John Adams leads the LA Phil, Julia Bullock, and others in performances of his opera Girls of the Golden West at Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA. Kronos Quartet performs at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall and in Saratoga Springs. Brad Mehldau's quintet is at Village Vanguard in NYC through Sunday. Mandy Patinkin is at Strathmore in Bethesda. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in California, at the Mondavi Center in Davis and Bing Concert Hall in Stanford. The Black Keys DJ in NYC.

Makaya McCraven, Jeff Parker perform as part of NYC Winter JazzFest. Laurie Anderson is at SFJAZZ. Julia Bullock joins Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Jeremy Denk, Rhiannon Giddens are at Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Gabriel Kahane performs from Magnificent Bird in NYC. Brad Mehldau, Cécile McLorin Salvant join Blue Note at Sea. Mandy Patinkin kicks off tour in Pennsylvania. Joshua Redman is at Tucson Jazz Festival. Chris Thile is solo in Paducah.

Cécile McLorin Salvant performs her new theatrical piece Ogresse at the Kennedy Center. Timo Andres celebrates Ingram Marshall at Yale. The Black Keys take part in VetsAid 2022 in Columbus. Rhiannon Giddens joins LA Phil for Julia Bullock–curated festival. Tigran Hamasyan plays in Bentonville and Los Angeles. Hurray for the Riff Raff joins Bright Eyes in Providence and Brooklyn. Kronos Quartet leads online master class. Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade are in Zurich and Groningen. Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion perform in Oregon, broadcast live. Chris Thile, Sam Amidon tour London, Manchester, and Glasgow. Molly Tuttle is in Tennessee and North Carolina.

Rhiannon Giddens joins Our Native Daughters at Carnegie Hall, Charlotte Symphony in North Carolina, and Ojai Music Festival for a virtual talk. Sam Amidon, Sam Gendel perform at Frue Festival in Japan. Jeremy Denk plays Bach at Caramoor. Hurray for the Riff Raff joins Bright Eyes in Illinois. Gabriel Kahane joins Oregon Symphony to premiere his new piece in Oregon. Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade are in Vienna. Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion are in Wisconsin. Chris Thile tours Denmark, Netherlands, and Belgium. Molly Tuttle, Golden Highway are in Utah.

Makaya McCraven concludes his North American fall tour in Albuquerque, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. Richard Goode performs Beethoven at London's Wigmore Hall. Kronos Quartet celebrates Philip Glass’s 85th birthday in the Rainbow Room in NYC. Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade perform at Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. Chris Thile is in Lyon and Luxembourg. Molly Tuttle, Golden Highway celebrate Halloween in Florida.

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade begin their European tour in Switzerland, Germany, and Luxembourg. Sam Amidon, Marc Ribot are in Newport and NYC. Timo Andres celebrates Ingram Marshall in NYC. Joachim Cooder performs the Dead in Vancouver. Emmylou Harris is in Texas. Kronos Quartet is in Irvine CA. Makaya McCraven plays in Portland and San Francisco. Cécile McLorin Salvant tours France and Spain. Caroline Shaw, Roomful of Teeth join NY Phil at David Geffen Hall. Chris Thile is in Budapest and Vienna. Molly Tuttle returns to Grass Valley, CA.

Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway are in New England for a show in Newburyport and the three-day Flannel Jam in Marshfield, Portland, and Nantucket. The Black Keys tour California. Jeremy Denk plays in Sleepy Hollow, NY. Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi are in Connecticut and New Jersey. Gabriel Kahane is in Seattle. Mandy Patinkin performs in Oregon. Cécile McLorin Salvant tours France. Wilco closes out its tour in Missouri.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass returns to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, where both Emmylou Harris and Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi perform Sunday. Also doubling up at festivals this weekend are The Black Keys and Wilco, both at Mempho Music Festival in Memphis, and Hurray for the Riff Raff and Conor Oberst at Felice Country Fair in upstate NY. Punch Brothers join others to pay tribute to Bob Dylan at The Town Hall in NYC. Devendra Banhart is in Kyoto, Japan. Jeremy Denk and Tigran Hamasyan each give solo piano recitals—in Carmel, CA, and Florence, Italy, respectively.

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade tour California, at SFJAZZ, Monterey Jazz Festival, and Blue Note Napa. Timo Andres is in Brooklyn. The Black Keys play the iHeart Radio Festival in Vegas. Michelle Branch is at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Joachim Cooder is in Georgia.. Cécile McLorin Salvant concludes her Blue Note NYC residency. Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion perform Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part at Skidmore. Molly Tuttle is in Minnesota and Tennessee. Wilco is in Calgary and Montana. 

Michelle Branch tours Philadelphia and NYC ... John Adams's Anthony and Cleopatra streams live from SF Opera ... Timo Andres celebrates Philip Glass’s 85th birthday in upstate NY ... Jeremy Denk joins Royal Northern Sinfonia in Gateshead ... Emmylou Harris is in Colorado ... Gabriel Kahane is in New Mexico ... The Magnetic Fields close out tour in Germany and Copenhagen ... Molly Tuttle is in Louisville ... Wilco tours California ...

We're excited to be back at the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair at Smorgasburg in Williamsburg on Saturday. Hope to see you there! There's lots of great live music ahead around the world from John Adams in San Francisco, Sam Amidon in Latvia, Attacca Quartet in Japan, Devendra Banhart in New Mexico, The Black Keys in Ohio, Jeremy Denk in Scotland, Emmylou Harris in Indiana, Hurray for the Riff Raff in London and Brighton, Gabriel Kahane in Houston and Austin, Lake Street Dive at Radio City Music Hall, The Magnetic Fields in Lisbon and Amsterdam, Makaya McCraven and Jeff Parker are in Raleigh, Molly Tuttle touring the South, and Wilco in the Midwest.

Happy Labor Day weekend! While it may signal the unofficial end of summer here, it also brings with it lots of great live music around the world, including the final nights of Brad Mehldau’s weeklong residency at the Village Vanguard in NYC ... The Magnetic Fields and Hurray for the Riff Raff at the End of the Road Festival and on tour in the UK ... Attacca Quartet on tour in Japan ... The Black Keys in Cincinnati ... Tigran Hamasyan in Armenia ... Emmylou Harris at Ravinia Festival ... Cécile McLorin Salvant at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island ... Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway on tour in North Carolina and Virginia ...