Lianne La Havas celebrates her birthday at Baltimore Soundstage, Brooklyn’s Afropunk Festival … Sam Amidon is at Shambala festival in England … Rhiannon Giddens, Francesco Turrisi play Fayetteville Roots Festival in Arkansas … Lake Street Dive tours California with The Avett Brothers … Joshua Redman brings Still Dreaming to Germany … Caroline Shaw performs with Roomful of Teeth at MASS MoCA …

Randy Newman has announced an international An Evening with Randy Newman tour for 2020, beginning with Australia and New Zealand in January and February—his first tour of Australia since 2011, and his first ever tour of New Zealand. Further dates, in Europe in spring 2020, will be announced shortly.

Donnacha Dennehy's The Hunger is performed by Crash Ensemble led by Alan Pierson, with Katherine Manley, Iarla Ó Lionáird in Dublin … Timo Andres leads trio performance at La Jolla SummerFest in California … Daughter of Swords is in Nashville … Lake Street Dive tours California with The Avett Brothers … Rachael Price can be heard on Live From Here rebroadcast ... Yola plays Philadelphia Folk Festival …

Daughter of Swords has extended her US tour to include dates with Wilco and Joan Shelley this fall. In addition, the tour includes dates with Sylvan Esso, Hiss Golden Messenger, Molly Tuttle, and Molly Sarlé, as well as headlining shows in Brooklyn, DC, and Asheville this week. Also out today is a lyric video for "Easy Is Hard," from Daughter of Swords' debut album, Dawnbreaker. Watch the video, with drawings by Sauser-Monnig animated by Robert Edridge-Waks, here.

Yola gives a free NYC concert for Lincoln Center Out of Doors … Sam Amidon tours Northeast US … Laurie Anderson presents Lou Reed Drones at MASS MoCA ... Timo Andres performs at La Jolla SummerFest in California … Daughter of Swords is in New England … Robert Finley is fêted by hometown in Louisiana ... Kronos Quartet is in Oakland … Lake Street Dive tours Pacific Northwest with The Avett Brothers … Natalie Merchant concludes tour in upstate New York … and more ...

Mountain Man, while on its US Magic Ship tour, performed a Birmingham concert captured for the public television program Subcarrier. You can watch it here. "Mountain Man blends complex harmonies and delivers a melodic experience equal parts peaceful and powerful," says the show. "Three voices, a potent dose of musical chemistry, (and sometimes a guitar for good measure), coalesce in this extraordinary performance."

Mandy Patinkin will launch a thirty-city concert tour of Mandy Patinkin in Concert: DIARIES, accompanied by Adam Ben-David on piano, October 30, with stops across North America through February 2020. Patinkin will perform Broadway and classic American tunes, along with selections from his recent Diary series of digital recordings. "Singing onstage is one of the greatest joys in my life," he says. "We look forward to sharing this music with you, wherever you are." Nonesuch will release his first new album since 2002 this fall; details to come.

Natalie Merchant, who performs on The Tonight Show this Thursday, will receive the 2019 John Lennon Real Love Award and will lead a multi-artist tribute concert of her favorite John Lennon and Beatles tunes at Symphony Space in NYC on December 6. The award is given in recognition of Merchant's artistic achievements and lifelong commitment to social activism and charitable causes. Proceeds will benefit Theatre Within's ongoing free workshops at Gilda's Club NYC.

Lake Street Dive tours Colorado; Yola joins, then plays Hollywood Bowl with Lord Huron, Shakey Graves … John Adams’s new piano concerto gets European premiere … Timo Andres performs in Brooklyn … Natalie Merchant continues tour in Vermont, New York … Mountain Man plays Pickathon festival, joins Gregory Alan Isakov at Red Rocks … Joshua Redman brings Still Dreaming to Stanford Jazz Fest …

Gaby Moreno will begin a six-week, twenty-one concert tour of Europe in Neumunster, Germany, September 24. The tour takes her across Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, and Spain, culminating in Malaga November 1, and surrounds the October 4 release of her new album, ¡Spangled!, with Van Dyke Parks. She begins a US tour November 8, including a just-announced show at Merkin Hall in NYC for Ecstatic Music December 2.

Live from Here with Chris Thile will kick off its fourth season from its new broadcast home, The Town Hall in NYC, on September 7. The new dates include guest performances from Lake Street Dive's own Rachael Price, Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend, The Lumineers, Raphael Saadiq, Trey Anastasio, The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Jamila Woods, and more.

Rhiannon Giddens, Lake Street Dive, Mountain Man, Yola all play Newport Folk Fest … k.d. lang concludes UK Ingénue Redux tour …Natalie Merchant tours New England … Punch Brothers close out RockyGrass Festival in Colorado … Joshua Redman brings Still Dreaming to Spain …