Randy Newman, Lake Street Dive play the Nelsonville Music Festival in Ohio … Richard Goode plays Beethoven in Poland ... Brad Mehldau continues Blue Note residency in NYC with Mark Guiliana, John Scofield … The Staves launch North American tour … and more …

Brad Mehldau Trio concludes European tour in France and Switzerland … Laurie Anderson is at Moogfest as Heart of a Dog opens in UK … The Bad Plus Joshua Redman plays Brazil … Jeremy Denk performs with Detroit Symphony Orchestra … Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell play Nashville benefit … Kronos Quartet concludes UK tour … Pat Metheny takes up residency at Blue Note Tokyo … Youssou N’Dour returns to Brooklyn … Conor Oberst performs in his hometown of Omaha … Rokia Traoré is in Morocco … and more …

Devendra Banhart leads two-day mini-festival at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis … John Adams conducts Baltimore Symphony, Jeremy Denk … Sam Amidon is in Germany … Laurie Anderson brings Language of the Future to Denmark … Tyondai Braxton plays FORM Arcosanti Festival in Phoenix … Olivia Chaney plays Purcell at London Festival of Baroque Music … Emmylou Harris heads benefit show in Nashville … Kronos Quartet continues UK tour … Brad Mehldau Trio tours Europe … Punch Brothers conclude US tour in Chicago … and more …

Kronos Quartet performs Terry Riley’s Sun Rings in Berkeley … John Adams’s City Noir is performed in Florida with saxophonist Timothy McAllister … Laurie Anderson talks with Marina Abramovic in Brooklyn, talks Red Shirley in NYC … The Arcs conclude spring tour … Jeremy Denk is in New York … Emmylou Harris plays Stagecoach Festival in California … Lake Street Dive concludes European tour in Ireland … Pat Metheny celebrates International Jazz Day at The White House ... Punch Brothers kick off tour in Charleston, New Orleans Jazz Fest … Jazz Fest pays tribute to Allen Toussaint … and more …

Pat Metheny tours Northeast US with Ron Carter … Laura Anderson takes Heart of a Dog to London … The Arcs, St Germain, Mbongwana Star return to Coachella … The Bad Plus Joshua Redman concludes tour in Buffalo, Ann Arbor … Olivia Chaney performs in London … Jeremy Denk gives solo recital in Indiana … Rhiannon Giddens concludes tour at New Orleans Jazz Fest … Emmylou Harris performs in North Carolina … Kronos Quartet plays Big Star tribute in San Francisco … Lake Street Dive tours Germany, France … Brad Mehldau Trio concludes US tour in Chicago ... and more ...

This Record Store Day weekend, The Arcs, Mbongwana Star, St. Germain play Coachalla … LA Phil performs John Adams's Scheherazade.2 … The Bad Plus Joshua Redman kick off tour in DC, Missouri … Olivia Chaney plays All Tomorrow’s Parties ... Ry Cooder is in New York with Sharon White, Ricky Skaggs … Jeremy Denk plays Carnegie Hall … Kronos Quartet puts on Fifty for the Future program at Carnegie … Lake Street Dive is in Germany … Brad Mehldau Trio launches tour in US Northeast … Chris Thile co-hosts A Prairie Home Companion in NYC … Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil play two shows in Miami … and more …

HBO's The Wire is the subject of two-day Columbia University conference, including a panel on its music ... Timo Andres, Gabriel Kahane close out tour at UNC Chapel Hill ... Ry Cooder, Sharon White, Ricky Skaggs are in Delaware ... Jeremy Denk plays solo in Wisconsin ... Rhiannon Giddens takes tour south to Savannah, Charlotte ... Lake Street Dive kicks off Europe tour in Antwerp, Amsterdam ... St Germain plays Detroit, Chicago ... Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil kick off US tour in LA ... and more ...

Kronos Quartet joins NYC David Bowie tribute at Radio City, premieres new pieces at Carnegie Hall ... Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Sam Amidon, Nico Muhly are at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville… Timo Andres debuts new music in Denver … Ry Cooder heads south to Florida, Georgia … Jeremy Denk performs solo in Boston … Joshua Redman concludes European tour in Spain … St Germain launches North American tour in NYC ... and more ...

Lake Street Dive winter tour culminates with sold-out shows at Beacon Theatre in NYC, State Theatre in Maine … Louis Andriessen's De Materie North American stage premiere continues in NYC … Rhiannon Giddens concludes Australia tour at Byron Bay Bluesfest … Joshua Redman is in Luxembourg … Chris Thile plays solo set at Largo in LA … Rokia Traoré brings Né So to US … and more …

Kronos Quartet, Punch Brothers, Chris Thile, Sam Amidon play Cincinnati's MusicNOW Festival … Seattle Symphony performs John Adams's Scheherazade.2 … Laurie Anderson brings new piece to Minnesota … Timo Andres is in Albany … Jon Brion performs Punch-Drunk Love at Brooklyn screening … Jeremy Denk plays Seattle, San Francisco … Rhiannon Giddens is in Australia … Lake Street Dive plays Philadelphia, Richmond … Clint Mansell performs his film scores in LA … Natalie Merchant tours Europe … Robert Plant concludes tour in Texas … Joshua Redman Trio, Rokia Traoré tour Europe too … and more …

Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, and the Rajasthan Express perform Junun live at the Barbican in London … Jeremy Denk joins Chicago Symphony Orchestra … Kronos Quartet performs in its hometown of San Francisco … Lake Street Dive takes world tour to Chicago for two sold-out shows … Audra McDonald's Lady Day debuts on HBO ... Brad Mehldau concludes European solo tour … Natalie Merchant plays sold-out show in NYC … Pat Metheny celebrates Roy Haynes' birthday at the Blue Note … Robert Plant continues to tour the American South … Joshua Redman is in Switzerland … Steve Reich gives a master class in London … Rokia Traoré concludes French leg of Né So tour … and more …

Michael Daves celebrates Orchids and Violence release live in Brooklyn … John Adams's Scheherazade.2 gets Australia premiere in Sydney … Laurie Anderson talks JFK at The Kennedy Center in DC … Jon Brion joins Punch-Drunk Love live score/screening premiere in LA ...Randy Newman is in Austin … Robert Plant kicks off tour in Florida … Rokia Traoré continues to tour France … and more …