Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters bring the music of Plant’s latest album, lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar and much more to the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City tonight and the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston on Sunday.

Plant and the band played the Lockn’ Festival in Virginia last weekend, and Brooklyn Vegan gave the set a rave review, describing the music from the new album as “genuinely great” and calling Plant “a total star on stage.” Following another recent show, the Oakland Press praised their “freshening and enlivening” sound, incorporating “flavors from the Mississippi Delta to the west of Africa.”

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Sam Amidon closes out his tour of Ireland with an eclectic range of shows all weekend long. He takes part in the Conakilty International Guitar Festival at De Barra’s in Conakilty, tonight, before joining the Crash Ensemble and Valgeir Sigurðsson at the Everyman Theatre in Cork on Saturday, as part of the Sounds from a Safe Harbour festival curated by The National’s Bryce Dessner. Amidon closes out the weekend curating a Tribute to Pete Seeger at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, on Sunday, joined by Beth Orton, Paul Noonan, Lisa O'Neill, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Lynched, Tommy Sands, Voice Squad, and Thomas Bartlett (Doveman).

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The Canadian premiere of Laurie Anderson’s new film, Heart of a Dog, continues with an additional Toronto International Film Festival screening at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema on Sunday.The Los Angeles Times recently called Heart of a Dog “the kind of film you want to fall into and get lost in.” It makes its US premiere at the New York Film Festival next month.

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Jeremy Denk joins the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra for two nights at the Ordway Concert Hall in Saint Paul, Minnesota, performing works by Bach, Hindemith, and Stravinsky. They give two concerts today—one this morning and one tonight—followed by an evening performance on Saturday.

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Rhiannon Giddens continues to tour the US behind her recently released debut album, Tomorrow Is My Turn, with two shows in the Midwest: at The Castle Theatre in Bloomington, Illinois, tonight, and Kent Stage in Kent, Ohio, on Saturday.

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Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell take their US tour to the Midwest as well, performing music from their two duo albums, The Traveling Kind and Old Yellow Moon, and much more at The Royal Oak Music Theatre in Royal Oak, Michigan, tonight and at The Vic Theatre in Chicago on Saturday.

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Lianne La Havas kicks off an extensive North American tour, in support of her recently released album, Blood, an album which Rolling Stone says "demands, and rewards, all the attention you can give it.” Her first show is at the Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia, on Sunday.

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Audra McDonald joins the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Ryan Haskins for the Opening Night Gala at the Sioux City Orpheum in Iowa on Saturday. Haskins recently spoke with KWIT 90.3FM about McDonald and this weekend’s performance; you can hear what he had to say at kwit.org.

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Punch Brothers help kick off the three-day Fresh Grass Festival at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, tonight, closing out the first-day’s festivities on Joe’s Field tonight. They then pick up their North American tour with special guest Gabriel Kahane, starting at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington, Vermont, on Saturday, and a sold-out show at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, on Sunday. Making for a very busy Sunday, the band also plays a set at TURF: Toronto Urban Roots Fest, performing on the South Stage, earlier that afternoon.

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The Joshua Redman Trio, featuring Ole Morten Vågan on bass and Jorge Rossy on drums, closes out its tour of Europe with a show at Sardinen USF in Bergen, Norway, tonight, and another at Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene in Oslo, Norway, on Saturday. The Bad Plus Joshua Redman, which released its self-titled debut on Nonesuch earlier this year, tours North America next month.