Brad Mehldau and Chris Thile perform Bach at a Barack Obama benefit in NYC ... Adams and Rzewski works are on the program for an Obama benefit in Baltimore, while the Pittsburgh Symphony pairs Adams with Dvořák and the San Francisco Ballet brings Mark Morris's Joyride, with Adams music, to New York ... Laurie Anderson returns to Homeland after a trip to the Arctic ... Andriessen meets Kubrick when the Dresdner Sinfoniker pairs De Stijl with 2001 ... The Black Keys return to Akron ... David Byrne heads West with Eno songs, a white-clad band, and dancers ... Bill Frisell sets up shop at Yoshi's in Oakland with Russell Malone ... Philip Glass plays to the poetry of Leonard Cohen at the Sydney Opera House ... k.d. lang is back on tour in California ... The Magnetic Fields kick off their fall tour in Minneapolis ... Randy Newman plays the Midwest too ... Choreographer de Keersmaeker's Steve Reich Evening plays two nights in Aix-en-Provence ... and more ...

T Bone Burnett, Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore all convene in San Francisco for the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fest ... The Black Keys head south to North Carolina and South Carolina ... Isabel Bayrakdarian begins her American tour in San Francisco ... David Byrne's Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno tour continues in California ... Ry Cooder makes his second of two rare live performances in San Francisco ... Randy Newman performs live on Late Late Show ... Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer perform music from their new album in Oregon ... Dawn Upshaw talks with Alex Ross at this weekend's New Yorker Festival ... and more ...

Glenn Kotche plays his own pieces and works by Steve Reich's at the Bang on a Can Marathon at the University of Illinois ... both of John Adams's Two Fanfares for Orchestra are performed—one in Pittsburgh, one in Orlando ... The Black Keys take Texas, from Dallas to Austin City Limits ... David Byrne also plays Austin City Limits, and Albuquerque ... Ry Cooder backs East L.A. singer Ersi Arvizu with her All Star Big Band at the San Jose Mariachi Festival ... Shawn Colvin plays Clayton, North Carolina ... Bill Frisell supports the environment in a Washington State benefit concert ... Emmylou Harris concludes her European tour ... Kronos Quartet plays with Alim Qasimov at the Barbican's Ramadan Nights ... Randy Newman tours the East Coast ... Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's Rosas dance company performs her Steve Reich Evening ... Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer play California ... and more ...

David Byrne showcases his collaborations with Brian Eno in Atlanta and Asheville ... Alarm Will Sound and San Francisco Ballet give two takes on Adams's Son of Chamber Symphony ... Laurie Anderson's Homeland heads to Princeton and Albany ... The Black Keys pay tribute to Woody Guthrie ... Bill Frisell plays a trio set on the East Coast and a solo set with Nels Cline out West ... Philip Glass plays to the poetry of Leonard Cohen in Milan ... Emmylou Harris sings to Scandinavia ... Randy Newman comes to Carnegie Hall ... Joshua Redman returns to Monterey Jazz ... Dawn Upshaw sings Bernstein in San Francisco ... and more ...

Wordless Music presents an all–Steve Reich program over two nights in New York ... John Adams's Two Fanfares for Orchestra is performed in Singapore ... Laurie Anderson's Homeland heads South ... Bill Frisell finishes two-week residency at New York's Village Vanguard with Paul Motian and Joe Lovano ... Philip Glass and his Ensemble unveil a new work at the World Expo's closing ceremonies in Spain ... Emmylou Harris closes out the British leg of her tour ... Kronos Quartet and Wu Man perform Terry Riley's The Cusp of Magic in its entirety at the Phoenix Symphony's World Music Festival ... Nicholas Payton performs at the Tudo É Jazz Festival in Brazil ... Sam Phillips hits Pittsburgh and Boston, with an in-store for Newbury Comics' 30th anniversary ... Punch Brothers play Texas ... Joshua Redman Quartet performs at the Jazz à la Villette festival in France ... Dawn Upshaw joins the Colorado Symphony Orchestra for its Opening Weekend Celebration ... Wilco's Nels Cline celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Fender Jazzmaster in an all-star concert at New York's Knitting Factory ... and more ...

John Adams's Son of Chamber Symphony receives its Scandinavian premiere in Finland ... Laurie Anderson's Homeland plays Sao Paolo, Brazil ... The Black Keys make two stops in Wisconsin ... Bill Frisell continues his two-week Village Vanguard run with Paul Motian, Joe Lovano ... Youssou N'Dour celebrates Toronto Film Fest screening with free concert ... Nicholas Payton joins Christian McBride, Mark Whitfield at NYC's Jazz Standard ... Sam Phillips begins two-week tour with two nights at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music ... Punch Brothers tour the Midwest ... Steve Reich's music featured in Detroit's music marathon Strange New Music II and Klangspuren 08 festival in Schwaz, Austria ... Wilco members take time for solo projects ... and more ...

Laurie Anderson brings Homeland to South America ... The Black Keys play the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul and Bumbershoot in Seattle ... Philip Glass discusses creativity and collaboration in Brazil ... Youssou N'Dour takes documentary to Telluride Festival ... Fernando Otero explores Tango After Piazzolla with Paquito D'Rivera in Moab ... Punch Brothers play three shows out West ... Joshua Redman joins Joy of Jazz in Johannesburg ... Laura Veirs solos at the Festival de musique émergente in Québec ... Wilco close summer tour at County Laios, Ireland's Electric Picnic ... and more ...

The Black Keys and Wilco play the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park ... John Adams leads Dutch premiere of his Doctor Atomic Symphony ... Philip Glass performs a benefit concert for the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur ... Cheikh Lô brings a James Brown tribute to New York City for a free Lincoln Center Out of Doors concert ... Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's Steve Reich Evening plays Göteborg Festival ... and more ...

Here is our weekly list of just some of the many events going on across the globe this weekend featuring Nonesuch artists ...

Here is our weekly list of just some of the many events going on across the globe this weekend featuring Nonesuch artists ...

Here is our weekly list of just some of the many events going on across the globe this weekend featuring Nonesuch artists ...

Here is our weekly list of just some of the many events going on across the globe this weekend featuring Nonesuch artists ...