Conor Oberst resumes Salutations tour in Colorado … Devendra Banhart is in Spain … Fleet Foxes play Spain, Italy, Switzerland … Tigran Hamasyan plays Montréal Jazz Fest ... Emmylou Harris tours US East coast … Shye Ben Tzur, Rajasthan Express perform Junun in Manchester … Natalie Merchant launches 3 Decades of Song tour in upstate New York … Rokia Traoré performs in Netherlands … and more …

Offa Rex, the new project from English singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists, has shared its take on "Sheepcrook and Black Dog," from its debut album, The Queen of Hearts, due July 14 on Nonesuch. You can listen to the track here. "Sheepcrook and Black Dog" is available to download now with pre-orders of The Queen of Hearts, along with the previously released title track, "Blackleg Miner," and "The Old Churchyard."

Fleet Foxes launch Crack-Up European tour … Devendra Banhart is in Rome … Rhiannon Giddens, Lake Street Dive, The Staves perform at Funhouse Fest … Emmylou Harris is in Florida … Shye Ben Tzur, Rajasthan Express perform Junun in Leeds … Punch Brothers conclude tour in Kentucky, Tennessee … Joshua Redman plays Twin Cities Jazz Festival … Rokia Traoré performs in Poland … and more …

Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold is a guest on the Song Exploder podcast. He spoke with host Hrishikesh Hirway about "Mearcstapa," breaking down the music and lyrics of the track on the band's new album, Crack-Up. You can hear what he has to say here.

Lake Street Dive was the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS last night. The band performed "Close to Me" from its 2016 Nonesuch Records debut album, Side Pony. You can watch the performance here.

Saxophonist Joshua Redman’s Still Dreaming, a quartet with trumpeter Ron Miles, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Brian Blade—a tribute to the late Dewey Redman and his role in the classic Ornette Coleman alumni quartet Old and New Dreams—performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City earlier this year. You can now watch a full performance, as well as interviews with Redman and the band, for NPR’s Jazz Night In America, here.

Randy Newman was the guest on BBC Radio 6 Music's Lauren Laverne show. He spoke with Laverne about his forthcoming album, Dark Matter, and much more. You can listen to their conversation here.

Devendra Banhart begins a European summer tour, featuring music from his new album, Ape in Pink Marble, at Columbiahalle in Berlin tonight. The tour continues with shows in Copenhagen, Milan, Brussels, Rome, Vienna, Munich, London, and Paris, and festival sets in Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, and Finland.

Offa Rex, the new project from Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists, has shared its take on "The Old Churchyard," from its debut album, The Queen of Hearts, due July 14. You can watch a studio performance video of the track, which premiered on Lenny, here. Lenny calls the album "a love letter to British folk music and an experiment in bridging musical sensibilities and finding common ground in the shared histories recounted in these classic songs." "The Old Churchyard" is available to download now with pre-orders of The Queen of Hearts, along with two previously released tracks.

Fleet Foxes marked the release of their long-awaited and highly lauded third album, Crack-Up, with a performance of the album track "Third of May / Ōdaigahara" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Friday night. The following day, the band was on CBS This Morning: Saturday, taking part in the show's Saturday Sessions, and performing three songs from the album at Electric Lady Studios in New York City: "Third of May / Ōdaigahara," "Fool's Errand," and "If You Need To, Keep Time on Me." You can watch the performances here.

Crack-Up, Fleet Foxes' long-awaited and highly anticipated third album, is out now. "Rewarding, involving, and meticulous," says the AP, "Crack-Up has been well worth the wait." "Likely to be the most remarkable album you will hear this year," exclaims the Times (UK). "The return of one of the most original bands of this century." Pitchfork calls it "their most complex and compelling album to date." Capping off an eventful week that included a taping of PBS's Live from the Artists Den—you can watch "Third of May / Ōdaigahara" from the taping here—Fleet Foxes performs on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert tonight and on CBS This Morning on Saturday. The band will tour for much of the year, including two just-announced UK dates.

Sam Amidon, The Staves are artists in residence at Eaux Claires Festival … Timo Andres performs Shy and Mighty in Brooklyn … Emmylou Harris is in California … Shye Ben Tzur, Rajasthan Express, Jonny Greenwood perform Junun at Best Kept Secret … Lake Street Dive tour US Northeast … Audra McDonald takes Lady Day to London ... Punch Brothers close out Telluride Bluegrass Festival … and more …