Rhiannon Giddens is in the UK, performing in Edinburgh, Gateshead, and Perth. John Adams is performed in DC and Madrid. Emmylou Harris joins Willie Nelson's 90th birthday bash at the Hollywood Bowl. Natalie Merchant takes her Keep Your Courage tour south for a concert in St. Augustine and a sold-out show with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Cécile McLorin Salvant sings songs from Mélusine, Ghost Song, and more in Virginia. Sarah Kirkland Snider is in Maine for performances of her Mass for the Endangered. Richard Goode plays Beethoven in NYC. Mandy Patinkin is in Connecticut.

Grammy Award–winning singer, songwriter, and musician Molly Tuttle and her band, Golden Highway, will release their new album, City of Gold, July 21, on Nonesuch. You can watch the video for the album track “El Dorado” here. Produced by Tuttle and Jerry Douglas and recorded in Nashville, City of Gold was inspired by Tuttle’s near constant touring with Golden Highway and their growth together as musicians and performers, cohering as a band. These 13 tracks—mostly written by Tuttle and Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show)—capture the electric energy of the band’s live shows by highlighting each member’s musical strengths. City of Gold also features special guest Dave Matthews on the song “Yosemite.” Tuttle and Golden Highway will tour through this summer.

To commemorate Earth Day, Hurray for the Riff Raff has released a digital deluxe version of their acclaimed 2022 Nonesuch debut. Along with the album's original eleven songs, the deluxe edition has seven additional tracks, three of which are previously unreleased: an acoustic version of "POINTED AT THE SUN" and two originals from the Life on Earth sessions, "LET HER IN THE SKY" and "RESISTANCE ROCKERS," the Kelly Gallagher–directed video for which can be seen here.

Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion perform Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part in Santa Barbara and Santa Monica. Jeremy Denk plays Nijmegen Piano Biennale. Emmylou Harris is in Dallas. Kronos Quartet joins the ballet in San Francisco. Natalie Merchant’s Keep Your Courage tour continues in Pennsylvania. Joshua Redman is in Toronto. Cécile McLorin Salvant performs with American Pianists Awards finalists in Indianapolis. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway tour Texas.

Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley, has announced its 2023–24 concert season, including performances by Brad Mehldau (both solo and with his Trio), Cécile McLorin Salvant, Kronos Quartet, Rhiannon Giddens with Silkroad Ensemble, and Attacca Quartet.

Composer and vocalist Shara Nova joins members of the Oregon Symphony to perform The Blue Hour—a song cycle composed by Nova, Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negrón, Caroline Shaw, and Sarah Kirkland Snider—at The Reser in Beaverton. Performances of John Adams's Nixon in China continue in Paris. Emmylou Harris chats with Joan Baez at OZ Arts in Nashville. Makaya McCraven joins harpist Brandee Younger at Public Records in Brooklyn. Cécile McLorin Salvant closes Savannah Music Festival. Wilco leads Reykjavik residency and Icelandic debut at Harpa Concert Hall.

Kronos Quartet has announced its eighth-annual Kronos Festival, to take place at SFJAZZ Center, June 22–24, 2023. This year's festival celebrates works created for Kronos Fifty for the Future, a commissioning, performance, education, and legacy project. Featuring pieces by Rhiannon Giddens, Philip Glass, Zakir Hussain, Angélique Kidjo, Terry Riley, Wu Man, and more, the festival is hosted by Kronos in multiple performances over three days; the group is joined by Aizuri Quartet, Attacca Quartet, and Friction Quartet plus special guests Rafiq Bhatia (guitar), Soo Yeon Lyuh (haegeum), sound artist and instrument-maker Victoria Shen, and student ensembles from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

The Big Ears Festival takes place at venues throughout downtown Knoxville, including concerts, conversations, and film screenings with Devendra Banhart, The Blue Hour, David Byrne, Sam Gendel, Mary Halvorson, Makaya McCraven, and Cécile McLorin Salvant. John Adams's Nixon in China is at Opéra national de Paris. Laurie Anderson is in Stockholm. Julia Bullock joins Bavarian Radio Symphony in Munich. Jeremy Denk plays solo in Connecticut. Kronos Quartet and Wu Man perform at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley. The Magnetic Fields have two sold-out shows at City Winery in Pittsburgh. Brad Mehldau plays solo in France and Denmark. Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway return to her home state of California for WinterWonderGrass and two nights in Menlo Park. Vagabon concludes her tour with Weyes Blood in Austin, Dallas, and Tulsa.

Thomas Adès conducts Boston Symphony Orchestra in works from Dante. Jeremy Denk joins Takács Quartet in Florida. Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi are in Italy, as is Cécile McLorin Salvant. Mary Halvorson tours Germany and Austria. Tigran Hamasyan is at JazzFestBrno. The Magnetic Fields tour Texas. Brad Mehldau leads Bozar residency in Brussels. Steve Reich, on film, performs Clapping Music with Russell Hartenberger, in person, in Ontario. Molly Tuttle is at Charleston Bluegrass Festival and Suwannee Spring Reunion. Vagabon joins Weyes Blood in San Francisco.

Vagabon's tour with Weyes Blood heads to Colorado, Utah, and Idaho. Thomas Adès’s Paradiso gets its Italian premiere in Rome. Tyondai Braxton and Mary Halvorson are in Norway. Tigran Hamasyan's StandArt tour hits France and Spain. The Magnetic Fields kick off a US tour with shows in Denver. Brad Mehldau plays solo in Italy. Cécile McLorin Salvant tours Portugal. Jeff Parker performs at Chicago Psych Fest.

Tigran Hamasyan, who is currently touring Europe with music from StandArt, his new album of American standards, has shared a full concert performance of songs from the album. Hamasyan and the trio featured on StandArt—bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Justin Brown—filmed the performance at Pôle PIXEL in Villeurbanne, France. You can watch it here.

Rhiannon Giddens concludes her Carnegie Hall Perspectives series, then talks at Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Tigran Hamasyan, Gabriel Kahane tour France. Mary Halvorson's Amaryllis Sextet is in the Netherlands, as is Julia Bullock, who is Joséphine Baker at Dutch National Opera. Sam Amidon joins Scottish Chamber Orchestra, violinist Pekka Kuusisto in Glasgow. Jeremy Denk plays Mozart with Westchester Philharmonic. Hurray for the Riff Raff plays their hometown of New Orleans. Kronos Quartet takes Australian tour to WOMADelaide.