Pat Metheny's Unity Band heads West, performing in Denver, Aspen, and Salt Lake City ... Jeremy Denk opens the Louisville Orchestra season ... Dr. John plays Beaver Creek, Colorado ... Philip Glass goes inside Einstein on the Beach in NYC event videocast live on Q2 ... Lianne La Havas makes her Bestival debut ... k.d. lang kicks off her Canadian tour in Victoria, British Columbia ... Joshua Redman Trio headlines Rosslyn Jazz Festival outside DC ... Dawn Upshaw closes out Ravinia's summer season with The Knights ... and more ...

As Labor Day weekend brings the summer to its unofficial close, late summer festivals abound. Allen Toussaint performs The Bright Mississippi at Curaçao North Sea and Chicago jazz fests ... Joshua Redman is at Curaçao with James Farm ... Carolina Chocolate Drops play Rhode Island's Rhythm & Roots ... Dr. John plays Wyoming's Snowy Range Music Fest and St. Louis' Big Muddy Blues Fest  ... Emmylou Harris returns to the Greenbelt Harvest Picnic ... Lianne La Havas is at Dublin's Electric Picnic ... k.d. lang closes out US tour in California ... The Low Anthem is at End of the Road ... Pat Metheny resumes Unity Band tour ... Sara Watkins plays Four Corners Folk Fest in Colorado ... and more ...

The Black Keys close out their European summer tour with three festival sets this weekend: two in the UK—Leeds and Reading—plus Paris' Rock en Seine ... Billy Bragg plays three UK festivals: Shambala, Solfest, and Galtres ... Dr. John hits Gulf Shores for SEC BeachFest ... k.d. lang closes out East Coast tour in Atlantic City ... Jessica Lea Mayfield has two shows in the Midwest ... Pat Metheny concludes his Summer Music Workshop ... Punch Brothers are on VH1's Hard Rock Calling special ... and more ...

Emmylou Harris hosts the inaugural Woofstock in Nashville, a day of music and more to benefit her dog rescue, Bonaparte's Retreat ... The Black Keys continue their European tour with three festival sets: Lowlands, Pukkelpop, and Highfield ... Lianne La Havas plays Lowlands as well, and Summer Sundae Weekender ... Billy Bragg plays Summer Sundae too plus Strummer of Love and Beautiful Days ... Jeremy Denk performs Bach and Elgar at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival ... Dr. John plays San Francisco and Los Angeles ... k.d. lang is in New England ... Jessica Lea Mayfield concludes her Langhorne Slim tour in Louisville ... Punch Brothers are in Kentucky too and Wisconsin ... and more ...

Pat Metheny, who celebrates a birthday on Sunday, closes out the current leg of his US tour with the Unity Band with shows in PA and NY ... Amadou & Mariam are at SF's Outside Lands ... Björk, The Black Keys, Billy Bragg play Nordic festivals ... Carolina Chocolate Drops play NYC's Cental Park SummerStage ... Shawn Colvin is in Denver with Loudon Wainwright III ... Dr. John, Emmylou Harris are at Edmonton Folk Festival ... Lianne La Havas plays UK's Wilderness Festival ... k.d. lang has two shows in NY state ... Jessica Lea Mayfield joins Langhorne Slim out West ... Punch Brothers close out Australia tour ... Sara Watkins joins Jackson Browne in Ohio and Kentucky ... and more ... 

The Black Keys continue their North American summer festival run at Lollapalooza in Chicago and Osheaga in Montreal, plus a show with The Shins in Toronto ... Amadou & Mariam play Lollapalooza and Osheaga too, plus NYC's Central Park for SummerStage ... Laurie Anderson is at Antony's Meltdown in London ... Björk, Emmylou Harris play Stockholm Music Fest ... Carolina Chocolate Drops treat New England to two free shows ... Jeremy Denk plays Aspen Music Fest ... Dr. John, Pat Metheny play Newport Jazz Fest ... Lianne La Havas is on Livestream ... k.d. lang, Jessica Lea Mayfield converge in Colorado ... Sara Watkins joins Jackson Browne for two nights at NYC's Beacon Theatre ... and more ...

The Nonesuch Journal is taking a bit of a break, ready to return with all the latest Nonesuch news on Monday, July 30. Till then, the summer concert season remains in full swing, of course, and with plenty of great music being made on all four corners of the globe, here's a look at some of the many events featuring Nonesuch artists this week, hopefully reaching wherever your summer travels may take you.

With the Olympic Games set to begin in two weeks, Kronos Quartet joins in the Cultural Olympiad's London 2012 Festival with a Glasgow performance of Terry Riley's Sun Rings ... Punch Brothers perform at three UK festivals ... Billy Bragg celebrates Woody Guthrie's centennial in NYC ... Carolina Chocolate Drops tour the South ... Shawn Colvin is on NPR's World Cafe ... Dr. John tours Europe ... k.d. lang plays Vegas ... Brad Mehldau Trio, Pat Metheny Unity Band, Joshua Redman all tour Italy ... Sara Watkins plays Praire Home Companion, kicks off tour with Jackson Browne ... and more ...

It's the summer festival season across the Northern Hemisphere, with a whole host of Nonesuch artists—Björk, Dr. John, Punch Brothers, The Low Anthem, Joshua Redman, James Farm, Pat Metheny Unity Band, Brad Mehldau Trio, Lianne La Havas, Steve Reich, k.d. lang, Emmylou Harris, Laurie Anderson, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Jeremy Denk—performing at festivals like Roskilde, North Sea Jazz, Copenhagen Jazz, Lugano, Bloc Weekend, Vancouver Island, Winnipeg Folk, Bellingham, Pasadena's Summer Music Festival, and more!

ROMP: Bluegrass Roots & Branches festival in Owensboro, Kentucky, features return performances from Carolina Chocolate Drops, Punch Brothers ... Laurie Anderson joins Angélique Kidjo for Celebrate Brooklyn! ... Billy Bragg, Shawn Colvin each tour the US Northeast ... Dr. John, Lianne La Havas play Hop Farm fest ... Emmylou Harris is in Michigan and on Animal Radio ... k.d. lang plays in her new hometown of Portland ... Pat Metheny Unity Band tours Europe ... Joshua Redman joins The Bad Plus in Minnesota ... Sara Watkins joins her brother Sean for the Watkins Family Hour in LA ... and more ...

The Telluride Bluegrass Festival runs through the weekend with performances from k.d. lang and the Punch Brothers ... Björk brings Biophilia to Spain ... Billy Bragg brings Mermaid Avenue to the Midwest ... David Byrne's Here Lives Love plays at MASS MoCA ... Carolina Chocolate Drops and Shawn Colvin are in Connecticut ... Jeremy Denk plays Liszt with San Francisco Symphony ... Adam Guettel's Floyd Collins is in Chicago ... The Low Anthem and Pat Metheny are in Germany ... Natalie Merchant plays the Pacific Northwest ... Rokia Traoré concludes three-show series in London ... and more ...

Punch Brothers, Sara Watkins perform at the Pete Seeger-inspired Clearwater Festival in upstate NY ... Björk brings Biophilia to Fes Festival ... Carolina Chocolate Drops play Colorado's Palisade Fest ... Dr. John takes Treme to Oakland ... Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson duet in Brooklyn ... The Low Anthem do Dublin ... Emmylou Harris and others celebrate Kate McGarrigle at Luminato ... Joshua Redman launches four-show Paris residency, including duo set with Brad Mehldau ... and more ...