John Adams leads LA Phil in world premiere of new Philip Glass symphony … Olivia Chaney performs in London … Jeremy Denk plays solo in Oregon … Tigran Hamasyan is in Tel Aviv … Emmylou Harris joins Willie Nelson celebration in Nasvhille … Kronos Quartet performs in San Francisco’s Exploratorium … Lake Street Dive plays US Southeast … Steve Reich’s Pulse receives Singapore premiere … Frederic Rzewski leads London residency … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Kansas City …

This holiday season, Chris Thile leads Live From Here from NYC with Gaby Moreno, Noam Pikelny, Sara Watkins … Olivia Chaney performs from Shelter in London … Jeremy Denk is at Carnegie Hall … Emmylou Harris joins Rufus & Martha Wainwright for Noël Nights in NYC … Joshua Redman is in France … Rokia Traoré brings new project to Brussels … Lake Street Dive celebrates New Year's in Northeast … John Adams’s El Niño is performed in NYC … Nico Muhly, Teitur perform Confessions for New Year’s Eve in London …

Sam Amidon will tour the West Coast of the US and Canada in early 2019 joined by saxophonist Sam Gendel, starting at Western Front in Vancouver on February 25. The six-city tour continues with shows in Seattle, Portland, Berkeley (with Bill Frisell), Soquel, and Los Angeles. The North American tour follows Amidon's UK tour as special guest of Laura Veirs in February.

Mountain Man continues its first US tour in six years this spring with new headlining and festival dates across the south and east, beginning March 16 in Houston. You can watch a new video of Mountain Man performing "Boat" from their new album, Magic Ship, at a recent sold-out hometown show, here. The New Yorker's Amanda Petrusich has named Magic Ship one of the ten best albums of 2018: "It’s heavy with acquired wisdom, and with vocals so haunting they’ll make you shiver."

Emmylou Harris performs on the Grand Ole Opry broadcast live from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium … Gabriel Kahane brings Book of Travelers to Buffalo, Toronto … Kronos Quartet live-scores documentary in LA … Natalie Merchant joins Cyndi Lauper holiday benefit concert in NYC … Gaby Moreno plays Southern California … Chris Thile continues Live From Here residency at NYC's Town Hall …

Chris Thile begins Live From Here residency at NYC's Town Hall with guests Noam Pikelny, Rachael Price … John Adams conducts Cleveland Orchestra, Leila Josefowicz in Scheherazade.2 … Laurie Anderson leads SFJAZZ residency … Tigran Hamasyan performs solo in France … Gabriel Kahane brings Book of Travelers to North Carolina …

Laurie Anderson will take part in five events in San Francisco as SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director this week, November 28–December 2. The residency includes a listening party and conversation, programs called Songs for Women and Songs for Men, a drone-based sonic installation with Lou Reed's guitars, and scenes from a radio play.

As the US celebrates Thanksgiving over the next few days, there’s great live music being made around the world: David Byrne concludes his 2018 American Utopia world tour in Australia, Sam Amidon performs in Latvia, Timo Andres is in Brooklyn, Tigran Hamasyan is in Spain, and Brad Mehldau brings his new Piano Concerto to Poland.

Olivia Chaney will perform music from her new album, Shelter, and more on tour in England in March 2019. The tour begins in Whitstable on March 3, followed by shows in London, Southampton, Cambridge, Bristol, and Manchester. The Southampton show falls on International Women’s Day and will feature a specially curated program to include songs by Chaney’s favorite female songwriters.

Punch Brothers take All Ashore tour to London, Paris, Hamburg … Laurie Anderson is in Madrid ... David Byrne brings American Utopia to New Zealand … Olivia Chaney performs in London … Jeremy Denk joins Phoenix Symphony … Rhiannon Giddens leads NYC artist residency … Tigran Hamasyan tours Benelux … Gabriel Kahane brings Book of Travelers to Midwest … Lake Street Dive is back in Boston … Mountain Man takes Magic Ship home to North Carolina … Conor Oberst joins John Prine in Midwest … Mandy Patinkin takes Diaries tour to Australia … Rokia Traoré is in Switzerland, France …

The line-up for the 2019 Big Ears Festival has been announced, including several Nonesuch artists: Rhiannon Giddens, Punch Brothers, Gabriel Kahane, and Mountain Man. Big Ears will be held at venues throughout downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, March 21–24, 2019. Weekend passes are on sale now.

Punch Brothers have announced a tour of the United States in March 2019 with label mate Gabriel Kahane as special guest. The two-week tour begins at the State Theatre in Ithaca, New York, on March 14, and includes shows all along the East Coast and into the Midwest.