Offa Rex launches The Queen of Hearts tour in Portland … Jeremy Denk is in Santa Barbara … Rhiannon Giddens tours with Tim McGraw, Faith Hill … Tigran Hamasyan, Pat Metheny play Molde Jazz Fest in Norway … Emmylou Harris performs in Annapolis, Caramoor … Lianne La Havas plays London festival … Lake Street Dive sells out Chicago … k.d. lang tours Australia … Natalie Merchant concludes tour in Pacific Northwest … Conor Oberst brings Salutations east … Rokia Traoré plays Festival d'Avignon in France … 

Fleet Foxes play in Dublin and at Latitude Festival … Devendra Banhart tours Vienna, Munich … Tyondai Braxton is in Chicago … Michael Daves plays Grey Fox Bluegrass Fest … Rhiannon Giddens performs in the Northwest … Tigran Hamasyan tours Italy … Emmylou Harris performs in Vancouver … Lake Street Dive plays US festivals in the East … Natalie Merchant is in California … Conor Oberst heads South … Joshua Redman joins Ornette Coleman tribute in NYC … and more ...

Randy Newman plays Lowell Summer Music Series, Tarrytown Music Hall … Sam Amidon joins Crash Ensemble in Ireland … Devendra Banhart is in France, Italy … Jeremy Denk joins Bellingham Festival Orchestra … Fleet Foxes play festivals in Italy, Portugal … Tigran Hamasyan performs at North Sea Jazz … Emmylou Harris tours upstate New York … Shye Ben Tzur, Rajasthan Express conclude Junun tour in Istanbul … Lake Street Dive tour US east coast … Natalie Merchant plays Midwest … Joshua Redman is in Greece …

Conor Oberst resumes Salutations tour in Colorado … Devendra Banhart is in Spain … Fleet Foxes play Spain, Italy, Switzerland … Tigran Hamasyan plays Montréal Jazz Fest ... Emmylou Harris tours US East coast … Shye Ben Tzur, Rajasthan Express perform Junun in Manchester … Natalie Merchant launches 3 Decades of Song tour in upstate New York … Rokia Traoré performs in Netherlands … and more …

Fleet Foxes launch Crack-Up European tour … Devendra Banhart is in Rome … Rhiannon Giddens, Lake Street Dive, The Staves perform at Funhouse Fest … Emmylou Harris is in Florida … Shye Ben Tzur, Rajasthan Express perform Junun in Leeds … Punch Brothers conclude tour in Kentucky, Tennessee … Joshua Redman plays Twin Cities Jazz Festival … Rokia Traoré performs in Poland … and more …

Sam Amidon, The Staves are artists in residence at Eaux Claires Festival … Timo Andres performs Shy and Mighty in Brooklyn … Emmylou Harris is in California … Shye Ben Tzur, Rajasthan Express, Jonny Greenwood perform Junun at Best Kept Secret … Lake Street Dive tour US Northeast … Audra McDonald takes Lady Day to London ... Punch Brothers close out Telluride Bluegrass Festival … and more …

Pat Metheny takes quartet tour to NYC, Boston … Rhiannon Giddens plays Spoleto, Chicago fests … Tigran Hamasyan concludes world tour in Germany … Shye Ben Tzur, Rajasthan Express perform Junun in Stockholm, London … Kronos Quartet is in California … Lake Street Dive opens for Jack Johnson … Randy Newman performs at Riverfest … Punch Brothers play across Midwest … Joshua Redman performs in Germany … The Staves close out tour in London … 

The Magnetic Fields bring 50 Song Memoir to Primavera Sound in Barcelona, where Shye Ben Tzur and the Rajasthan Express perform Junun …. Tigran Hamasyan is in Australia … Emmylou Harris headlines Nelsonville Music Festival … Lake Street Dive takes US tour down South … Pat Metheny concludes European tour … Conor Oberst brings Salutations South … Joshua Redman Trio tours Germany … The Staves are in Ireland … 

This Memorial Day weekend, Fleet Foxes lead four-night run at Sydney Opera House … Jeremy Denk joins Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra … Richard Goode gives solo recital at Bath Festival … Tigran Hamasyan tours Japan … Berg's Lulu is performed in Rome … Audra McDonald is in Bethesda, Westhampton … Pat Metheny continues quartet tour in France, Spain … The Staves are at BottleRock Napa … Chris Thile concludes US duo tour with Béla Fleck …

Brad Mehldau Trio plays sold-out show at London's Barbican Hall … Laurie Anderson joins Philip Glass in UK … Jeremy Denk performs at Bath Festival ... Fleet Foxes play intimate hometown show in Seattle … Tigran Hamasyan performs in Moscow … Emmylou Harris joins Rosanne Cash, Lucinda Williams at SFJAZZ … Kronos Quartet tours Europe … Pat Metheny continues quartet tour in Scandinavia … Conor Oberst brings Salutations to Texas … Joshua Redman tours Europe with Jorge Rossy … Chris Thile hosts A Prairie Home Companion in St. Paul … Caetano Veloso, Teresa Cristina are in Amsterdam … and more …

Laurie Anderson leads three-day residency in Dublin … Sam Amidon joins Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra … Jeremy Denk brings Medieval to Modern to California … Rhiannon Giddens plays New York City, Philadelphia … Audra McDonald performs at New Jersey Benefit Gala … Brad Mehldau Trio is in Norway … Pat Metheny continues quartet tour in eastern Europe … Conor Oberst brings Salutations to California … Chris Thile hosts A Prairie Home Companion in St. Paul … Caetano Veloso, Teresa Cristina are in Belgium, Luxembourg … and more …

Lake Street Dive, Rhiannon Giddens play New Orleans Jazz Fest … John Adams conducts his Saxophone Concerto in Amsterdam … Laurie Anderson is in Chicago … Olivia Chaney is in Liverpool … Richard Goode performs in California … Tigran Hamasyan brings An Ancient Observer home to Armenia … Kronos Quartet is in Sweden … The Magnetic Fields conclude 50 Song Memoir tour in Seattle … Pat Metheny, Caetano Veloso, Teresa Cristina tour Italy … Nico Muhly, Teitur perform Confessions in Denmark … and more ...