Congratulations to Rhiannon Giddens, who has won the award for Folk Singer of the Year at the 2016 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, the first American artist to do so. The awards show took place at Royal Albert Hall in London and can be seen again in the UK via the BBC iPlayer. "Your sheer artistry defies all known genres," said Sandie Shaw in presenting her with the award. "You are a one-off, genuine original. Listening to your work takes me to deep intriguing places I never before imagined ... Congratulations, you truly deserve this award. I am a huge, huge fan. Tonight is your turn, Rhiannon Giddens."

Laurie Anderson's new film, Heart of a Dog, receives its HBO premiere tonight, April 25, at 9 PM ET. The film, Anderson's first in 30 years, is a personal essay encompassing joy and heartbreak and remembering and forgetting, at the heart of which is a lament for her late beloved dog Lolabelle. Heart of a Dog opens in UK cinemas starting May 10 at the Brighton Festival, of which Anderson is the guest director.

Michael Daves celebrated the release of his new two-album set, Orchids and Violence, with a series of live NYC performances, culminating at The Bell House in Brooklyn on March 5. As on the album, the concerts featured both acoustic and electric takes on mostly traditional bluegrass songs, including Ralph Stanley's "Pretty Polly." You can now watch videos of both version of the song from the concert here. Daves and friends will mark the May 6 release of the album's vinyl edition at Littlefield in Brooklyn on May 19.

Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil closed out their US tour with two sold-out nights at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, celebrating the release of what the New York Times calls their "gemlike" new live double album Dois Amigos, Um Século de Música: Multishow Live. While on tour, they spoke with NPR's alt.latino about the new album, their friendship, and their legendary careers. They also spoke with Rolling Stone, which says: "The two continue to record exquisite, playful, even noisy music belying their septuagenarian status." And Veloso is the guest on this week's New York Times Popcast.

Pat Metheny tours Northeast US with Ron Carter … Laura Anderson takes Heart of a Dog to London … The Arcs, St Germain, Mbongwana Star return to Coachella … The Bad Plus Joshua Redman concludes tour in Buffalo, Ann Arbor … Olivia Chaney performs in London … Jeremy Denk gives solo recital in Indiana … Rhiannon Giddens concludes tour at New Orleans Jazz Fest … Emmylou Harris performs in North Carolina … Kronos Quartet plays Big Star tribute in San Francisco … Lake Street Dive tours Germany, France … Brad Mehldau Trio concludes US tour in Chicago ... and more ...

Congratulations to Brad Mehldau, James Farm, and Tigran Hamasyan, who are all winners of ECHO Jazz 2016 Awards. James Farm was named International Ensemble of the Year for City Folk; Tigran Hamasyan was named International Instrumentalist of the Year, Piano, for Mockroot; and Brad Mehldau will be given a Sonderpreis ("special prize") for his box set 10 Years Solo Live. The ECHO Jazz 2016 Awards ceremony will take place in Hamburg on May 26 and will be televised by NDR.

Lake Street Dive will perform on BBC Two's Later... With Jools Holland live show tonight at 10 PM. Fans in the UK can tune in then to see the band perform from its Nonesuch Records debut album, Side Pony. Then, tune in to BBC Two again this Friday, April 22, at 11:05 PM for the full, one-hour episode of Later for more. The line-up for the show—the first of the new season—also includes Paul Simon, Laura Mvula, Charles Bradley, Kano, and Jason Isbell. Lake Street Dive brings its tour to Frankfurt, Cologne, Paris, Brighton, Paris, Dublin, and Cork.

Rhiannon Giddens' taping of her Austin City Limits debut will stream live on Monday, April 25, 2016, at 8 PM CT / 9 PM ET. Fans around the world can tune in to the show's YouTube Channel to watch the entire performance as it happens live from The Moody Theater in downtown Austin. The taping follows a set at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Sunday. The broadcast version of the ACL show will air on PBS as part of the series' upcoming Season 42, which launches this fall.

Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent record stores, takes place this Saturday, April 16, and included among the special releases on that day are the first-ever vinyl release of Clint Mansell's haunting score to Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film Requiem for a Dream, performed by Kronos Quartet, and the first worldwide vinyl release of Emmylou Harris's Grammy Award–winning, Daniel Lanois–produced album Wrecking Ball.

Pat Metheny has unveiled a new track, "Born," from the forthcoming Pat Metheny Unity Group album, The Unity Sessions, which is due out May 6. The song, which premiered via Jazz Times yesterday, can be heard below and is available to download now with pre-orders of the new album along with the previously released album track "This Belongs to You." Pat Metheny joins bassist Ron Carter for several East Coast performances next week.

This Record Store Day weekend, The Arcs, Mbongwana Star, St. Germain play Coachalla … LA Phil performs John Adams's Scheherazade.2 … The Bad Plus Joshua Redman kick off tour in DC, Missouri … Olivia Chaney plays All Tomorrow’s Parties ... Ry Cooder is in New York with Sharon White, Ricky Skaggs … Jeremy Denk plays Carnegie Hall … Kronos Quartet puts on Fifty for the Future program at Carnegie … Lake Street Dive is in Germany … Brad Mehldau Trio launches tour in US Northeast … Chris Thile co-hosts A Prairie Home Companion in NYC … Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil play two shows in Miami … and more …

Following his recent European tour, Joshua Redman is back in the United States to reunite with The Bad Plus, kicking off a seven-city tour at The Kennedy Center's Crossroads Club in Washington, DC, on Friday. The quartet then heads to Missouri for shows in Kansas City and Columbia and a two-night run in St. Louis, followed by shows in Chicago, Buffalo, and Ann Arbor. The musicians head to South America in May for shows in Argentina and Brazil, and return to the US in June for a set at the Hollywood Bowl as part of the Playboy Jazz Festival. The Joshua Redman Quartet will tour the US in the summer.