Devendra Banhart brings music from his new album, Ma, to Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California, tonight, for Ohana festival. He embarks on a twenty-four city North American tour, in support of the new album, beginning October 15 in Ventura, California.

Ma, released earlier this month, is “sublimely understated, border-blurring folk rock,” writes the Los Angeles Times. “Banhart's singular world remains as intoxicating as ever on the earthly, analogue-sounding Ma,” says Q in its four-star review. “It feels as if all of human life is here.”

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Composer John Adams conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra and violinist Leila Josefowicz in his own Scheherazade.2 at Verizon Hall in Philadelphia this afternoon and Saturday. The program also includes Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso and Stravinsky’s Song of the Nightingale. On Saturday morning, Adams rehearses works for the Orchestra’s BeethovenNOW celebration in collaboration with Composer-in-Residence Gabriela Lena Frank and composers from her Creative Academy of Music.

Nonesuch released the first recording of Scheherazade.2, performed by Josefowicz and the St. Louis Symphony led by David Robertson, in 2017. The “cinematic music goes a long way in unfolding a potent drama,” says NPR. “The fierceness and vulnerability Leila Josefowicz expresses contributes to an award-caliber performance.”

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The Black Keys continue their "Let's Rock" tour at United Center in Chicago tonight and Target Center in Minneapolis on Saturday. “From top to bottom, the 12-track 'Let’s Rock' holds tight to captivating instrumentation, with guitar at the center,” says the Associated Press of the band’s new album. “The Black Keys are rock royalty and to the relief of many, they aren’t quite ready to relinquish their reign.”

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Pianist Jeremy Denk gives a solo recital at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Sunday, performing works by Bach, Ligeti, Liszt, Berg, and Schumann. His new album, c. 1300–c. 2000, which includes works by Bach, Schumann, and many others, is “a thoughtfully curated, beautifully played, brilliantly annotated recital,” raves BBC Radio 3’s Record Review. He performed Ligeti’s Études on his 2012 Nonesuch debut album, Ligeti/Beethoven.

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Rhiannon Giddens and multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, currently touring the US tour in support of her new album, there is no Other, head to the Northeast this weekend with shows at McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey, tonight; Grand Opera House in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday; and Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington, Vermont, on Sunday.

there is no Other “is acoustic roots music at its most glorious,” exclaims Uncut, “and Giddens is fast becoming the genre’s brightest star in the firmament.” The album has made Rolling Stone’s list of The 50 Best Albums of 2019 So Far, and American Songwriter calls Giddens “one of the most important musical minds currently walking the planet.”

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Emmylou Harris helps inaugurate the new City Winery in Philadelphia tonight for the Opening Weekend of the venue’s latest location. Proceeds from the concert benefit her dog rescue organization, Bonaparte’s Retreat.

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Gaby Moreno continues her just-launched European tour with concerts at Bix Jazzclub in Stuttgart, Germany, tonight, and Obere Mühle in Duebendorf, Switzerland, on Saturday. ¡Spangled!—a collaboration between Moreno and American musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer Van Dyke Parks—is out next week on Nonesuch Records.

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Composers Nico Muhly and Timo Andres lead the Opening Night concert of the new season of National Sawdust in Brooklyn tonight. Joined by musicians including the newly formed National Sawdust Ensemble, they present A Night of Female Composers: From Clara Schumann to Meredith Monk, featuring works by the titular artists as well as Mary Lou Williams, Missy Mazzoli, Paola Prestini, Ellen Reid, and inaugural Hildegard Competition winner Emma O’Halloran.

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Robert Plant and his band the Sensational Space Shifters bring music from his latest album, Carry Fire, and more to Kettlehouse Amphitheater in Bonner, Montana, tonight, and First Interstate Center for the Arts in Spokane, Washington, on Sunday.

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The Joshua Redman Quartet—pianist Aaron Goldberg, bassist Reuben Rogers, and drummer Gregory Hutchinson—continue a five-night, ten-show residency at Jazz St. Louis through the weekend, with early and late shows tonight, Saturday, and Sunday. The quartet plays music from Come What May, its first album in nearly two decades, released on Nonesuch in March.

Sun on Sand, on which Joshua Redman performs music by Patrick Zimmerli with Brooklyn Rider, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Satoshi Takeishi, is out next week on Nonesuch.

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Chris Thile hosts his public radio show, Live From Here, from its new home, The Town Hall in New York City, on Saturday, with special guests Dawes, Jamila Woods, actor John Cameron Mitchell, writer Ann Patchett, and comedian Tom Papa. Folks in the US can tune in on their favorite public radio station this weekend and around the world via livefromhere.org, starting at 5:45 PM ET.

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Yola, touring as a special guest of Kacey Musgraves, plays sold-out shows at The Fillmore in New Orleans tonight and Saturday.

“Yola proved Farm Aid’s breakout talent this year,” says Billboard of her set at the festival last weekend. “An imposing presence with a massive, gospel-fired voice, Yola held the midday crowd riveted with songs from her debut album Walk Through Fire.”