Bones of Saints," and "Bluebirds Over the Mountain."

Fleet Foxes take Crack-Up tour to Hollywood Bowl and Phoenix … John Adams previews new opera in NYC ... Sam Amidon begins fall tour in Pacific Northwest … Laurie Anderson brings The Language of the Future to Austria … Rhiannon Giddens brings Freedom Highway to the Midwest … Randy Newman, Chris Thile perform in Pennsylvania … Rokia Traoré is in France … and more …

Sam Amidon has again teamed with director John Hardwick for a new video for "Warren," a song from his new album, The Following Mountain. Watch it here. Amidon launches an extensive tour in Seattle on Saturday, followed by shows in Portland (OR), San Francisco, LA, Boulder, Chicago, DC, NYC, Portland (ME), and more. The European tour begins in October.