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 …

Washington Performing Arts has announced its 2018–19 concert season, and among the performers the organization will present at various venues in the Washington, DC, area next season are Jeremy Denk (Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, January 29; Strathmore with Joshua Bell and Steven Isserlis, May 1), Kronos Quartet (Sixth & I, March 2), and Rhiannon Giddens (Sixth & I with Lara Downes, February 23).

Shye Ben-Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, and the Rajasthan Express, currently touring Latin America as special guests of Radiohead, performing songs from their album Junun, will join Radiohead on its North American tour this summer. The tour starts with two sold-out nights at Chicago's United Center, followed by four sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City; two nights each in Montreal and Toronto; shows in Detroit, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh; and two nights each in Boston and Philadelphia. The Times of London called Junun "essential listening."

Brad Mehldau Trio tours US Northeast … Laurie Anderson is in LA … David Byrne, Fleet Foxes play Coachella … Olivia Chaney is in Amsterdam … Jeremy Denk performs Ives in NYC … Richard Goode gives recital in Berkeley … Shye Ben-Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, Rajasthan Express bring Junun to Brazil … Kronos Quartet plays New Mexico … Audra McDonald is on Long Island … Joshua Redman joins Antwerp Jazz Orchestra … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from NYC … and more ...

Pat Metheny has announced several new North American tour dates this fall. He and his quartet—drummer Antonio Sánchez, bassist Linda Oh, and pianist Gwilym Simcock—will perform across the continent starting in the US Northeast in late September and making their way to the Midwest and Toronto, across to Colorado, the Pacific Northwest, Vancouver, and California. The month-long tour culminates at Royce Hall in LA on October 26. Metheny was celebrated as a 2018 NEA Jazz Master in a tribute concert at the Kennedy Center on Monday.

David Byrne, Fleet Foxes play Coachella … Shye Ben-Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, Rajasthan Express bring Junun to Buenos Aires … Olivia Chaney tours Benelux … Jeremy Denk, Richard Goode play solo in upstate New York … Rhiannon Giddens begins spring tour … Kronos Quartet is at Wesleyan … Brad Mehldau Trio is in Texas, Colorado … Joshua Redman performs in Switzerland … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from NYC … and more …

Rhiannon Giddens begins a spring North American tour at the Savannah Music Festival tonight. She has shows in the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, Florida, and Georgia over the next few weeks, closing out the month with a set at MerleFest. The tour resumes in mid-May, with shows in upstate New York, Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New England, Kentucky, and more. There are more shows scheduled for the summer as well.

David Byrne has begun his North American American Utopia tour, with shows in San Diego, Arizona, and Las Vegas and sets at Coachella in the week ahead, and across the US and Canada in the months ahead. The tour includes songs from the new album as well as classics from his solo career and Talking Heads. A twelve-piece band joins Byrne on stage for an Annie-B Parson–choreographed concert that he has called "the most ambitious show I’ve done since Stop Making Sense."

The Brad Mehldau Trio launches a tour ahead of the release of the new album Seymour Reads the Constitution!, due May 18. The tour begins in Baton Rouge, followed by shows in Texas, Colorado, Utah, New York, and Massachusetts, including a three-night residency at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston. The group heads to Europe in May for shows in Berlin, Dublin, Amsterdam, Rome, Prague, and more.