The Arcs tour Europe, perform on Jools Holland … Sam Amidon, Nels Cline tour Midwest … Laurie Anderson is in LA for Heart of a Dog opening … Timo Andres joins violinist Tim Fain in NYC … Tyondai Braxton gives solo set at Boston Hassle Fest … Rhiannon Giddens resumes tour … Richard Goode plays Glasgow … Tigran Hamasyan tours Europe … James Farm is in the Netherlands … Lake Street Dive concludes California tour … Audra McDonald closes out Sydney Opera House residency … Brad Mehldau Trio tours California … Randy Newman plays Basel … Youssou N’Dour visits West Coast … Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club plays Puerto Rico … Chris Thile heads West ... and more ...

John Adams, Jeremy Denk take part in the Barbican's Classical Weekender in London … Laurie Anderson leads Q&A at NYC Heart of a Dog screening ... Tigran Hamasyan Trio tours Germany … Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass perform Dracula in LA … Lake Street Dive tours West Coast … Audra McDonald makes Australian debut … Brad Mehldau plays in upstate New York … Youssou N'Dour kicks off two-week North American tour in NYC … Randy Newman continues European tour in UK, Germany … Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club takes "Adios" tour to East Coast … Chris Thile takes solo tour to Midwest ... and more ...

The Bad Plus Joshua Redman wraps up first leg of US fall tour in Northeast ... Laurie Anderson answers questions at Heart of a Dog screenings in NYC … Jeremy Denk performs solo in Northeast … Lianne La Havas tours South … Audra McDonald goes to Tacoma … Brad Mehldau joins Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in NYC … Randy Newman completes Netherlands tour … Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club plays Atlanta … Rokia Traoré performs Desdemona in Sydney ...

Kronos Quartet, Sam Amidon celebrate the opening of St. Anne’s Warehouse in Brooklyn … John Adams leads European premiere of his Scheherazade.2 … The Bad Plus Joshua Redman tours Midwest … Tyondai Braxton plays Toronto … Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club takes its "Adios" tour to Texas … Jeremy Denk performs in Canada … Richard Goode joins LA Chamber Orchestra … Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell bring the latest leg of their US tour to a close … Lianne La Havas is in LA … Audra McDonald plays Peoria … Randy Newman visits Belgium … Conor Oberst gives free hometown show … Rokia Traoré performs Desdemona in Melbourne … Junun screens at Rome Film Festival and in San Francisco … and more …

Rhiannon Giddens returns to Austin City Limits … Jeremy Denk performs at The Kennedy Center … Emmylou Harris leads pet shelter benefit … Kronos Quartet performs at Stanford … Lianne La Havas continues in Canada … Audra McDonald sings in Massachusetts … Brad Mehldau heads to France … Pat Metheny plays Uppsala Guitar Fest … Randy Newman kicks off Europe tour … Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club takes "Adios" tour to California … Rokia Traoré performs Desdemona in LA … and more …

Ry Cooder, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Kronos Quartet, Conor Oberst, Punch Brothers play free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco … Laurie Anderson premieres new work at Park Avenue Armory … Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club passes through Pacific Northwest … Olivia Chaney concludes week-long US tour with Decemberists … Rhiannon Giddens plays Austin City Limits … Lianne La Havas takes tour to Toronto, Detroit, Chicago … Brad Mehldau visits Vienna … Audra McDonald performs in Disneyland … Randy Newman shows LA some love … and more …

The Arcs make TV debut on Colbert; their sold-out NYC show streams live on Yahoo ... Laurie Anderson is on PBS's American Masters … Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club takes "Adios" tour to Canada … Ry Cooder hits Southwest with Sharon White, Ricky Skaggs … Jeremy Denk plays Bach in Britain … Rhiannon Giddens is in Durham and DC … Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell's US tour winds westward … Lianne La Havas plays NYC … Brad Mehldau heads to Germany … Natalie Merchant joins Bard Conservatory Orchestra … Pat Metheny plays Blue Note Jazz Festival in Japan … Punch Brothers play festival sets … and more …

Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters play NYC and Boston … Sam Amidon closes out Ireland tour … Jeremy Denk joins Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra … Rhiannon Giddens tours US Midwest, as do Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell … Lianne La Havas kicks off North American tour … Audra McDonald joins Sioux City Symphony Orchestra on Opening Night … Punch Brothers play Fresh Grass Festival … Joshua Redman closes out Europe tour … and more …

Sam Amidon performs at Kings Place in London before kicking off tour of Ireland ... Nashville Symphony performs John Adams's On the Transmigration of Souls ... Laurie Anderson's Heart of a Dog receives Canadian premiere at Toronto International Film Festival ... Tyondai Braxton has solo shows in Oberlin, Portland ... Jeremy Denk plays Rhapsody in Blue with Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra ... Rhiannon Giddens heads home to Greensboro for National Folk Festival ... Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell tour Virginia, Pennsylvania ... Audra McDonald opens Minnesota Orchestra season ... Robert Plant headlines Lockn' Music Fest ... Punch Brothers are at Ellnora Guitar Fest ... Joshua Redman starts Europe tour in Germany, Spain ... and more ...

Pat Metheny is Artist-in-Residence at the free Detroit Jazz Festival this Labor Day weekend ... Sam Amidon performs at End of the Road Festival ... Tyondai Braxton goes solo in Philadelphia ... Ken Burns's The Civil War airs anew on PBS ... Olivia Chaney plays UK's Moseley Folk Festival ... Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell help celebrate St. Augustine, Florida's 450th anniversary... Punch Brothers head to Pacific Northwest ... and more ...

Punch Brothers take their North American tour south, performing in Mississippi and Oklahoma, headlining Fayetteville Roots Fest in Arkansas ... Tyondai Braxton celebrates Terry Riley's 80th in Germany ... David Byrne closes out Meltdown in London ... Jeremy Denk joins San Francisco Symphony for BBC Proms ... Rhiannon Giddens plays Aarhus Fest in Denmark ... Randy Newman is in Washington state ... Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club takes "Adios" tour to Virginia and Pennsylvania ... IFC Center launches Wim Wenders retrospective ... and more ...

As the David Byrne–curated Meltdown festival continues at the Southbank Centre in London, BBC Radio 6 Music hosts a weekend-long series of programs featuring Byrne ... Timo Andres joins Gabriel Kahane at Rockwood Music Hall in NYC ... Ry Cooder, Sharon White, Ricky Skaggs take tour to Virginia, Tennessee ... Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club "Adios" tour is in Denver ... and more ...