John Adams's Absolute Jest premiere performances continue with the St. Lawrence String Quartet and the San Francisco Symphony in San Francisco ... Adams's Nixon in China concludes Lyric Opera run in Kansas City ... The Black Keys return to the Midwest ... Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach tour premieres in Montpellier, France ... Richard Goode plays Beethoven in Baltimore ... Kronos Quartet join Eiko & Koma in San Francisco ... The Low Anthem plays Carnegie Hall with The Chieftains ... Brad Mehldau Trio tours France ... Randy Newman continues European tour ... Punch Brothers close out SXSW run ... Chris Thile performs with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in Brooklyn ... and more ...

The Black Keys continue their North American arena tour with sold-out shows at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC, and the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia ... Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer concludes at ENO ... Laurie Anderson brings Delusion to NYC ... Carolina Chocolate Drops are in Maine and on NPR ... Richard Goode plays in Kansas City ... Guettel's Floyd Collins is in London ... Kronos Quartet, Billy Childs, and Bill Frisell are in LA ... Brad Mehldau Trio tours Germany, Italy ... Natalie Merchant gives anti-fracking benefit show in upstate NY ... Randy Newman is in Utrecht ... Punch Brothers are in LA ... Steve Reich joins Bang on a Can at MIT ... and more ...

Carolina Chocolate Drops celebrate the release of their new album, Leaving Eden, with three shows in the Northeast, performing in NYC, Boston, and Fall River ... Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer continues London run ... Laurie Anderson brings Delusion to Taiwan ... Björk performs penultimate NYC Biophilia show, "nothing short of glorious" (NY Times) ... The Black Keys launch US arena tour in Midwest ... Richard Goode plays in Buffalo and Chicago ... Kronos Quartet joins Toronto Symphony Orchestra ... Brad Mehldau Trio tours Europe ... Pat Metheny Trio is in Indonesia ... Randy Newman tours Europe ... Punch Brothers are in the Midwest ... Dawn Upshaw joins Cleveland Orchestra in Florida ... and more ...

Laurie Anderson and Björk's Biophilia app developer Scott Snibbe participate in all-day NYC event Survival of the Beautiful: Scientists and Artists Ponder the Aesthetics of Evolution ... Björk continues her NYC residency at Roseland ... ENO gives John Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer its London premiere ... Carolina Chocolate Drops tour the Midwest ... Philip Glass celebrates his 75th all weekend at NYC's Park Avenue Armory ... Emmylou Harris plays the HRC Equality Dinner in Nashville ... Kronos Quartet performs in New Jersey ... The Low Anthem headlines in New Hampshire ... Randy Newman tours Belgium ... Punch Brothers play the Northeast ... and more ...

This President's Day weekend, Punch Brothers kick off their North American tour in North Carolina and return to NYC for their record release show ... Sérgio & Odair Assad perform in Berkeley ... Björk plays final NY Hall of Science show ... Carolina Chocolate Drops head down the East Coast ... Emmylou Harris plays closing set of Warren Hellman tribute concert in San Francisco ... Dr. John closes Asian tour in Hong Kong ... Kronos Quartet, Alim Qasimov Ensemble head South ... The Low Anthem tours Canada with City and Colour ... Joshua Redman is in Istanbul ... Allen Toussaint, Trombone Shorty are in Tallahassee ... Dawn Upshaw sings with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra ... and more ... 

Dawn Upshaw premieres new Donnacha Dennehy piece with Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra ... John Adams joins Anna Deavere Smith at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral; Nashville Symphony performs his Doctor Atomic Symphony ... Björk performs Biophilia at NY Hall of Science ... The Black Keys close out European tour with sold-out shows in London ... Richard Goode is in London ...Wanda Jackson tours the South ... Dr. John launches tour of Japan ... Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica play Milan ... Kronos Quartet, Alim Qasimov Ensemble perform at Stanford ... The Low Anthem joins City and Colour in Toronto ... Joshua Redman Trio tours Scandinavia ... and more ...

The Black Keys kick off the sold-out UK run of their European tour ... John Adams talks with BBC Radio 3 ... Laurie Anderson talks "Brain Bugs" in NYC ... Timothy Andres joins Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony in Iowa ... Björk launches NYC Biophilia residency ... Carolina Chocolate Drops, Luminescent Orchestrii play UNC ... Richard Goode performs in Scotland ... Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica are in Germany, Netherlands ... Kronos Quartet plays Berkeley with Alim Qasimov Ensemble ... The Low Anthem, City and Colour take tour to Minneapolis ... Brad Mehldau plays NYC ... Joshua Redman Trio tours Germany ... Sara Watkins opens for John Prine then heads out on Cayamo Cruise ... and more ...

Kronos Quartet concludes week-long residency at the Barbican in London and celebrates Philip Glass's 75th in NYC ... Laurie Anderson is in Austria ... Timothy Andres plays "wordless songs" at 92YTribeca in NYC ... The Black Keys play two shows in Germany ... Carolina Chocolate Drops tour the Northeast ... Emmylou Harris plays the Midwest ... Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica play Paris and Cologne ... The Low Anthem plays two shows in Calgary ... Brad Mehldau performs solo set in DC ... Pat Metheny concludes Tokyo residency ... Punch Brothers join Loudon Wainwright III down South ... and more ...

Carolina Chocolate Drops, Punch Brothers play a double bill at Celtic Connections in Glasgow then return to London ... Robert Wilson, Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach tour launches in Ann Arbor ... Emmylou Harris celebrates her Grand Ole Opry 20th with Shawn Colvin ... Kronos Quartet launches Barbican residency in London ... The Low Anthem tours British Columbia with City and Colour ... Pat Metheny kicks off Blue Note Tokyo residency ... Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau play Australia ... and more ...

Pat Metheny launches a tour of Korea and Japan with bassist Larry Grenadier ... Laurie Anderson performs new show, Another Day in America, for Calgary's High Performance Rodeo ... Black Keys concert documentary airs in HD on Palladia ... Shawn Colvin, Lyle Lovett perform benefit concert in Austin ... Norwegian Wood, featuring Jonny Greenwood score, opens in Brooklyn ... Kronos Quartet gives Polish premiere of Reich's WTC 9/11 ... The Low Anthem launches tour with City and Colour; performs on Mountain Stage ... Audra McDonald is Bess on Broadway ... Natalie Merchant gives benefit concert for WAMC ... Punch Brothers launch European tour in Amsterdam ... and more ...

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess opens in previews on Broadway, starring Audra McDonald, "a Bess for the ages" (Boston Globe) ... The Black Keys are on NPR's World Cafe ... Shawn Colvin closes out the year in California ... Emmylou Harris hosts Miracle on Music Row benefit for her dog rescue in Nashville, then plays the Opry at the Ryman ... Brad Mehldau closes out the year in Tbilisi, Georgia ... Sara Watkins concludes tour with the Blind Boys of Alabama out West ... and more ...

The Black Keys cap off release week for their new album, El Camino, with a performance at KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas in LA; watch the livestream here ... Carolina Chocolate Drops close out 2011 in Tennessee ... Elliott Carter turns 103! ... Jessica Lea Mayfield plays Toronto and Chicago with Ryan Adams ... McGarrigles and Wainwrights celebrate Christmas in Montreal in tribute to Kate McGarrigle ... Sara Watkins celebrates Christmas with the Blind Boys of Alabama in California ... and more ...