Hurray for the Riff Raff kicks off a tour of the Pacific Northwest with two sets at Pickathon in Oregon this weekend. There's more great live music ahead around the world from John Adams, Lake Street Dive, Punch Brothers, and Molly Tuttle.

The Newport Jazz Festival features performances from Cécile McLorin Salvant, Sam Gendel, and Makaya McCraven, who also performs at SummerStage in NYC's Central Park. There's more great live music ahead around the world from The Black Keys, Rhiannon Giddens, Punch Brothers, Steve Reich, Tyondai Braxton, Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion, and Molly Tuttle.

Punch Brothers, Watchhouse, and Sarah Jarosz join forces for the second American Acoustic US tour starting tonight, with dates in Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, New Haven, and more. Chris Thile says: “It took five years, but I’m elated to announce the second traveling edition of American Acoustic for this summer. Joining my fellow Punch Brothers and me in front of a pair of large condenser microphones will be our dear friends, Watchhouse and Sarah Jarosz, for a collaborative evening of music that traverses our respective catalogues and celebrates being together.” They've released a preview of what's to come with a cover of Sufjan Stevens' "Mystery of Love" performed live from Telluride; you can watch it here.

The Newport Folk Festival features performances from Rhiannon Giddens, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Natalie Merchant, Taj Mahal, and two-thirds of Mountain Man ... Laurie Anderson performs at the Hirschhorn in DC ... The Black Keys are in NY, NJ ... Kronos Quartet are at Rancho Nicasio in California ... Brad Mehldau, Ian Bostridge perform at Verbier Festival ... Rachael & Vilray are in upstate NY ... Cécile McLorin Salvant plays festivals in Switzerland and France ... Molly Tuttle is in Oregon ...

The Colorado Music Festival continues in Boulder this weekend with performances from John Adams, this year’s festival’s composer-in-residence and co-curator, Timo Andres, and Jeremy Denk. There's lots of great music ahead around the world from Rhiannon Giddens, Dawn Upshaw, The Black Keys, Tigran Hamasyan, Jeff Parker, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and Molly Tuttle.

The members of the legendary original 1990s Joshua Redman Quartet—Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade—who reunited after twenty-six years for the 2020 album RoundAgain, return now with LongGone, an album of six original songs written by Redman, due September 9. The first of those tunes, “Disco Ears,” is out today along with a live performance video that can be seen here.

The Black Keys kick off their North American tour featuring songs from their new album, Dropout Boogie, in Las Vegas on Saturday. This is the band’s first string of shows since touring in support of their 2019 album “Let’s Rock." Band of Horses support on all dates; Ceramic Animal, Early James, and the Velveteers open at select performances. 

Cécile McLorin Salvant, Tigran Hamasyan, Sam Gendel, Makaya McCraven, and Lianne La Havas all perform at North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam this weekend. Salvant is also in Portugal and Poland, and Hamasyan is at Montreux ... John Adams's Saxophone Concerto and Steve Reich's Runner get their Swiss premieres in Geneva ... The Black Keys kick off their Dropout Boogie tour in Vegas ... Joachim Cooder is in Atascadero, CA ... Kronos Quartet comes to Caramoor in Katonah, NY ... Jeff Parker is in Mesa, AZ ... Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are at Stern Grove Fest in San Francisco ...

Makaya McCraven, Jeff Parker, and Cécile McLorin Salvant all perform at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal this weekend. There's more great live music ahead around the world from Rhiannon Giddens, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Gabriel Kahane, k.d. lang, Molly Tuttle, and Wilco.

SFJAZZ has announced its 2022–23 concert season including performances from Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Brian Blade, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Laurie Anderson, and Mariza. This marks the 10th anniversary season of the SFJAZZ Center and the 40th anniversary of the organization.

Tigran Hamasyan has announced a seven-city North American tour for this fall, featuring music from StandArt, his new album of American standards. The tour, with Hamasyan's StandArt band mates, bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Justin Brown, kicks off at The Opera House in Brooklyn on November 9, with stops in Bentonville, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, and Ottawa, culminating at Koerner Hall in Toronto on November 19. The shows follow Hamasyan’s summer tour of Europe.

Punch Brothers and Cécile McLorin Salvant perform at the Ottawa Jazz Festival this weekend; Punch Brothers play Blue Ox Music Festival in Eau Claire, WI, as well ... Joachim Cooder hits Hawaii ... Sam Gendel is at Festival Fruezinho in Tokyo ... Rhiannon Giddens is at ROMP Fest in Kentucky ... Hurray for the Riff Raff joins Bright Eyes in San Diego and Phoenix ... Lake Street Dive tours the East Coast, as do Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway ... Brad Mehldau Trio plays Barbican Hall in London ... Vagabon is at Storm King Art Center in upstate NY ... Wilco tours Spain ...