Molly Tuttle performed a set of two songs from her and her band Golden Highway’s album City of Gold—“Alice in the Bluegrass” and “Evergreen, OK”—plus a cover of Jefferson Airplane's “White Rabbit," for Paste from MerleFest 2024. You can watch it here.

Hurray for the Riff Raff kicks off a European tour in Dublin, Manchester, and Glasgow. The Black Keys take Ohio Players to Paris. John Adams' El Niño is at The Met Opera in NYC with Julia Bullock and Davóne Tines. Timo Andres performs in New Jersey. Jeremy Denk joins Antwerp Symphony Orchestra in Belgium. Gabriel Kahane and Pekka Kuusisto perform at 92Y in NYC. Kronos Quartet is in Dublin. Brad Mehldau is in Hamburg and Frankfurt. Cécile McLorin Salvant concludes French tour in Lyon. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are in Indianapolis and Detroit.

Mary Halvorson joins pianist Sylvie Courvoisier at Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival in Brooklyn; several Steve Reich pieces are performed throughout the festival. John Adams’ El Niño continues at the Met with Julia Bullock and Davóne Tines. The Black Keys are in Dublin and Amsterdam. Joachim Cooder tours Ireland. Rhiannon Giddens performs at New Orleans Jazz Fest. Gabriel Kahane and Pekka Kuusisto's West Coast tour is in San Francisco and Beaverton. The Magnetic Fields play 69 Love Songs at MASS MoCA. Brad Mehldau Trio's European tour starts at UK's Cheltenham Jazz Festival and Milan. Cécile McLorin Salvant's orchestral French tour is in Le Perreux-sur-Marne, Avignon, and Martigues. Yasmin Williams is at UVM.

John Adams's El Niño gets Met premiere in NYC with Julia Bullock and Davóne Tines. Sam Amidon and Nico Muhly are in London. Joachim Cooder tours Ireland. Rhiannon Giddens tours Arizona. Hurray for the Riff Raff performs at New Orleans Jazz Fest, as do Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, who also play in Alabama and Memphis. Nathalie Joachim joins Silkroad Ensemble at Oberlin. Kronos Quartet is at UCSB and UCLA. The Magnetic Fields perform 69 Love Songs in San Francisco. Mandy Patinkin is in Charlottesville, VA. Cécile McLorin Salvant tours France with orchestral arrangements by Darcy James Argue. Sarah Kirkland Snider's Mass for the Endangered is performed in Austin.

Vagabon (aka Laetitia Tamko) will support the band Crumb on tour this October. The shows begin in California—Santa Cruz, Oakland, and Sacramento—then head to Salt Lake City and Denver and on to Texas—Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and El Paso—and Albuquerque and back to California to close out the tour in Santa Ana, San Diego, and Los Angeles.

Composer/guitarist Yasmin Williams—whose first song on Nonesuch, "Dawning," was released late last year ahead of her label debut album, due later this year—will support Brittany Howard and Michael Kiwanuka on their North American fall tour. The shows begin at The Met in Philadelphia on September 29, and include stops in Boston, New York, Saint Paul, Denver, Boise, Portland, Vancouver, Seattle, Berkeley, Los Angeles, and more.

Rhiannon Giddens takes her You're the One tour to Seattle and San Francisco, while The Martha Graham Dance Company dances to songs from the album in NYC. Richard Goode performs Beethoven in Toronto. The Magnetic Fields play 69 Love Songs in Chicago. Mandy Patinkin is in St. Paul. Cécile McLorin Salvant and orchestra perform at Cité de la musique in Paris. Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered is performed in Chicago ahead of Earth Day. The Staves launch West Coast tour in Seattle and Portland. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are in North Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

Following more than a dozen sold-out shows across the US this spring, Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra) has announced a US summer tour. Beginning in early July, a new leg of headline dates will stop in cities that have yet to experience the live show of The Past Is Still Alive, the acclaimed album that has Vulture calling Segarra “one of America’s best songwriters." Upcoming performances also include Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Red Rocks debut and other amphitheater appearances with Norah Jones, as well as a homecoming set at New Orleans Jazz Festival, a return to NYC for a free concert in Battery Park, and more to be announced.

Kronos Quartet has announced its ninth-annual Kronos Festival, to take place at SFJAZZ Center, June 20–23, 2024. The festival marks the ensemble’s milestone 50th Anniversary year and the farewell performances of John Sherba and Hank Dutt, members of Kronos Quartet for more than 45 years. It will feature a slate of world and Bay Area premieres commissioned as part of the KRONOS Five Decades season; several guest artists; and the final performance of A Thousand Thoughts, a live documentary chronicling the quartet’s career, written and directed by Sam Green and Joe Bini.

Timo Andres joins Alarm Will Sound in Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians in College Park and Philadelphia. Cécile McLorin Salvant premieres new piece at 92NY in NYC, where The Magnetic Fields play 69 Love Songs at The Town Hall. Sam Amidon plays with Laura Veirs in Portland and Shahzad Ismaily in Seattle. Hurray for the Riff Raff is in Texas for shows in Fort Worth, Austin, and Houston, where Kronos Quartet live-scores Sam Green's documentary about them. Nathalie Joachim is in Columbus. Mandy Patinkin performs in Peekskill and joins his family in conversation in New London. Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered is performed outside Pittsburgh. Chris Thile plays solo in Beaverton and Seattle. Yasmin Williams is in Tysons, VA.

The Black Keys' twelfth studio album, Ohio Players, is out now. The album features several collaborations between band mates Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney with various friends and colleagues, like Dan “The Automator” Nakamura, Beck, Noel Gallagher, Greg Kurstin, and others. Also out now: a video for the album track “On The Game,” co-written with Noel Gallagher. The video checks in on Derrick Tuggle, star of the band's 2011 "Lonely Boy" video, and includes a special appearance by skateboarding legend Tony Hawk. Tickets are on sale now for The Black Keys' North American tour.

The Staves start a North American tour at Union Stage in DC. John Adams conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in his City Noir. Sam Amidon is joined by fellow Sams Gendel and Wilkes in LA. Timo Andres’ The Blind Banister is performed in Sweden. Laurie Anderson gives a sold-out show at Koerner Hall in Toronto. Hurray for the Riff Raff is in Los Angeles, Pioneertown, and Phoenix. The Magnetic Fields perform 69 Love Songs at The Town Hall in NYC. Mandy Patinkin is in New Brunswick. Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion perform in North Carolina. Yasmin Williams is in New Orleans.