Sam Amidon begins a tour of England, as special guest of singer-songwriter Laura Veirs, at the Norwich Arts Center tonight. The tour continues in Nottingham, York, Liverpool, Birmingham, and Winchester, culminating at The Bullingdom in Oxford on February 11.

John Adams leads Dallas Symphony Orchestra in his Violin Concerto, Short Ride in a Fast Machine … Jeremy Denk performs solo at Carnegie Hall … Kronos Quartet performs live to film screening in Indiana … Joshua Redman Quartet plays Chicago, Boulder … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Los Angeles with Nickel Creek, Sara Watkins … 

Carnegie Hall has announced its 2019–20 concert season, and featured among the performers taking the esteemed hall's stages are Brad Mehldau, Kronos Quartet, Jeremy Denk, Timo Andres, and Ry Cooder, as well as the New York premiere of a new work by John Adams.

Kronos Quartet showcases Fifty for the Future with Bay Area students in Berkeley … Sam Amidon is in Norway ... Laurie Anderson gives climate action event keynote in Houston ... Jeremy Denk plays solo in North Carolina and New York … Tigran Hamasyan tours UK … Gabriel Kahane brings Book of Travelers to San Francisco … Lake Street Dive concludes current US tour in New Orleans … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Chicago with Gaby Moreno …

Lake Street Dive will join The Avett Brothers as special guests on their US tour this summer, with shows in Kansas City, Salt Lake City, and Red Rocks in July, and out West in August with concerts in Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and California, including the Greek theaters in Berkeley and LA. Lake Street Dive is currently leading its own US headline tour and begins a European tour in April.

Gabriel Kahane brings Book of Travelers out West … Sam Amidon, Nico Muhly join Aurora Orchestra in London … Jeremy Denk is in Cleveland, Pittsburgh … Rhiannon Giddens is in Turin … Tigran Hamasyan joins Brussels Philharmonic, plays solo in Manchester … Lake Street Dive, Joshua Redman are in Florida … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Durham …

John Adams leads LA Phil in world premiere of new Philip Glass symphony … Olivia Chaney performs in London … Jeremy Denk plays solo in Oregon … Tigran Hamasyan is in Tel Aviv … Emmylou Harris joins Willie Nelson celebration in Nasvhille … Kronos Quartet performs in San Francisco’s Exploratorium … Lake Street Dive plays US Southeast … Steve Reich’s Pulse receives Singapore premiere … Frederic Rzewski leads London residency … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Kansas City …

This holiday season, Chris Thile leads Live From Here from NYC with Gaby Moreno, Noam Pikelny, Sara Watkins … Olivia Chaney performs from Shelter in London … Jeremy Denk is at Carnegie Hall … Emmylou Harris joins Rufus & Martha Wainwright for Noël Nights in NYC … Joshua Redman is in France … Rokia Traoré brings new project to Brussels … Lake Street Dive celebrates New Year's in Northeast … John Adams’s El Niño is performed in NYC … Nico Muhly, Teitur perform Confessions for New Year’s Eve in London …

Sam Amidon will tour the West Coast of the US and Canada in early 2019 joined by saxophonist Sam Gendel, starting at Western Front in Vancouver on February 25. The six-city tour continues with shows in Seattle, Portland, Berkeley (with Bill Frisell), Soquel, and Los Angeles. The North American tour follows Amidon's UK tour as special guest of Laura Veirs in February.

Mountain Man continues its first US tour in six years this spring with new headlining and festival dates across the south and east, beginning March 16 in Houston. You can watch a new video of Mountain Man performing "Boat" from their new album, Magic Ship, at a recent sold-out hometown show, here. The New Yorker's Amanda Petrusich has named Magic Ship one of the ten best albums of 2018: "It’s heavy with acquired wisdom, and with vocals so haunting they’ll make you shiver."

Emmylou Harris performs on the Grand Ole Opry broadcast live from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium … Gabriel Kahane brings Book of Travelers to Buffalo, Toronto … Kronos Quartet live-scores documentary in LA … Natalie Merchant joins Cyndi Lauper holiday benefit concert in NYC … Gaby Moreno plays Southern California … Chris Thile continues Live From Here residency at NYC's Town Hall …

Chris Thile begins Live From Here residency at NYC's Town Hall with guests Noam Pikelny, Rachael Price … John Adams conducts Cleveland Orchestra, Leila Josefowicz in Scheherazade.2 … Laurie Anderson leads SFJAZZ residency … Tigran Hamasyan performs solo in France … Gabriel Kahane brings Book of Travelers to North Carolina …