The Low Anthem plays the pasta sauce factory of Smart Flesh fame ... Carolina Chocolate Drops head home to North Carolina ... Shawn Colvin joins Loudon Wainwright III in New England ... Philip Glass Festival unfolds in Southern California ... Emmylou Harris celebrates Canadian Music Week ... Wanda Jackson plays her home state of Oklahoma ... k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang take to the streets of LA for John Varvatos benefit ... Jessica Lea Mayfield is in Texas for the 35 Conferette ... Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman, Timothy Andres play Carnegie Hall ... Randy Newman conquers Colorado ... Punch Brothers play in Alaska ... Stephen Sondheim receives the Olivier Special Award ... and more ...

The Low Anthem performs two sold-out shows in Massachusetts with hand-screened shirts on hand ... John Adams makes Toronto Symphony Orchestra debut ... Timothy Andres joins Gabriel Kahane for Ives-inspired evening ... Carolina Chocolate Drops play two shows in PA ... Ben Folds continues European tour ... Emmylou Harris, John Prine play Alabama ... Fred Hersch, Joshua Redman do duo in NYC ... Kronos Quartet tours Taiwan ... Brad Mehldau holds master classes in NYC ... Natalie Merchant performs Bard benefit ... Randy Newman hits NYC ... Punch Brothers play Utah ... and more ...

Randy Newman performs at the Oscars ... Adams’s Doctor Atomic Symphony receives Canadian premiere ... Carolina Chocolate Drops sell out in Charlottesville ... Ben Folds closes out UK leg of European tour ... Wanda Jackson plays DC and Dallas ... The Low Anthem play Philly, Pittsburgh, and Mountain Stage ... Jessica Lea Mayfield's on the Late Show ... Brad Mehldau, Anne Sofie von Otter close out duo tour ... Joshua Redman is in Oregon for PDX Jazz Fest ... Chris Thile joins Great Falls Symphony on his Mandolin Concerto ... Allen Toussaint's on Austin City Limits ... Sara Watkins is on A Prairie Home Companion ... and more ...

Jessica Lea Mayfield plays three show run with the Avett Brothers ... John Adams conducts Juillliard Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, final Nixon in China performance at the Met ... Ben Folds kicks off Europe tour as Wanda Jackson concludes hers  ... The Black Keys play sold-out shows in Vegas ... Carolina Chocolate Drops in Alabama ... Kronos Quartet, Wu Man perform A Chinese Home ... Brad Mehldau joins Sofie von Otter at Carnegie Hall ... Randy Newman tours the Midwest ... Punch Brothers celebrate Chris Thile's 30th in Asheville ... Joshua Redman makes music in Moscow ... Dawn Upshaw returns to Saint Paul ... and more ...

Nonesuch artists are up for several Grammys on Sunday ... John Adams's Nixon in China hits movie theaters via The Met: Live in HD ... The Black Keys are on The Tonight Show ... Wanda Jackson tours Germany ... Jessica Lea Mayfield tours the Midwest with Justin Townes Earle ... Randy Newman plays Louisiana and Florida ... Mandy Patinkin stars at New York's Public Theater ... Punch Brothers cover Colorado ... Allen Toussaint plays NYC ... Dawn Upshaw sings Britten in St. Paul ... Sara Watkins plays close to home with The Decemberists ... and more ...

Chris Thile performs his Mandolin Concerto in Iowa ... John Adams conducts Nixon in China at the Met ... David Byrne attends 25th anniversary True Stories screening in San Francisco ... Carolina Chocolate Drops hit upstate New York, Vermont ... Shawn Colvin returns to Yoshi's San Francisco ... Wanda Jackson headlines Rockin’ Race Jamboree in Spain ... Kronos Quartet makes it a two-fer in Minneapolis ... Jessica Lea Mayfield kicks off tour with Justin Townes Earle ... Fernando Otero plays NYC,  Allen Toussaint too ... and more ... 

Joshua Rifkin celebrates 40th anniversary of Joplin's Piano Rags album in NYC ... Alarm Will Sound performs Reich's Tehillim for NYC's Ecstatic Music Festival ... Ben Folds tours Midwest ... Philip Glass goes solo in Colombia ... Wanda Jackson plays free hometown show in Oklahoma City .... Glenn Kotche, Bang on a Can play Reich in Kentucky ... The Low Anthem performs at Bowdoin ... Stockholm celebrates Reich ... Allen Toussaint continues NYC residency ... Sara Watkins plays Boston with The Decemberists ... Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish give recital in Connecticut ... and more ...

Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman give final live performance of complete Highway Rider at Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA ... Timothy Andres plays in NYC's Ecstatic Music Festival ... The Black Keys' Austin City Limits set airs on PBS ... Shawn Colvin plays Washington state ... Ben Folds kicks off tour in Minneapolis ... Philip Glass pays tribute to Allen Ginsberg with Patti Smith in Paris ... Wanda Jackson, Jack White play sold-out shows in NYC, LA ... Audra McDonald sings at Utah State  ... Randy Newman has solo shows in Arkansas, Texas ... Punch Brothers play three shows in the Midwest ...  Allen Toussaint launches weekly series in NYC ... Dawn Upshaw sings Bartók, Berio with Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra ... and more ...

Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass do Dracula at Sydney Festival ... Laurie Anderson performs Delusion in Ann Arbor ... Timothy Andres joins in at the Ecastatic Music Festival Marathon in NYC ... Wanda Jackson, Jack White play Grand Ole Opry ... Magnetic Fields documentary opens in Chicago ... Fernando Otero performs in NYC ... Punch Brothers sell out NYC's Bowery Ballroom for p-Bingo night ... Allen Toussaint turns 73, plays The Bright Mississippi with Don Byron, Nicholas Payton at Chicago's Symphony Center ... Sara Watkins hosts A Prairie Home Companion ... and more ... 

Emmylou Harris kicks off the 2011 Sydney Festival ... John Adams Slonimsky's Earbox featured in LA Phil live cinematic broadcast across the US ... Timothy Andres performs with his brother in Connecticut ... The Black Keys are musical guests on Saturday Night Live ... Björk hosts karaoke marathon in Iceland to fight energy company sale ... David Byrne talks Here Lies Love on MPR's The Current ... Randy Newman joins Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans ... The Low Anthem plays close to home ... Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music closes on Broadway ... Allen Toussaint plays Tokyo ... and more ...

Punch Brothers perform on NPR's Mountain Stage ... Emmylou Harris hosts Miracle on Music Row in Nashville to benefit Bonaparte's Retreat dog shelter ... The Mark Morris Dance Group concludes its run of The Hard Nut at BAM in Brooklyn ... Jeff Bridges, the star of True Grit, hosts Saturday Night Live ... and more ...

The Black Keys play three California festivals ... John Adams concludes San Francisco Symphony residency ... Timothy Andres premieres piano piece in NYC ... Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Low Anthem conclude joint tour ... The Low Anthem joins Emmylou Harris on Grand Ole Opry ... Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin perform benefit in Austin ... Christina Courtin concludes tour with Aoife O'Donovan ... The Hard Nuts opens in Brooklyn ... Punch Brothers close out fall tour in Chicago ... and more ...