On this long Memorial Day weekend in the US, Shawn Colvin and Sara Watkins join Garrison Keillor and the cast of A Prairie Home Companion for live shows ... Laurie Anderson brings Dirtday! to Portugal ... Billy Bragg brings Mermaid Avenue to Belgium and Germany ... Carolina Chocolate Drops tour with Dave Matthews Band ... James Farm has three nights in Oakland ... Kronos Quartet joins Philip Glass for Dracula in the UK ... Richard Goode performs in Spain ... k.d. lang is in New Orleans and Orlando ... Brad Mehldau Trio plays Cancun ... and more ...

Jeremy Denk performs in DC on Saturday and celebrates the recent release of his Nonesuch debut album, Ligeti/Beethoven, in NYC on Monday ... The Black Keys close out their North American tour in Atlantic City ... Billy Bragg launches European tour in Germany ... Carolina Chocolate Drops are in Virginia ... Shawn Colvin plays the Cherokee Creek Music Festival ... Michael Daves, Noam Pikelny do the Brooklyn Folk Fest ... Kronos Quartet kicks off European tour in the Netherlands ... k.d. lang continues US tour in Kansas ... Jessica Lea Mayfield plays Nelsonville Music Festival ... Brad Mehldau Trio has a trio of SFJAZZ shows ... Randy Newman plays a set at the Hang Out Music Festival ... and more ...

Brad Mehldau Trio performs at Denver's Newman Center for the Performing Arts with an opening performance from Timothy Andres ... The Black Keys continue their North American arena tour in Calgary and Edmonton ... Laurie Anderson's first-ever NYC painting exhibition opens ... Carolina Chocolate Drops are in Richmond ... Shawn Colvin closes out duo tour with Mary Chapin Carpenter in Washington ... Einstein on the Beach concludes UK run at the Barbican ... Emmylou Harris performs at the Ryman ... Kronos Quartet showcases Women’s Voices in San Francisco ... k.d. lang takes tour to Milwaukee and Chicago ... and more ...

Punch Brothers perform at the third-annual L.A. Bluegrass Situation curated by Ed Helms at Largo ... Timothy Andres joins NOW Ensemble at BAM ... The Black Keys play two shows in California ... Billy Bragg celebrates Woody Guthrie in Suffolk ... Carolina Chocolate Drops play Madison and Chicago ... Shawn Colvin joins Mary Chapin Carpenter in the Southwest ...  New Orleans favorite sons Dr. John and Allen Toussaint play Jazz Fest ... Philip Glass and Robert Wilson's Einstein on the Beach receives UK premiere at the Barbican ... Gidon Kremer and his Kremerata Baltica are in Austria ... and more ...

Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau conclude their duo tour with performances in New Jersey and Boston ... Laurie Anderson is at the Donau Festival ... The Black Keys' arena tour hits St. Louis and Tulsa ... Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dr. John, Cheikh Lô, and Allen Toussaint are in Louisiana for Jazz Fest and more ... Shawn Colvin tours the Northeast with Mary Chapin Carpenter ... Richard Goode plays the Gilmore Keyboard Festival ... Jessica Lea Mayfield has two shows in Texas ... Punch Brothers are in DC, play MerleFest ... Steve Reich is in residence at the Sydney Opera House ... Dawn Upshaw is in NY with the Australian Chamber Orchestra ... Sara Watkins plays the Stagecoach Festival ... and more ...

Stay tuned for details on Record Store Day to come tomorrow ... Emmylou Harris performs on a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion from Nashville ... Laurie Anderson premieres new work at UK's Sensoria festival ... The Black Keys headline Coachella, round two ... Carolina Chocolate Drops celebrate Johnny Cash in Austin ... Jeremy Denk joins Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra ... Richard Goode plays Winston-Salem benefit ... Wanda Jackson plays the Pacific Northwest ... Kronos Quartet marks Earth Day ... Cheikh Lô plays Carnegie Hall ... Jessica Lea Mayfield kicks off tour in Knoxville ... Audra McDonald sings in Newark ... Punch Brothers tour the South ... Joshua Redman concludes Village Vanguard residency ... Stephen Sondheim talks in NYC ... Dawn Upshaw joins Australian Chamber Orchestra in Florida and Toronto ... Sara Watkins tours the Midwest ... and more ...

The Black Keys headline Coachella tonight, with all the musical magic streaming live via Coachella's YouTube channel ... Punch Brothers are on A Prairie Home Companion live from NYC; How To Grow a Band, the documentary about the band, opens in NYC ... Billy Bragg joins Frank Turner at Wembley ...Carolina Chocolate Drops play Phoenix ... Shawn Colvin is in Maine ... Dr. John concludes three-week BAM residency with New Orleans showcase ... Cheikh Lô plays Ann Arbor and Chapel Hill ... Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau take duo tour to Chicago and Toronto ... Dawn Upshaw joins Australian Chamber Orchestra tour ... Sara Watkins launches US tour in Texas ... and more ...

Dr. John is joined by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach and the band behind his new album, Locked Down, for the centerpiece of his BAM residency: the premiere of music from Locked Down ... John Adams leads the LA Phil in his Violin Concerto, Philip Glass's Symphony No. 9 (West Coast premiere) ... Björk brings Biophilia to Buenos Aires ... Carolina Chocolate Drops are in California ... Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau play Savannah Music Festival, two nights in St. Louis ... Chris Thile goes solo in San Francisco ... Dawn Upshaw sings at Emory ... and more ...

Dr. John launches his three-week residency at BAM with a Louis Armstrong tribute, then heads home to New Orleans for a free show in the NCAA Big Dance Concert Series Sunday; The Black Keys play Saturday ... Alarm Will Sound performs John Adams's Son of Chamber Symphony in Michigan ... Björk headlines Lollapalooza Chile ... Carolina Chocolate Drops launch West Coast tour in Portland and Seattle ... Shawn Colvin plays outside DC ... Jeremy Denk joins San Francisco Symphony for American Mavericks at Carnegie Hall ... Dawn Upshaw gives a recital in San Francisco ... and more ...

Chris Thile joins Orpheus Chamber Orchestra to perform his Mandolin Concerto at Carnegie Hall, broadcast on WQXR ... John Adams's Absolute Jest is in Ann Arbor ... Laurie Anderson webcasts from London ... Timothy Andres join LACO to premiere his Old Keys ... Björk is in Costa Rica ... The Black Keys head South ... Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach is in Italy ... Kronos Quartet plays Steve Reich's WTC 9/11 in Seattle ... Jessica Lea Mayfield plays Memphis's Fareveller Festival ... Brad Mehldau Trio is in Amsterdam and Italy ... Randy Newman concludes European tour ... Dawn Upshaw is in Winnipeg ... Sara Watkins plays Alabama's Seagrass Music Festival ... and more ...

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 ...