Record Store Day, the annual celebration of indie record stores, is upon us, with events and special releases planned for tomorrow. Nonesuch artists will be well represented: Laurie Anderson makes a rare in-store appearance at London's Rough Trade East at 2 PM to discuss her forthcoming Nonesuch release, Homeland, and sign copies of the limited-edition 12” album single "Only an Expert." The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform at Criminal Records in Atlanta at 6 PM. The Black Keys' "Tighten Up" 12" single, off the album Brothers, will be available, as will Wilco's four-disc Kicking Television vinyl box set. Emmylou Harris will make an appearance at The Groove in Nashville. For more on these events, read the recent article in the Nonesuch Journal.

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Laurie Anderson's London appearance coincides with her four-night residency at the Barbican Theatre, where she is presenting her latest piece, Delusion. Performances continue tonight and Saturday. The Guardian, Times of London, and Financial Times each give it four stars. Anderson "works her magic," says the Financial Times, "and the piece, with its contradictions, shafts of insight and splinters of wit lingers with you, long after the event, like a powerful dream."

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Louis Andriessen's Debs Composer's Chair concerts at Carnegie Hall, which began a week ago, continue through the weekend. Unfortunately, Making Music: Louis Andriessen, in which musicians like Dawn Upshaw and Bang on a Can All-Stars were set to perform works by Andriessen, with commentary from the composer, has been canceled due to the cessation of flights from Europe. For the latest information, visit carnegiehall.org.

Sunday's all-Andriessen program at (Le) Poisson Rouge from ACME is still on tap, with a pre-concert talk between Andriessen and Nonesuch President Robert Hurwitz. For much more information on all the Andriessen-curated events, read the recent Nonesuch Journal article.

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David Robertson and the Saint Louis Symphony perform John Adams's Doctor Atomic Symphony in San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall Saturday night. Robertson led the orchestra in the first recording of the piece, released on Nonesuch last year. Violinist Gil Shaham joins the orchestra on a program that also includes works by Prokofiev, Sibelius, and Christopher Rouse. Immediately following the concert, Adams, Robertson, and Shaham will participate in a CD signing at the Symphony Store in the Hall lobby.

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The Black Keys perform shows at three very different venues this weekend, starting with a sold-out show at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. The show, part of the school's Spring Carnival, was meant to be held outdoors but has been moved to the Weigand Gym due to inclement weather. Saturday, Pat and Dan head down to Florida for the Wanee Music Festival in Live Oak; headlining the event are the Allman Brothers. And finally, on Sunday, the duo hits the Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason Theatre in Miami Beach. All three different venues, same rocking good time.

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In addition to the aforementioned Record Store Day appearance in Atlanta, the Carolina Chocolate Drops play that city's Variety Playhouse Saturday night. Tonight, the trio plays a bit closer to home, at the Neighborhood Theatre in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Shawn Colvin performs three shows in the Northeast this weekend, at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, tonight; The Egg in Albany on Saturday; and The State Theatre in Ithaca on Sunday.

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Christina Courtin is at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia tonight with Boston-based singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell.

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The London Philharmonic Orchestra, led by conductor Marin Alsop, gives the European premiere of Philip Glass's Concerto 2 for Violin and Orchestra: The American Four Seasons on a Saturday evening program at Royal Festival Hall that culminates with Henryk Górecki's famed Third Symphony, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs." The concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 next Wednesday, April 21, at 7 PM GMT.

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Richard Goode performs works by Bach, Haydn, and Schumann in venues North and South. He is in concert at the Paul C. Empie Theatre in the Baker Center for the Arts of Allentown, Pennsylvania, tonight, and Clayton State University's Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, on Sunday.

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Robin Holcomb and Wayne Horvitz are curating a number of concerts at The Stone in New York City this month, including three performances this weekend by Holcomb. Tonight, she presents Together and Alone, featuring texts by Lynne Tillman. Saturday night, she is joined by guitarist Tony Scherr and multi-instrumentalist Doug Wieselman. And on Sunday comes a program titled Larks, They Crazy, featuring Holcom, Marty Ehrlich, Doug Wieselman, Doug Wieselman (reeds), Dave Hofstra (bass, tuba), and Kenny Wollesen (drums).

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The Low Anthem follows up Wednesday's stellar set at New York City's Bowery Ballroom with a show at The Bell House in Brooklyn tonight. Next, the band heads north, to play the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, Massachusetts, Saturday night, and Heberton Hall in Keene, New Hampshire, on Sunday. As recently announced in the Nonesuch Journal, The Low Anthem recently announced that proceeds from its hometown show at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence this Wednesday will go to United Way's Rhode Island Flood Recovery Fund.

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Pat Metheny's Orchestrion tour is in the Southwest this weekend for a show at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe tonight, followed by two shows in Arizona: Mesa Arts Center on Saturday and the Fox Tuscon Theatre on Sunday. NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday is due to air a piece about the Orchestrion project. Visit npr.org for local listings.

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Mandy Patinkin brings his Dress Casual show, with pianist Paul Ford, to the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on Sunday.

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Punch Brothers are in San Francisco on Sunday as well, performing at the Herbst Theatre as part of their spring tour. Tonight, the quintet plays a sold-out set at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center. Earlier this week, the Nonesuch Journal brought word of the band's forthcoming album, Antifogmatic. It's available for pre-order, with the first 250 orders of the deluxe edition including the official Punch Brothers recipe cocktail guide, signed by the band. Reserve yours now in the Nonesuch Store.

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Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau were most recently heard together on Mehldau's latest Nonesuch release, Highway Rider. They're now on tour together as a duo, appearing at the Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, tonight, and at the Staller Center for the Arts in Stony Brook, New York, on Saturday. The Albany Times Union, previewing tonight's show, describes Redman as "among the most influential musicians of his generation on his instrument." In a recent review of Highway Rider, Jazz Times says of Mehldau: "He remains one of the most consistently fascinating voices in current
jazz, whatever the vehicle at hand, and this album has no shortage of
ideas, energy or emotional soil to till."

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Rokia Traoré's all-too-brief US tour began last weekend and comes to a close this Sunday after three final shows, at the Somerville Theatre outside Boston tonight, the Highline Ballroom in New York City on Saturday, and the Flynn Center in Burlington, Vermont, on Sunday. Next up is a UK tour with Sweet Billy Pilgrim starting later this month. The Washington Post, reviewing her recent concert in DC, says "Traoré galvanized the music, whether she was singing, playing guitar or
dancing—or all three, as during the sprawling first encore."

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Caetano Veloso's US tour continues in California, following last night's show at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Veloso and the band from his latest Nonesuch release, zii e zie, perform at the Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco on Saturday as part of the SFJAZZ spring season.

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As reported earlier today in the Nonesuch Journal, Sarah Watkins will join Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion Summer Love Tour this summer. This weekend, Watkins will be at The Grand Theatre in Frankfort, Kentucky, tonight for a Caring for Kids Benefit Concert and at Nashville's Centennial Park on Saturday for a free Earth Day celebration with performers including Béla Fleck.

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Wilco's US tour, billed as An Evening with Wilco, came to a close with what Spinner describes as a "marathon set" at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Music Hall
on Sunday. "This tour saw a band transitioning from beloved rock band to beloved rock institution," Spinner concludes. Up next for the band is a tour of Japan, New Zealand, and Australia. With the next show set for the Big Cat in Osaka, Glenn Kotche is already in town, set to play Billboard Live on Sunday for a Burt Bacharach tribute with Jim O'Rourke.