Caetano Veloso and Brazilian samba singer Teresa Cristina launch a month-long tour of Europe with a performance at Barbican Hall in London tonight. The tour takes them to Portugal, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

Veloso released a live double album with Gilberto Gil, Dois Amigos, Um Século de Música: Multishow Live, in the US on Nonesuch last year. The album, recorded during a concert in Brazil in 2015, celebrates a lifelong friendship over the half-century careers of the two legendary musicians. The Guardian says “they are still remarkable." Jazzwise calls it "a glorious celebration of Brazilian music, the art of the singer-songwriter, and an enduring friendship."

Teresa Cristina released her own live album, Canta Cartola, on Nonesuch last year as well. "Canta Cartola feels fully embodied," says the New York Times, "as if Ms. Cristina had written the songs herself." Caetano Veloso exclaims: "Teresa develops every melody, every word, every second. It's magical."

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Composer John Adams recently celebrated his 70th birthday, and Bonn Opera, conducted by Joana Carneiro, continues the celebration with performances of his The Gospel According to the Other Mary, in the Peter Sellars production first seen at English National Opera, at Bonn Theater tonight and Sunday. The Guardian calls the work “a mesmerising aural world.”

On Tuesday, the Barbican in London concludes its Adams at 70 series, as the composer conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a sold-out performance of his 2005 opera, Doctor Atomic. Baritone Gerald Finley performs the role of Dr. Robert J. Oppenheim, which he originated. The performance will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on June 3. The New Yorker music critic and author Alex Ross will give a pre-concert talk on the political implications of Adams’s work.

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Devendra Banhart returns for the second weekend of the sold-out Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on Sunday. Banhart, who released his new album, Ape in Pink Marble, last fall, heads to Japan for a pair of shows next month, before embarking on a European tour in June.

Uncut calls Ape in Pink Marble "excellent," praising Banhart as an “accomplished shaper of moods and atmosphere.” The Washington Post says the new album "feels as mysterious and inviting as a strange dream. The tempo dips to a reggae lull midway through while guitar solos delicately fill in spaces with carefully chosen notes."

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David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's musical Here Lies Love had its official Opening Night at the Seattle Repertory Theatre last night and continues its two-month run with performances at the Seattle Rep’s Bagley Wright Theatre all weekend. Nonesuch Records released the original cast album in 2014 and an all-star album of songs from Here Lies Love in 2010.

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Pianist Jeremy Denk brings his Medieval to Modern program—six centuries of Western music, from the Medieval and Renaissance eras through Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms to Stockhausen and Philip Glass—to the University of Alabama’s Jemison Concert Hall in Birmingham on Sunday. The Telegraph calls the program “exhilarating.”

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Tigran Hamasyan continues his world tour, featuring music from his new album, An Ancient Observer, in France this weekend at Centre des Arts in Enghien-les-Bains tonight and Rocher de Palmer in Cenon on Saturday.

The Buffalo News calls the new album "richly and irresistibly melodic." DownBeat exclaims: "It's simply breathtaking," while the Irish Times praises Hamasyan for his “jaw-dropping instrumental technique” and “unusual depth and sense of reverence in his playing.” London Jazz News writes of a recent show in that city: “It’s a rare work of art that can transport you four thousand years back in time and show you the present … [Hamasyan’s] synthesis of styles and forms is breathtaking.”

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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mandolinist Chris Thile, and bassist Edgar Meyer launch their nine-city US tour, in support of their recently released album, Bach Trios, with two sold-out shows this weekend: at Boston Symphony Hall tonight and Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor on Saturday. The tour continues with stops in Chicago, Nashville, Kansas City, Stanford, Berkeley, and Santa Barbara, culminating in a performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.

Bach Trios, released earlier this month, and now available on vinyl, comprises works by J.S. Bach originally written for keyboard instruments, plus one sonata for viola da gamba. The Observer gives the album four stars, finding the trio in “perfect harmony.” The Times of London calls it "irresistible."

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The Magnetic Fields bring the 50 Song Memoir concert tour to Minneapolis this weekend. The newly expanded Magnetic Fields septet brings the stage extravaganza, directed by José Zayas, to the Fitzgerald Theatre on Saturday (songs 1–25) and Sunday (songs 26–50).

On Saturday morning, Stephin Merritt, who wrote one song for every year of his life for the project, takes part in the MN Music Summit at McNally Smith College of Music, joining Mark Wheat, a host on Minnesota Public Radio’s The Current, for a conversation and Q&A.

Pitchfork calls 50 Song Memoir "an immersive, incisive listen ... It suggests that our deepest wisdom can be located in our most personal thoughts." The Wall Street Journal calls it "a highly entertaining summary of pop culture of the past half-century … 50 Song Memoir is a treat." You can watch several music videos for the album, originally created for the tour, here.

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Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent record stores, is Saturday, and included among the releases on that day are The Allen Toussaint Collection, a compilation of tracks from Allen Toussaint's first four albums in its first-ever vinyl release; Emmylou Harris's Queen of the Silver Dollar: The Studio Albums, 1975–1979, her first five studio albums on vinyl and a bonus 45 RPM; and Randy Newman's Lonely at the Top: Studio Albums, 1968–1977, his first five studio albums on vinyl and a bonus 45 RPM. To find a participating store, visit recordstoreday.com.