Steve Reich's 90th and his Music for 18 Musicians' 50th are celebrated at NYC's Park Avenue Armory with the composer, Timo Andres, Caroline Shaw, Alarm Will Sound, Steve Reich Ensemble, and Nico Muhly participating. John Adams conducts the National Symphony Orchestra in Virginia, while Marin Alsop leads Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in his On The Transmigration of Souls in Bethesda. Jeremy Denk joins Takács Quartet in Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall. Mary Halvorson is in Austria and Portugal. Vijay Iyer performs in Philadelphia and Schenectady. Punch Brothers are in North Carolina. Molly Tuttle tours Gerogia.

John Adams is performed in Paris, Prague, and Detroit. Richard Goode plays Mozart in Minnesota. Mary Halvorson is in Hamburg. Kronos Quartet performs in Phoenix and Stanford. Natalie Merchant is in Maine. Robert Plant and Saving Grace play Rapid City, South Dakota. Punch Brothers are in San Diego and Scottsdale. Steve Reich is performed in Paris and Liverpool. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Frankfurt. Molly Tuttle tours the US Southwest.

Emmylou Harris, Robert Plant, Punch Brothers, Molly Tuttle, and Yasmin Williams perform at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Steve Reich's 90th birthday weekend is celebrated in Gateshead and Graz. k.d. lang is celebrated in Ottawa. John Adams is performed by LA Phil and in UK. Rhiannon Giddens is in Belfast. Mary Halvorson is in NYC. Punch Brothers also play two shows in Oregon. Cécile McLorin Salvant performs in Paris and Bordeaux.

Punch Brothers stopped by the College of Charleston’s Cistern Yard in Charleston, SC, earlier this year to film a Back Porch Session for Garden & Gun magazine while at Spoleto Festival USA. You can watch the set, including "New Bike" and "Le Ruisseau" from their new all-instrumental album, The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers, plus "Clara," from their 2012 album, Who's Feeling Young Now?, here.

Laurie Anderson and Sexmob perform in San Francisco and Santa Cruz. John Adams is performed in Brisbane. Mary Halvorson is in White Plains, NY. Hurray for the Riff Raff marks Climate Week in NYC. Rhiannon Giddens performs at Philharmonie Luxembourg. Richard Goode plays Mozart in Georgia. Makaya McCraven plays Chicago's Hyde Park Jazz Fest. Brad Mehldau performs his Piano Concerto with Nashville Symphony. Robert Plant and Saving Grace take their US tour to Arizona and Southern California. Steve Reich is performed in Paris and London. Cécile McLorin Salvant is at Monterey Jazz Fest. Molly Tuttle tours North Carolina. Yasmin Williams is in Colorado.

Laurie Anderson, Rhiannon Giddens, Nathalie Joachim, and Davóne Tines take part in Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi across NYC. Also in NYC, John Adams's On the Transmigration of Souls is performed by NY Phil and Gustavo Dudamel; Mary Halvorson performs with Canis Major; and Cécile McLorin Salvant sings. Vijay Iyer is in Stony Brook. Gabriel Kahane brings Book of Travelers to France. Robert Plant and Saving Grace kick off their US tour with two shows in Missouri. Punch Brothers play two shows in Ohio. Steve Reich is performed in Osaka, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, and Rochester. Caroline Shaw and Attacca Quartet performs Evergreen in Germany. Molly Tuttle tours Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

Big Ears Festival has announced the lineup for its 2027 edition, taking place in venues throughout downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, April 1–4, 2027, including artist-in-residence Vijay Iyer, Brad Mehldau Trio, Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Josh Johnson, Natalie Merchant, Dirty Projectors' David Longstreth, Gustavo Santaolalla, and Kronos Quartet.

Marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Kronos Quartet performs Steve Reich's WTC 9/11 in DC; John Adams's On the Transmigration of Souls is performed in London and São Paulo. Timo Andres performs Philip Glass in Houston. Julia Bullock celebrates Josephine Baker at Opéra National de Paris. Vijay Iyer and Makaya McCraven are in Chicago, while Hurray for the Riff Raff and Punch Brothers are in nearby Evanston. Brad Mehldau is in Montreux. Gustavo Santaolalla brings Ronroco back to Argentina. Molly Tuttle tours New England.

Laurie Anderson, Davóne Tines, Bill Frisell celebrate Allen Ginsberg at 100 with Thomas Bartlett on Little Island in NYC. Emmylou Harris takes her European farewell tour to Belgium and Germany. Vijay Iyer plays Albany's TOPOS Festival and Detroit Jazz Festival. Cécile McLorin Salvant performs in Minneapolis and at Utah’s Moab Music Festival. Molly Tuttle launches her tour with Lukas Nelson in Massachusetts.

Brad Mehldau, Chris Thile and friends perform Ride into the Sun in Los Angeles and Oakland. Mary Halvorson makes her Blue Note Tokyo debut with her Amaryllis sextet. Emmylou Harris performs at Denmark's Tønder Festival and UK's The Longroad Festival. Colin Currie Group performs Steve Reich in Edinburgh. Gustavo Santaolalla brings Ronroco to Bogotá. Newlywed Molly Tuttle returns to Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.

Jeff Parker and ETA IVtet celebrate their new album, Happy Today, in California, at The Freight in Berkeley and The Lodge Room in LA. Rhiannon Giddens and Silkroad Ensemble are in upstate NY at Chautauqua and the Skaneateles Festival, where Cécile McLorin Salvant performs too. Mary Halvorson joins Jacob Garchik in Austria. Emmylou Harris takes her European farewell tour to Norway. Gustavo Santaolalla kicks off South American Ronroco tour in Chile.

Laurie Anderson and the jazz band Sexmob, whose new triple-LP / double-CD live album Let X=X was released earlier this year on Nonesuch, have shared a live performance of her song "Language Is a Virus," filmed at the Umbria Jazz Festival last month. You can watch it here. Anderson and the band tour California and perform in Chicago next month.