HBO's The Wire is the subject of two-day Columbia University conference, including a panel on its music ... Timo Andres, Gabriel Kahane close out tour at UNC Chapel Hill ... Ry Cooder, Sharon White, Ricky Skaggs are in Delaware ... Jeremy Denk plays solo in Wisconsin ... Rhiannon Giddens takes tour south to Savannah, Charlotte ... Lake Street Dive kicks off Europe tour in Antwerp, Amsterdam ... St Germain plays Detroit, Chicago ... Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil kick off US tour in LA ... and more ...

Kronos Quartet joins NYC David Bowie tribute at Radio City, premieres new pieces at Carnegie Hall ... Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Sam Amidon, Nico Muhly are at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville… Timo Andres debuts new music in Denver … Ry Cooder heads south to Florida, Georgia … Jeremy Denk performs solo in Boston … Joshua Redman concludes European tour in Spain … St Germain launches North American tour in NYC ... and more ...

Lake Street Dive winter tour culminates with sold-out shows at Beacon Theatre in NYC, State Theatre in Maine … Louis Andriessen's De Materie North American stage premiere continues in NYC … Rhiannon Giddens concludes Australia tour at Byron Bay Bluesfest … Joshua Redman is in Luxembourg … Chris Thile plays solo set at Largo in LA … Rokia Traoré brings Né So to US … and more …

Kronos Quartet, Punch Brothers, Chris Thile, Sam Amidon play Cincinnati's MusicNOW Festival … Seattle Symphony performs John Adams's Scheherazade.2 … Laurie Anderson brings new piece to Minnesota … Timo Andres is in Albany … Jon Brion performs Punch-Drunk Love at Brooklyn screening … Jeremy Denk plays Seattle, San Francisco … Rhiannon Giddens is in Australia … Lake Street Dive plays Philadelphia, Richmond … Clint Mansell performs his film scores in LA … Natalie Merchant tours Europe … Robert Plant concludes tour in Texas … Joshua Redman Trio, Rokia Traoré tour Europe too … and more …

Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, and the Rajasthan Express perform Junun live at the Barbican in London … Jeremy Denk joins Chicago Symphony Orchestra … Kronos Quartet performs in its hometown of San Francisco … Lake Street Dive takes world tour to Chicago for two sold-out shows … Audra McDonald's Lady Day debuts on HBO ... Brad Mehldau concludes European solo tour … Natalie Merchant plays sold-out show in NYC … Pat Metheny celebrates Roy Haynes' birthday at the Blue Note … Robert Plant continues to tour the American South … Joshua Redman is in Switzerland … Steve Reich gives a master class in London … Rokia Traoré concludes French leg of Né So tour … and more …

Michael Daves celebrates Orchids and Violence release live in Brooklyn … John Adams's Scheherazade.2 gets Australia premiere in Sydney … Laurie Anderson talks JFK at The Kennedy Center in DC … Jon Brion joins Punch-Drunk Love live score/screening premiere in LA ...Randy Newman is in Austin … Robert Plant kicks off tour in Florida … Rokia Traoré continues to tour France … and more …

Lake Street Dive takes its Side Pony tour to LA and San Francisco … Sam Amidon, Tyondai Braxton perform in LA as well … Rhiannon Giddens concludes Swimming in Dark Waters: Other Voices of the American Experience tour with Leyla McCalla, Bhi Bhiman … Kronos Quartet gives two concerts in Vancouver … Brad Mehldau joins Brussels Philharmonic in Belgium … Randy Newman performs in Birmingham … Chris Thile plays Bach in Florida … Rokia Traoré tours France … and more …

Rhiannon Giddens begins Swimming in Dark Waters: Other Voices of the American Experience tour with Leyla McCalla, Bhi Bhiman … John Adams's Scheherazade.2 is performed by St. Louis Symphony, Leila Josefowicz ... Timo Andres joins Phillip Glass to perform Glass’s piano études … David Byrne celebrates carnaval in Montreal to support Haiti … Richard Goode performs in Missouri … Kronos Quartet is in Seattle … Audra McDonald gives a TimesTalk in NYC … and more …

Louis Andriessen's six decades of music-making are being celebrated at the Barbican in London, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 … Timo Andres premieres new piece in NY … Jeremy Denk plays the Goldberg Variations in London … Kronos Quartet plays Riley and more in Montana … Brad Mehldau goes solo in Europe … Joshua Redman is in Budapest … Rokia Traoré celebrates release of her new album with in-store showcase in Paris … and more ...

Kronos Quartet presents its second-annual hometown festival in San Francisco all weekend … Sam Amidon plays three shows in Belgium … Jeremy Denk performs Bach's Goldberg Variations in Europe … Rhiannon Giddens concludes UK tour with Transatlantic Sessions … Richard Goode performs Beethoven in Michigan … Lianne La Havas plays Brooklyn and Philadelphia … Chris Thile guest hosts A Prairie Home Companion … Rokia Traoré kicks off 2016 tour in London … and more ...

Ry Cooder, Sharon White, Ricky Skaggs bring their tour to the Midwest … Jeremy Denk joins Kansas City Symphony for Beethoven's "Emperor" … Rhiannon Giddens joins Transatlantic Sessions at Glasgow's Celtic Connections … Kronos Quartet gives world premiere of My Lai in Chicago … Joshua Redman closes out Midwest run with Umphrey’s McGee … Chris Thile guest hosts A Prairie Home Companion with special guests Punch Brothers … and more …

Chris Thile co-hosts public radio's A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor … John Adams's Saxophone Concerto is performed by the St. Louis Symphony and saxophonist Timothy McAllister ... Rhiannon Giddens plays Berlin and Amsterdam … Joshua Redman joins WDR Big Band in Germany ... and more ...