A Thousand Thoughts, a live documentary with the Kronos Quartet, written and directed by filmmakers Sam Green and Joe Bini—which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 and has been performed around the world—will continue to tour the US in the coming weeks and months: in Urbana, Nashville, Austin, Detroit, and New York City. The multimedia performance piece blends live music and narration with archival footage and filmed interviews to tell Kronos's story. "It's as magical an amalgamation as you can imagine," exclaims the Los Angeles Times.

This long weekend in the US, Joshua Redman, Brian Blade, Scott Colley, Ron Miles bring Still Dreaming to the Barbican in London ... Laurie Anderson takes part in Pitchfork's Midwinter in Chicago … Emmylou Harris performs on Cayamo … Steve Reich’s works are performed around the world, from Hong Kong to Sydney to London …

Mountain Man stopped by NPR to perform a Tiny Desk Concert of songs from its Nonesuch debut album, Magic Ship. You can watch it here. "Mountain Man is the perfect band for a Tiny Desk concert," says host Bob Boilen. "These three women make the most intimate music; and behind the desk, [their] voices were the stars." He goes on to say that "there's a true kinship that happens in this trio ... There's no other band like them." Mountain Man resumes its US tour in March and has just announced several new dates in May and June.

Lake Street Dive has added several new headlining shows to its spring and summer tour schedule, as well as several co-headlining concerts with The Wood Brothers. The new dates begin in Raleigh on June 7 and include shows in Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Colorado, Idaho, and Nevada. They follow Lake Street Dive's European tour in April and come before and after the band's shows with The Avett Brothers.

Gabriel Kahane will bring music from his Nonesuch debut album, Book of Travelers, to Europe on tour this April. The tour begins with performances of the complete 8980: Book of Travelers work from which the album was drawn in Paris and Lyon, followed by concerts in London, Dublin, Glasgow, Genk, Amsterdam, Brussels, The Hague, Berlin, and Nantes. Before then, Kahane has shows in the US and tours as special guest of Punch Brothers.

Rhiannon Giddens performs her score for Nashville Ballet’s Attitude: Lucy Negro Redux premiere … Sam Amidon continues UK tour with Laura Veirs … Robert Ashley's Improvement is performed in NYC ... Emmylou Harris performs on Cayamo cruise … Kronos Quartet brings Music for Change: The Banned Countries to Carnegie Hall … k.d. lang performs on Americana Honors & Awards highlights show on PBS ...

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 …