Kronos Quartet kicks off the hometown celebrations of its 50th anniversary season with a free outdoor concert at the Golden Gate Park Bandshell in San Francisco on Saturday—part of its Five Decades: A 50th Anniversary Celebration. The program includes works composed for Kronos’ 50 for the Future commissioning project, as well as music by Bob Dylan, Clint Mansell, Sigur Rós, and more.

The group's acclaimed 1995 album, Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass, gets its first-ever vinyl release on November 3 to coincide with Kronos: Five Decades. You can pre-order the vinyl here. “It contains some of Glass's best music since Koyaanisqatsi,” said the New York Times. “His ear for sumptuous string sonorities is undeniable.” The Washington Post called it “an ideal combination of composer and performers.”

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Laurie Anderson joins John Zorn and Sean Ono Lennon for a sold-out trio show at Roulette in Brooklyn on Sunday, as part of ZORN @ 70, a series of concerts celebrating Zorn's upcoming seventieth birthday.

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Composer and pianist Timo Andres performs at Star Hall in Moab, Utah, tonight as part of the Moab Music Festival. The program, American Minimalism: A Retrospective, includes solo piano works from the 2020 album I Still Play—an album of eleven original solo piano compositions written by artists who have recorded for Nonesuch performed by Andres and others—as well as the world premiere of Tooth and Claw, Andres’ new festival-commissioned quartet for violin, clarinet, cello, and piano, and pieces by Colin McPhee, Michael Gordon, Lou Harrison, Andy Akiho, and Pius Cheung.

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The Black Keys bring music from their latest album, Dropout Boogie, and more to the Midwest this weekend. The band plays a show at the Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Missouri, tonight; the headlining set on Evolution Festival’s Missouri Stage at Forest Park in St. Louis on Saturday; and a concert at Pinewood Bowl Theater in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Sunday.

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Joachim Cooder plays a set on the Tønder Festival’s Jamteletet stage in Tønder, Denmark, this afternoon. Cooder’s 2020 Nonesuch album, Over That Road I'm Bound, is “warm, uplifting, and quietly spectacular,” says Uncut. Mojo calls it “a buoyant and joyful long-player.”

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Pianist Jeremy Denk performs Bach's Partitas No. 1–6 at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles, Washington, on Saturday, as part of the Music on the Straight festival. He is joined by violinist James Garlick, violist Richard O'Neill, and cellist Ani Aznavoorian for the festival’s finale on Sunday afternoon, a program that includes Brahms’ Piano Quartet in A major, Op 26, Clara Schumann’s Three Romances for Violin and Piano, and Robert Schumann’s Märchenbilder (Fairy Tales), Op 113. Denk performs Bach, Brahms, Robert Schumann, and more on his 2019 album, c. 1300–c. 2000, which the Telegraph calls “quite exhilarating.” “Full of contrast and surprise,” says the Observer, “this is a richly personal gallery of sound.”

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Cécile McLorin Salvant, accompanied by pianist Sullivan Fortner, brings music from her new album, Melusine, and more to the shores of Massachusetts this weekend for two shows on the coast: at Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport tonight and Payomet Performing Arts Center in North Truro on Sunday. Salvant, who was named Female Vocalist of the Year in the DownBeat Critics Poll last month, "has already far transcended her early status as her generation's most imaginative and thrilling jazz interpreter," says SPIN, in naming her new album, Mélusine, one of The Best Albums of 2023 (So Far).

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Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway bring music from their critically acclaimed new album, City of Gold, to Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels, Texas, tonight, in support of Charley Crockett, before heading north for the headlining set on the Main Stage at Abe & Jake's Landing in Lawrence, Kansas, on Saturday, for Kaw River Roots Festival. "With City of Gold, Molly Tuttle continues her ascent," writes PopMatters, declaring it "one of the year's best albums." American Songwriter, in its four-star review, calls the album an "astute blend of bluegrass and Americana ... this City of Gold shines bright indeed." "A vibrant blend of bluegrass with flashes of Old West, anchored by Tuttle's earthy-yet-angelic vocal and the entire group's ace musicianship," says Billboard. Bandcamp Daily, including the album on its list of “The Best Country Music on Bandcamp: July 2023,” writes: “At this point, Tuttle and Golden Highway are must-hear attractions.”