Fatoumata Diawara returns to North America for a month-long winter tour of Canada and the US. This leg opens with a six-city tour through Canada, starting in Alberta tonight, followed by stops in Ontario and Quebec. The US run begins February 7 with shows in Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, Vermont, and California. Diawara will be joined by fellow Malian musician Bassekou Kouyaté for several shows. She returns to the States to perform at the Savannah Music Festival in April on a double bill with Bombino.

Jeremy Denk performs Ligeti, Schumann, and Mozart in Philadelphia ... John Adams's opera Doctor Atomic opens in Karlsruhe, Germany ... Timo Andres's new percussion piece premieres at Notre Dame ... Shawn Colvin rounds US solo tour in Florida ... Richard Goode plays Debussy, Schubert, and Chopin in Scottsdale ... Inside Llewyn Davis opens in the UK ... Iron and Wine celebrates KUTX's first birthday in Austin ... Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica continue at Canary Islands festival ... Natalie Merchant and orchestra perform in Colorado ... Sara Watkins plays SF Sketchfest ... and more ...

Kronos Quartet premieres music from the Oscar-nominated film Dirty Wars during a two-night run in Ann Arbor ... Bombino continues his Italian tour ... Shawn Colvin closes out California tour ... Jeremy Denk joins Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for Mozart ... Richard Goode plays Schumann in Berkeley ... Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica perform in the Canary Islands ... Audra McDonald sings at two California universities ... Chris Thile concludes Australia tour in Tasmania and Melbourne ... Sara Watkins welcomes Sam Phillips to the Watkins Family Hour in LA ... and more ...

Bombino closes out a two-week tour of Australia at the Sydney Festival and in Melbourne ... Inside Llewyn Davis opens across US ... Shawn Colvin, who celebrates a birthday today, kicks off a California tour ... Jeremy Denk plays Ligeti and more in Boston ... Donnacha Dennehy resumes Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra residency ... Dr. John celebrates Gregg Allman in Atlanta ... Gidon Kremer kicks off Italian tour ... Audra McDonald hosts PBS's Live from Lincoln Center ... Natalie Merchant plays two symphonic shows in Florida ... Allen Toussaint celebrates New Orleans in NYC ... and more ...

Emmylou Harris hosts Miracle on Music Row benefit in Nashville, then performs on Opry at the Ryman with Rodney Crowell ... Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of "Inside Llewyn Davis," airs on SHOWTIME; John Goodman hosts SNL ... Carolina Chocolate Drops close out tour, bid farewell to Dom Flemons ... London Philharmonic Orchestra performs Adams’s El Niño ... Shawn Colvin joins Heart in Vancouver ... The Thin Blue Line turns 25 ... The Sound of Music with Audra McDonald airs again ... Steve Reich celebrates Sol LeWitt in NYC; City Life is performed at Carnegie Hall ... and more ...

Carolina Chocolate Drops kick off their tour bidding farewell to founding member Dom Flemons ... Inside Llewyn Davis opens in NY & LA ... Adams and Reich are on the program in Miami ... Bombino closes out North American tour at Carnegie Hall ... Shawn Colvin plays the Pacific Northwest ... Jeremy Denk and Richard Goode play Mozart with Cincinnati Symphony and NY Philharmonic, respectively ... Kronos Quartet celebrates its 40th in Berkeley, performing Glass, Riley, and Crumb ... 

Rokia Traoré rounds out the Californian leg of her North American tour … Alarm Will Sound performs Adams at Cresc Biennale in Germany … Sam Amidon concludes European tour in Copenhagen … Devendra Banhart plays Primavera Fauna Festival … Bombino tours Midwest … Olivia Chaney is in London ... Jeremy Denk joins Westchester Philharmonic … Richard Goode performs in Massachusetts … Emmylou Harris celebrates Americana on PBS … Brad Mehldau, Mark Guiliana bring Mehliana to Germany … Audra McDonald sings on the East Coast … Joshua Redman plays Chicago & Pittsburgh … Allen Toussaint is outside Philly … and more …

Bombino closes out European tour in France ... Sam Amidon is in Germany ... Laurie Anderson talks with Neil Gaiman in NYC ... Devendra Banhart tours Brazil ... Shawn Colvin concludes NYC residency ... Jeremy Denk closes out SF Symphony tour ... Richard Goode plays Schubert in Connecticut ... Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell play epilepsy benefit in Nashville ... Kronos Quartet turns 40 in Seattle ... Audra McDonald sings at education benefits in Missouri ... Brad Mehldau, Mark Guiliana take Mehliana to France ... Natalie Merchant joins Tulsa Symphony ... Joshua Redman plays hometown of Berkeley ... Steve Reich, Alarm Will Sound perform at the Met Museum ... Rokia Traoré kicks off North American tour in NYC ...

Jeremy Denk, who has written an essay on Bach for the Guardian, continues his residency with the San Francisco Symphony ... Audra McDonald joins Louisville Orchestra ... Sam Amidon tours Spain ... Devendra Banhart kicks off Latin American tour ... Bombino tours France ... Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter conclude duo tour ... Richard Goode gives free concerts at Colgate ... Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell tour Canada ... Iron and Wine heads South ... Kronos Quartet tours Northeast ... Brad Mehldau concludes solo tour in Madrid ... Joshua Redman is in Boston & Philadelphia ... Steve Reich joins all-Reich concert in London ... Chris Thile plays sold-out London show ... Rokia Traoré tours UK ... and more ...

Chris Thile closes out US solo tour with a sold-out show in Atlanta, then heads to Europe ... Timo Andres performs Pierrot Lunaire at the Met Museum ... Bombino tours UK ... Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter tour Midwest ... Richard Goode gives Amnesty benefit concert in NYC ... Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell perform in California; their Austin City Limits duo debut airs on PBS ... Iron and Wine continues West Coast tour ... Kronos Quartet is at Syracuse ... Audra McDonald sings in Arkansas ... Natalie Merchant joins Louisville Orchestra ... and more ...

Bombino kicks off seven-city UK run at Southbank Centre in London tonight ... Sam Amidon plays London's LSO St. Luke's ... Dr. John performs in Amidon's home state of Vermont ... Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell celebrate Bucknell homecoming ... Kremerata Baltica plays Gidon Kremer’s hometown of Riga ... LA Opera presents Audra McDonald ... Brad Mehldau, Mark Guiliana conclude Mehliana US tour in Massachusetts ... Joshua Redman plays Central European festivals ... Chris Thile takes tour to Toronto ... Allen Toussaint headlines in Hawaii ... Rokia Traoré is in France ... and more ...

Tune in to hear Sara Watkins on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor ... Bombino tours Benelux ... Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter head East ... Dr. John is in the South ... Iron and Wine plays upstate NY ... Kronos Quartet performs Philip Glass in Vancouver ... Audra McDonald tours Texas ... Brad Mehldau's Mehliana is at Largo in LA ... Natalie Merchant joins the Alabama Symphony Orchestra ... Randy Newman goes to Galveston ... Joshua Redman is in Rome ... Chris Thile brings Bach to Boston ... and more ...