John Adams takes part in the Hallé's festival of his music in Manchester, UK. Timo Andres celebrates Halloween with Kronos Quartet in San Francisco, including a new piece by Gabriel Kahane, who is at 92NY in NYC, where Davóne Tines is at the Frick. Mary Halvorson and Amaryllis play About Ghosts in Finland and Berlin. Natalie Merchant kicks off a tour in Western MA and upstate NY. Robert Plant and Saving Grace are in Charlottesville. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Boston and Philadelphia. Gustavo Santaolalla brings Ronroco to Hamburg and Oslo. Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered is performed in Baltimore. Molly Tuttle is at Suwannee Hulaween in Florida.

Molly Tuttle is in Denver, as is Makaya McCraven, before he heads to the Pacific Northwest. John Adams’ new piece gets Japanese premiere in Tokyo. Jeremy Denk plays Bach at University of Iowa. Richard Goode is in NYC. Mary Halvorson is in Italy. Gabriel Kahane is with The Bad Plus in Chicago, where Chris Thile plays solo. Mandy Patinkin is in Delaware. Cécile McLorin Salvant celebrates Oscar Peterson in Toronto. Gustavo Santaolalla performs Ronroco in Spain. Davóne Tines is in Western MA and upstate NY.

Chris Thile brings Bach to MD, NJ, and NYC. Tortoise, Mary Halvorson, Kronos Quartet, Makaya McCraven, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Molly Tuttle are all in California, while Tortoise's new album can be heard at 150+ independent record stores a week early. Rhiannon Giddens hosts the The Met Live in HD’s season opening. Richard Goode joins St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Hurray for the Riff Raff joins Lucius in Chicago. Jeffrey Kahane conducts San Antonio Phil. Shara Nova performs The Blue Hour in Paris, where Gustavo Santaolalla begins his Ronroco tour. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Florida. Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion, and Ringdown perform in PA and upstate NY. 

Grammy and Academy Award winner Gustavo Santaolalla begins a monthlong European tour featuring music from his beloved and critically acclaimed 1998 Nonesuch album Ronroco at Le Bataclan in Paris this Sunday, followed by shows in Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Portugal, UK, and Sweden. Ronroco was released on vinyl for the first time in a newly remastered edition in 2024.

Gabriel Kahane and Jeffrey Kahane celebrate their new album, Heirloom, in San Francisco. Jeremy Denk performs with Sacramento Philharmonic. Mary Halvorson joins Ches Smith in Vancouver and at Seattle's Ear Shot Jazz Fest, where Brad Mehldau and Christian McBride play after a show in Chicago. Hurray for the Riff Raff is with The Head and the Heart in Knoxville. Kronos Quartet is in Berkeley. Makaya McCraven plays in Ann Arbor. Mandy Patinkin is in Pennsylvania. Ringdown is at Oregon State. Chris Thile tours North Carolina and Virginia. Molly Tuttle tours Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska.

Mary Halvorson and her Amaryllis sextet bring music from their new album, About Ghosts, to Europe on tour starting October 23, with shows in Gdansk, Padova, Bologna, Stockholm, Oslo, Tampere, Berlin, Hamburg, Ulm, Köln, Dortmund, Amsterdam, and De Oosterpoort

Brad Mehldau and Christian McBride kick off a US tour in Burlington and Cambridge. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society celebrates its 20th in Denver. Joachim Cooder is on Mountain Stage. Jeremy Denk plays in Portland, ME. Emmylou Harris returns to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Hurray for the Riff Raff tours with The Head and the Heart in Arkansas. Gabriel Kahane is in Santa Fe. Jeffrey Kahane is in Denver. Makaya McCraven is in Woodstock and Philadelphia. Mandy Patinkin plays Peekskill, NY. Ringdown tours Michigan with Tune-Yards. Davóne Tines sings Beethoven in Barcelona. Molly Tuttle is in Florida and Atlanta. Yasmin Williams is in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

Cinematic electro-pop duo Ringdown—Danni Lee Parpan and Caroline Shaw—will celebrate this year's release of their debut album, Lady on the Bike, with performances across the US starting this fall. In addition to their own headlining shows, Ringdown will open for Tune-Yards for a string of shows that end at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom on October 9, and perform a handful of collaborative sets with Sō Percussion, including a stop at the 2026 Big Ears Festival in Knoxville.

Makaya McCraven kicked off his Off the Record tour last night and heads to Milwaukee. Joachim Cooder is in Brooklyn. Mary Halvorson tours with Tomeka Reid Quartet in Austria, Czechia, and Belgium. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Sag Harbor. Molly Tuttle tours North Carolina and Tennessee.

When Laurie Anderson gave a private concert performance at the deconsecrated Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc Chapel in Paris this past May, ARTE was there to capture the set, which can now be seen here. She is joined by Stewart Hurwood, Lou Reed's longtime guitar technician, for a sound experience created with the late singer's guitars, along with Chris Vatalaro on percussion, Doug Wieselman on guitar and horns, and Martha Mooke on viola. "A truly special moment," says ARTE. "A sensory journey in the company of one of the greatest experimental artists."

Mary Halvorson and her Amaryllis sextet conclude their About Ghosts US tour in Delaware, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn, where Yasmin Williams performs too. Davóne Tines is across the river in Manhattan. Jeremy Denk is north of the City in Sleepy Hollow. John Adams is performed by BSO in Boston. Kronos Quartet is in Strasbourg, France. Jeff Parker joins Jenny Scheinman in Pasadena. Molly Tuttle plays festivals in Kentucky, New Jersey, and Maryland.

Chris Thile's Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 2—on which he performs Bach's Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005; and Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006—is due November 7. For his second recording of Bach Violin Sonatas and Partitas, 12 years after the first volume, the mandolin virtuoso opted for a more personal approach, allowing himself to take liberties with the scores, which he recorded in multiple, somewhat untraditional, locations of personal significance. Nonesuch Store orders include an autographed print while they last. Thile will perform works by Bach and more on tour this fall and spring.