Pat Metheny Unity Group, fresh off a months-long European spring tour, kicks off a US summer tour featuring music from its debut album, Kin (←→). The tour begins at the Mondavi Center in Davis, CA, Tuesday, followed by stops throughout the state and region before heading to the Midwest and East Coast. The band is joined for most of the dates by special guest Bruce Hornsby with Sonny Emory for the Campfire Tour 2014. The Unity Group heads to Asia this fall.

Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana's duo Mehliana and Joshua Redman Quartet play North Sea Jazz Festival and Gent Jazz Festival ... Richard Linklater's film Boyhood opens in UK, NYC, LA ... Devendra Banhart plays All Tomorrow’s Parties in Iceland ... The Black Keys, Conor Oberst play Bilbao BBK Live ... Oberst, Bombino play Cactus Festival ... Carolina Chocolate Drops are in Oregon ... Shawn Colvin solos in New England ... Jeremy Denk performs Beethoven in California ... Natalie Merchant plays Philly, DC ... Randy Newman's Austin City Limits debut re-airs on PBS ... Nickel Creek, Emmylou Harris are the toast of Taste of Chicago ... Robert Plant tours Italy ... and more ...

Randy Newman's debut performance on Austin City Limits will receive an encore broadcast when the show airs the 2011 episode on PBS this weekend. "With songs that run the gamut from heartbreaking to satirical and a host of unforgettable film scores," says the show, "Randy Newman has used his many talents to create musical masterpieces widely recognized by generations of audiences." The show first aired in November 2011, the same week his latest album, Live in London, was released on Nonesuch Records. Watch a sneak peek from the show here.

In conjunction with Nonesuch Records at BAM, the Brooklyn Academy of Music's series of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of Nonesuch Records, BAMcinématek presents Nonesuch Records on Film, a salute to the label’s rich catalogue of movie soundtracks with a series featuring some of the most memorable film scores of the last 50 years from Leonard Rosenman, Alex North, Toru Takemitsu, Georges Delerue, and more. Special guest appearances include Philip Glass with a screening of Paul Schrader’s Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and John Adams with Luca Guadagnino’s I Am Love.

Nickel Creek—Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, and Sean Watkins—kicks off its two-month, US summer tour at the Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Wednesday, followed by additional stops in the state this week and at the Taste of Chicago on Friday, when the group shares a bill with Emmylou Harris. The tour features songs from Nickel Creek's new album, A Dotted Line, and favorites from throughout the band's career. The Associated Press says: "All the years collaborating with other musicians or performing on their own helped to create a stronger, more focused sound."

Today marks the release of the soundtrack to Richard Linklater's Boyhood; the movie opens this Friday, July 11, in the UK, NYC, and LA before going wider across the US next week. Shot over 12 years with the same cast, Boyhood is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child who literally grows up on screen before the viewers’ eyes. The New York Times calls it "one of the most extraordinary movies of 2014, or for that matter the 21st century so far." The film’s soundtrack spans the story’s 12 years, with songs ranging from the year 2000 (Coldplay’s “Yellow”) to 2013 (Yo La Tengo’s “I’ll Be Around”), plus the Paul McCartney and Wings classic “Band on the Run” and the debut of a new song written by Jeff Tweedy.

John Adams's new album featuring City Noir and his Saxophone Concerto performed by the St. Louis Symphony led by Music Director David Robertson with saxophonist Timothy McAllister, earns a perfect five stars from the BBC Music Magazine, for both performance and recording. "David Robertson and his St Louis orchestra do a sleek and beautifully layered job," says the magazine. New Music Box says: "These are vital, engaging performances by all involved."

The soundtrack to Richard Linklater's Boyhood is out this week on Nonesuch Records. The soundtrack spans the 12 years over which the groundbreaking film was shot, with songs ranging from the year 2000 to 2013, plus the Paul McCartney and Wings classic “Band on the Run” and the debut of "Summer Noon," a new song written by Jeff Tweedy and performed by his father/son duo, Tweedy. The video for the song, animated by Allison House, premiered this week. You can watch it here.

The original cast recording of David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s Here Lies Love is “thought-provoking pop-laden fun,” says Broadway World. "With the range of musical styles encapsulated on the recording," says reviewer David Clark, "every track sounds fresh and original. Progressing through the dual-disc album, the listener is kept guessing as to what will come next and is constantly and pleasantly surprised ... Here Lies Love is one of the best albums I’ve had the chance to experience since I began reviewing music for BroadwayWorld.”

Natalie Merchant kicked off her US tour over the July 4 holiday weekend. In advance of the tour start last week, she discussed the tour, her new ablum, and much more on public radio's The Diane Rehm Show, which calls the new album "the fullest expression of her songwriting voice to date," the CBC's Q with Jian Ghomeshi, and FUV Live from New York public radio station 90.7 WFUV.

This July 4 holiday weekend, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Punch Brothers, Bombino perform at California's High Sierra Music Fest ... Sam Amidon is in Iceland ... The Black Keys, Robert Plant play festival sets in France ... Jonny Greenwood performs Reich in Manchester, UK ... Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica's own festival continues in Latvia ... Brad Mehldau, Mark Guiliana bring Mehliana to Europe ... Natalie Merchant kicks off US tour in Northeast ... Conor Oberst rounds out US tour in Midwest ... Joshua Redman Quartet tours Europe ... and more ...

Singer-songwriter k.d. lang is featured on a new stamp to be released by the Canada Post later this month. Each stamp features a photo of lang taken by Jeri Heiden, whose art direction can be seen on lang's many iconic album designs. The stamp is one of five in the Post's Country Legends stamp series and part of Canada Post’s larger 2014 stamp program, which aims to demonstrate Canada's diverse combination of achievement, progress, and culture.