Ambrose Akinmusire joins Bill Frisell's 75th birthday bash in San Francisco. Sérgio and Odair Assad, Jeremy Denk, and Yasmin Williams perform in Baltimore. Julia Bullock is at Auckland Arts Festival. Mary Halvorson and Sexmob are in Brooklyn. Brad Mehldau joins hr-Bigband and Darcy James Argue in Frankfurt. SLSO performs Carolina Shaw is in Nova Scotia. Sarah Kirkland Snider is performed in St. Louis. Chris Thile plays Bach in Stockholm and Copenhagen. Tortoise is in Vancouver. Molly Tuttle joins Tyler Childers in Glasgow and Manchester.

Laurie Anderson with Sexmob's Let X=X is due May 8, 2026, on Nonesuch Records. This triple-LP / double-CD set was recorded live during a 2023 tour by Anderson and the jazz band Sexmob—Steven Bernstein on brass, Kenny Wollesen on drums and percussion, Douglas Wieselman on winds and guitar, Briggan Krauss on saxophone and guitar, and Tony Scherr on bass. The album features 23 songs, including many favorites from throughout Anderson’s career, performed in new arrangements—plus one by Lou Reed and Metallica, “Junior Dad.” Nonesuch Store orders include an exclusive print autographed by Laurie Anderson, while they last. The title track, from Anderson’s landmark 1982 album, Big Science, along with a visualizer, can be seen and heard here. Anderson and Sexmob play more US and international dates this spring and summer.

Punch Brothers have announced an extensive spring and summer US tour, with shows in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Colorado, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, New York, Massachusetts, and Maine. Pre-sale and VIP tickets for most newly announced shows begin this Wednesday, March 4, at 10am local time via punchbrothers.com. General on-sale will follow this Friday. More shows will be announced soon.

Rhiannon Giddens has announced American Tunes: Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing, a series of shows this summer with Hurray for the Riff Raff, Mavis Staples, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. The tour begins in Seattle on June 26 without Mavis Staples, followed by concerts with all of the artists in Oregon, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee. "We’re singing under open skies," Giddens says, "and hope you’ll lift your voice to join in this joyful celebration of songs that connect generations." Pre-sale starts this Wednesday, March 4 at 10am here; general on-sale begins this Friday.

Molly Tuttle and Emmylou Harris join the Grand Ole Opry's O Brother, Where Art Thou? 25th anniversary celebration in Nashville. Opéra National de Paris performs John Adams's Nixon in China. Sérgio and Odair Assad, Chris Thile, and Tortoise all tour California. Julia Bullock is in Australia for the Adelaide Festival. Mary Halvorson is at Dartmouth. Makaya McCraven tours Florida. Mandy Patinkin is in Denver. 

John Adams conducts The Cleveland Orchestra. Sérgio and Odair Assad are at Northwestern. Donnacha Dennehy’s Land of Winter is performed in Norway. Richard Goode, Mandy Patinkin perform in NYC. Gabriel Kahane is in Iowa City. Kronos Quartet performs in Georgia and Montana. Makaya McCraven is in Maryland. Ringdown perform in Somerville, MA. Cécile McLorin Salvant, Danish Radio Big Band tour Virginia and South Carolina. Davóne Tines joins New World Symphony in Miami.

Davóne Tines joins BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican. Sérgio and Odair Assad are in Oregon and Arizona. David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love is in LA. Jeremy Denk is in Beacon, NY. Mary Halvorson is in NYC. Gabriel Kahane joins Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. Brad Mehldau is in Amsterdam and Zurich. Mandy Patinkin sings in Oklahoma.

This GRAMMY Weekend in LA, nominees Rhiannon Giddens and Molly Tuttle perform at the Americanafest Pre-GRAMMY Salute to Neil Young. Julia Bullock performs Messiaen’s Harawi in Houston. Mary Halvorson is in NYC. Gabriel Kahane brings Book of Travelers to Cambridge. Davóne Tines performs there and at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall in NYC and University of Richmond.

Weather permitting ... Julia Bullock performs at 92NY in NYC, while nearby Mary Halvorson is at The Jazz Gallery, and upstate Timo Andres and Aaron Diehl are in Beacon. Across the country, John Adams conducts LA Phil and pianist Víkingur Ólafsson at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Chris Thile is in Texas, performing Bach in San Antonio and Austin.

Emmylou Harris kicks off her European Farewell tour in Glasgow and Dublin. John Adams leads the New World Symphony and pianist Víkingur Ólafsson in an all-Adams program in Miami. Julia Bullock sings in Chicago. Brad Mehldau sells out Smoke Jazz Club in NYC. Chris Thile brings Bach to Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

After a nearly five-decade career as one of his generation’s defining rock bassists, Flea releases his first full-length solo album, Honora, March 27, on Nonesuch.Flea composed and arranged the music and plays trumpet and bass throughout, joined by an elite crew of modern jazz visionaries: album producer and saxophonist Josh Johnson, guitarist Jeff Parker, bassist Anna Butterss, and drummer Deantoni Parks. The record features vocals from Flea, as well as friends Thom Yorke and Nick Cave. Mauro Refosco and Nate Walcott, among others, also join the band. Honora comprises six original songs, plus interpretations of tunes by George Clinton and Eddie Hazel, Jimmy Webb, Frank Ocean and Shea Taylor, and Ann Ronell. The track “Traffic Lights,” co-written with Thom Yorke and Josh Johnson and featuring vocals, piano, and synth from Yorke, is out now; you can watch a visualizer by nespy5euro here. Flea and the Honora band embark on an international tour, playing intimate venues in select cities, this May.

Spoleto Festival USA has announced the lineup for its 2026 edition, taking place in Charleston, SC, May 22–June 7, 2026, including performances from Punch Brothers, Yasmin Williams, Molly Tuttle, and Emmylou Harris, as well as a celebration of America's 250th with filmmaker Ken Burns.