Journal
- Friday,June 20,2025
Happy summer solstice! Yasmin Williams and Timo Andes celebrate with free outdoor shows in NYC: both on Little Island, plus Williams at Lincoln Center too. Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and Frank Rosaly bring MESTIZX to Canada. Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson perform in Berkeley. Hurray for the Riff Raff is in Virginia and upstate New York, where Molly Tuttle is at Mountain Jam. Brad Mehldau is in the UK. Punch Brothers return to Telluride Bluegrass Fest.
Journal Topics: On TourWeekend EventsFriday,June 13,2025In NYC, Mary Halvorson opens NY Guitar Fest, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society celebrates its 20th, and Kronos Quartet celebrates Terry Riley's 90th. Ambrose Akinmusire closes out SF Jazz Fest. Timo Andres performs Philip Glass in Hamburg. Tyondai Braxton is in DC. Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson begin California tour in Napa. Emmylou Harris performs Wrecking Ball in Nashville. Brad Mehldau is in Berlin. Punch Brothers are in St. Louis and Little Rock. Molly Tuttle is at All Good Now Fest in Maryland.
Journal Topics: On TourWeekend EventsFriday,June 6,2025Ringdown—Danni Lee Parpan and Caroline Shaw—performs for the Whitney Museum's Free Friday Nights in NYC, where John Adams's Antony and Cleopatra concludes its Met Opera debut with Julia Bullock. Ambrose Akinmusire performs his new album, honey from a winter stone, at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston. Cécile McLorin Salvant joins Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Molly Tuttle plays in Vail.
Journal Topics: On TourWeekend EventsTuesday,June 3,2025Grammy Award–winning singer, songwriter, and guitarist Molly Tuttle's new solo album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine, is due August 15. Recorded in Nashville with producer Jay Joyce, it marks a sonic departure from her recent work. The album of eleven originals and one cover (Icona Pop and Charli xcx’s “I Love It”) is a hybrid of pop, country, rock, and flat-picking, plus a murder ballad. Her virtuoso guitar work takes center stage on this album more than ever, and for the first time, she introduces her banjo playing into two of her recordings. The album’s first single, “That’s Gonna Leave a Mark,” is out now. After a summer of festival sets and headline shows, Tuttle and her new live band lead The Highway Knows tour this fall.
Journal Topics: Album ReleaseArtist NewsOn TourTuesday,June 3,2025Natalie Merchant has announced a special acoustic three-week tour of sixteen shows in November. She is joined by her guitarist of twenty-five years, Erik Della Penna to share intimate evenings at venues throughout the US Northeast. The tour begins in Great Barrington on November 4, with stops in Tarrytown, Provincetown, Stowe, Portsmouth, Hudson, Philadelphia, and more, culminating in New York City on November 24.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsOn TourFriday,May 30,2025Hurray for the Riff Raff is out West, performing in LA, Pioneertown, and Phoenix. John Adams's Antony and Cleopatra continues at the Met Opera in NYC with Julia Bullock. Ambrose Akinmusire plays in Poland and Italy. Cécile McLorin Salvant is in Geneva, NY. Richard Goode brings an all-Beethoven program to Baltimore. Ringdown—Danni Lee Parpan and Caroline Shaw—closes out Ontario's Open Ear Festival.
Journal Topics: On TourWeekend EventsFriday,May 23,2025This Memorial Day long weekend, John Adams conducts his Antony and Cleopatra, starring Julia Bullock, at the Met in NYC (broadcast live on BBC Radio 3), while his Doctor Atomic Symphony gets its Korean premiere in Seoul. Ambrose Akinmusire tour Portugal and Spain. Hurray for the Riff Raff plays sold-out show in Seattle. Natalie Merchant joins Sara Bareilles and Rachael Yamagata for a sold-out show to benefit Ulster Immigrant Defense Network in Kingston, NY.
Journal Topics: On TourWeekend EventsFriday,May 16,2025Emmylou Harris performs at the GRAMMY Hall of Fame Gala; her album Wrecking Ball is being inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame. Timo Andres joins Calder Quartet in NYC. Ambrose Akinmusire joins Alonzo King LINES Ballet in San Francisco. Jeremy Denk is with Hawaii Symphony Orchestra in Honolulu. Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson take The Old-Time Revue to Ontario. Hurray for the Riff Raff tours California. Makaya McCraven is in Chicago. Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Marcus Gilmore tour China. Punch Brothers are in Virginia and Tennessee. Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered is performed in New Jersey. Molly Tuttle plays at Royal Albert Hall for Eric Church’s festival. Vagabon is in Salt Lake City.
Journal Topics: On TourWeekend EventsFriday,May 9,2025Sō Percussion continues its BAM Fisher residency in Brooklyn with Caroline Shaw and Ringdown. Ambrose Akinmusire joins Alonzo King LINES Ballet in San Francisco. Jeremy Denk is in Düsseldorf. Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson take The Old-Time Revue to Chicago and DC. Gabriel Kahane hosts an evening with Oregon Symphony members in Portland. Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Marcus Gilmore tour Tokyo. Mandy Patinkin is in Kalamazoo. Chris Thile joins Asheville Symphony Orchestra.
Journal Topics: On TourWeekend EventsFriday,May 2,2025Mary Halvorson & Bill Frisell and Ringdown play Bang on a Can's Long Play Festival in Brooklyn; Kronos Quartet performs nearby at National Sawdust. Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson take The Old-Time Revue across the US Southeast, in Miami, Atlanta, and Birmingham. Cécile McLorin Salvant is at SFJAZZ. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway join Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at Red Rocks in Colorado. Yasmin Williams performs for Mountain Stage.
Journal Topics: On TourWeekend EventsMonday,April 28,2025The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2025/26 season, including concerts by Cécile McLorin Salvant, Chris Thile, Brad Mehldau & Christian McBride, and Laurie Anderson, and a performance of The Blue Hour.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsOn TourFriday,April 25,2025Rhiannon Giddens’ inaugural music festival, Biscuits & Banjos, is in downtown Durham, NC, including a Yasmin Williams set and a live-streamed Carolina Chocolate Drops reunion. Ambrose Akinmusire leads a Village Vanguard residency in NYC. Kronos Quartet’s 10th annual hometown festival is at SFJAZZ. Mandy Patinkin is in Seattle. Cécile McLorin Salvant performs at the University of Maryland. Caroline Shaw & Gabriel Kahane are at 92NY. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway conclude their month-long tour with Brooks & Dunn in St. Louis and Louisville.
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