Rhiannon Giddens guest curates and performs at North Carolina Folk Festival … David Byrne brings American Utopia to Northeast … Jeremy Denk joins Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra for Beethoven … Tigran Hamasyan performs in Japan … Gabriel Kahane launches Book of Travelers tour … The Gospel at Colonus is in NYC's Central Park … Kronos Quartet is in Italy, Latvia … Lake Street Dive is out West … k.d. lang takes Ingénue to Florida … Robert Plant plays St. Louis … Punch Brothers are All Ashore in Midwest ...

This Labor Day Weekend, Brad Mehldau gives the world premiere performance of his Piano Concerto at Philharmonie de Paris … Fleet Foxes conclude tour with hometown set at Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle … Tigran Hamasyan Trio starts Japan tour in Tokyo … Gabriel Kahane joins Oregon Symphony for his new oratorio ... Kronos Quartet performs in Poland … Lake Street Dive takes Free Yourself Up tour to Midwest …

David Byrne and Punch Brothers take their tours to Southern California this weekend: Byrne's American Utopia is in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, and Punch Brothers' All Ashore is in Los Angeles and San Diego. Across the country, Timo Andres gives a two-piano concert with David Kaplan at the Ravinia Festival outside Chicago.

Randy Newman, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra perform 50 years of his music … Sam Amidon makes Bard College Spiegeltent debut ... David Byrne brings American Utopia to Midwest … Olivia Chaney heads from Minneapolis to West Coast … Fleet Foxes tour Scandinavia … Rhiannon Giddens is at Wolf Trap … Punch Brothers are All Ashore in Detroit, St. Paul … Joshua Redman is in upstate New York … Rokia Traoré performs Né So in Malmö …

Punch Brothers play NYC's Beacon Theatre, CBS This Morning Saturday … John Adams's Doctor Atomic is performed at Santa Fe Opera … David Byrne, Fleet Foxes play Panorama NYC Music Festival … Olivia Chaney tours Boston, New York … Rhiannon Giddens is in Virginia … Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, Rajasthan Express perform Junun in Boston … Brad Mehldau Trio concludes European tour in Marciac … Natalie Merchant continues sold-out UK tour … Robert Plant plays Italy, Germany … Joshua Redman is in Belgium … Rostam plays Newport Folk Fest … and more …

Gabriel Kahane, Timo Andres perform in picturesque Fishtail, Montana … Sam Amidon plays UK's Folk Forest fest … David Byrne brings American Utopia to Italy … Fleet Foxes play Pitchfork Fest in Chicago … Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, Rajasthan Express perform Junun in Toronto, Detroit … Lake Street Dive is in Texas … Brad Mehldau Trio tours Italy … Natalie Merchant continues sold-out UK tour … Robert Plant, Joshua Redman are in France … Punch Brothers play the Ryman … and more …

John Adams's Doctor Atomic is performed at Santa Fe Opera … David Byrne brings American Utopia to Spain … Rhiannon Giddens is in Wyoming … Tigran Hamasyan plays at Ravello … Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, Rajasthan Express perform Junun at MSG in NYC … Kronos Quartet plays Celebrate Brooklyn! … Brad Mehldau Trio tours Europe … Natalie Merchant begins sold-out UK tour … Lake Street Dive is in Atlanta … Punch Brothers tour US Southeast … Joshua Redman plays Portugal, Netherlands … 

David Byrne, Fleet Foxes play Roskilde, Rock Werchter festivals … Sam Amidon performs in Belgium as well … Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, Rajasthan Express begin Junun tour with Radiohead in Chicago … Kronos Quartet is in Slovakia … Lake Street Dive returns to New England … Brad Mehldau Trio, Pat Metheny, Joshua Redman tour Europe ... Gaby Moreno hosts benefit concert in Brooklyn; Chris Thile performs … Rokia Traoré performs in France, Copenhagen …

Chris Thile, Punch Brothers, Lake Street Dive are on Live From Here from Tanglewood; Emmylou Harris, Ry Cooder perform there too … David Byrne brings American Utopia to the Netherlands … Rhiannon Giddens plays ROMP fest … Kronos Quartet is at Caramoor … Pat Metheny continues quartet tour in Portugal … Robert Plant takes Carry Fire tour to Vancouver … Joshua Redman plays Still Dreaming in Midwest … Rokia Traoré performs in France …

Emmylou Harris and Punch Brothers return to Telluride Bluegrass Festival, where Chris Thile also hosts Live From Here … Laurie Anderson is artist in residence in Surfers Paradise, Australia … Tyondai Braxton is in Calgary … David Byrne brings American Utopia to Prague … Rhiannon Giddens brings Freedom Highway to New England … Lake Street Dive plays Ottawa Jazz Fest … The Magnetic Fields take 50 Song Memoir to Toronto … Robert Plant, Joshua Redman are out West …

The Magnetic Fields bring 50 Song Memoir to NYC's Apollo Theater … Devendra Banhart brings his show to Bankok … Tyondai Braxton is in Asheville … David Byrne brings American Utopia to the UK … Rhiannon Giddens tours US Northeast … Kronos Quartet is at Holland Festival … Robert Plant plays Toronto, Chicago … Rostam joins The National in Ireland … Chris Thile is in California … and more …

Olivia Chaney plays Shelter release show in NYC … Sam Amidon performs at Unamplifire Festival in London … Devendra Banhart makes his Chinese debut … Thomas Bartlett and Nico Muhly perform Peter Pears at LSO St. Luke's ... David Byrne takes American Utopia to Midwest … Rhiannon Giddens is in Virginia, Vermont … Tigran Hamasyan performs in Switzerland … Robert Plant reignites Carry Fire tour in US Southeast … Rostam continues tour in Denmark, Netherlands … Chris Thile hosts Live From Here from Ravinia …